Red Hat SummitChapter 4. Deprecated functionality
This part provides an overview of functionality that has been deprecated in Red Hat Satellite 6.17.
Deprecated functionality will likely not be supported in future releases of this product and is not recommended for new deployments. For the most recent list of deprecated functionality within a particular major release, refer to the latest version of release documentation.
The support status of deprecated functionality remains unchanged within Red Hat Satellite 6.17. For information about the length of support, see Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Application Streams Life Cycle.
Deprecated hardware components are not recommended for new deployments on the current or future releases. Hardware driver updates are limited to security and critical fixes only. Red Hat recommends replacing this hardware as soon as reasonably feasible.
A package can be deprecated and not recommended for further use. Under certain circumstances, a package can be removed from a product. Product documentation then identifies more recent packages that offer functionality similar, identical, or more advanced to the one deprecated, and provides further recommendations.
External authentication with Red Hat Single Sign-On
Configuring Satellite with Red Hat Single Sign-On (RH SSO) as an external authentication source is deprecated in 6.17. The RH SSO 7 product family has reached End of Full Support. Instead of RH SSO, you can configure Red Hat build of Keycloak as an external authentication source for Satellite.
To migrate from using RH SSO in your Satellite deployment, reconfigure the authentication source settings on your 6.17 Satellite Server to follow the requirements for Red Hat build of Keycloak. For more information, see Configuring SSO and 2FA with Red Hat build of Keycloak in Satellite.
For information on the current support policy for RH SSO, see Red Hat Application Services Product Update and Support Policy.
Legacy remote execution job form in the Satellite web UI
The option to use the legacy web UI form to run remote execution jobs is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. The new job invocation wizard will be the only available option. Note that the new job invocation wizard has been the default method to run remote execution jobs since Satellite 6.13.
First deprecated in Satellite 6.17.
Overriding organizations and locations on the filter level
The ability for a filter to override organizations and locations associated with a role is deprecated in 6.16. When the functionality is removed, filters will honor the organizations and locations set at the role level.
hammer host subscription attach and hammer host subscription auto-attach commands
The hammer host subscription attach and hammer host subscription auto-attach commands are deprecated in 6.16. The commands are non-functional and do not result in attaching a subscription.
Note: Entitlement-based subscription management was removed in 6.16.
Asynchronous SSH remote execution mode
The async-ssh remote execution mode was deprecated in 6.13. If you have unstable connectivity between Capsules and managed hosts, use the pull mode instead. For more information about pull mode, see Transport Modes for Remote Execution in Managing hosts.
Provisioning on Red Hat Virtualization
The integration of Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) with Satellite was deprecated in 6.13. All the existing compute resources of RHV type will be removed and the hosts associated with RHV will be disconnected. The RHV provider will be removed in the Satellite 6.18 release.
Package Group Actions
The Package Group Actions option in the web UI was deprecated in 6.10.
Bootstrap.py host registration script
The bootstrap.py script for registering a host to Satellite or Capsule was deprecated in 6.9. It has been replaced by the curl command created by using the global registration template.
katello-ca-consumer package and katello-rhsm-consumer script
The katello-ca-consumer package and katello-rhsm-consumer script were deprecated in 6.9. You must use the global registration template to register a host.
iPXE firmware
Using iPXE firmware for network-boot provisioning was deprecated in 6.17. Instead, use HTTP booting for hosts in UEFI mode to reduce provisioning times. Note that iPXE firmware has never been officially supported in Red Hat Satellite.
OpenShift Virtualization compute resource
Adding OpenShift Virtualization as a compute resource to Satellite was deprecated in 6.17. The OpenShift Virtualization provider will be removed in a future release.
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