Chapter 8. Changes in satellite-installer parameters, Hammer CLI, REST API, and usage metrics


Review these changes to update your existing workflows and discover new capabilities in Red Hat Satellite.

8.1. satellite-installer parameters

New satellite-installer parameters
  • --foreman-db-extra-options
  • --reset-foreman-db-extra-options
  • --foreman-proxy-plugin-remote-execution-script-ssh-host-ca-public-keys-file
  • --reset-foreman-proxy-plugin-remote-execution-script-ssh-host-ca-public-keys-file
  • --foreman-proxy-plugin-remote-execution-script-ssh-user-ca-public-key-file
  • --reset-foreman-proxy-plugin-remote-execution-script-ssh-user-ca-public-key-file
  • --iop-core-engine-log-level-insights-core-dr
  • --reset-iop-core-engine-log-level-insights-core-dr
  • --iop-core-engine-log-level-insights-kafka-service
  • --reset-iop-core-engine-log-level-insights-kafka-service
  • --iop-core-engine-log-level-insights-messaging
  • --reset-iop-core-engine-log-level-insights-messaging
  • --iop-core-engine-log-level-root
  • --reset-iop-core-engine-log-level-root
  • --reset-puppet-agent-manage-environment
  • --puppet-agent-manage-environment
Removed satellite-installer parameters
This release does not remove or replace any satellite-installer parameters.

8.2. Hammer CLI

New Hammer commands and subcommands
This release does not add any Hammer commands or subcommands.
New Hammer options
  • --lifecycle-environment-ids is added to the following commands:

    • hammer content-view create
    • hammer content-view update
  • --dependency-ids is added to the hammer flatpak-remote remote-repository mirror subcommand
  • --containerfile-install-command is added to the hammer host package subcommand
  • --persistence is added to the hammer host package subcommand
  • --clone is added to the hammer job-template subcommand
  • --ui-compact-mode is added to the following commands:

    • hammer user update
    • hammer user create
  • --clone is added to the hammer job-template subcommand
Removed Hammer commands and subcommands
  • add-subscription, remove-subscription, and subscriptions subcommands are removed from the hammer activation-key command
  • attach and remove subcommands are removed from the hammer host subscription command
Removed Hammer options
  • --auto-attach is removed from the following commands:

    • hammer activation-key create
    • hammer activation-key updatesubscriptions
    • hammer host subscription
  • --autoheal is removed from the following commands:

    • hammer host create
    • hammer host update
  • location, location-id, location-title, organization, organization-id, and organization-title are removed from the following commands:

    • hammer filter create
    • hammer filter update
    • hammer location create
    • hammer location delete
    • hammer location info
    • hammer location list
    • hammer location update

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8.3. REST API

New API endpoints
Host_debs endpoints
  • /api/host_debs/:id
  • /api/host_debs/compare
  • /api/host_debs/installed_debs
Host_packages
  • /api/hosts/:host_id/transient_packages/containerfile_install_command
Host_tracer endpoints
  • /api/hosts/bulk/traces/auto_complete_search
Hosts_bulk_actions endpoints
  • api/hosts/bulk/assign_content_view_environments
  • /api/hosts/bulk/change_power_state
Removed API endpoints
Activation_keys endpoints
  • /api/activation_keys/:id/add_subscriptions
  • /api//activation_keys/:id/remove_subscriptions
  • /api/activation_keys/:id/auto_attach
  • /api/activation_keys/auto-attach
  • /api/activation_keys/:id/copy/auto-attach
Hosts endpoints
  • /api/hosts/:host_id/subscriptions/add_subscriptions
  • /api/hosts/:host_id/subscriptions/remove_subscriptions
  • /api/hosts/bulk/remove_subscriptions
  • /api/hosts/bulk/add_subscriptions
  • /api/hosts/bulk/auto_attach

8.4. Ansible modules

This release performs the following changes in the Satellite Ansible Collection.

New Ansible modules
  • redhat.satellite.content_view_history_info
Removed Ansible modules
This release does not remove any Ansible modules.

8.5. Collected usage metrics

New usage metrics
  • rh_cloud_connector_enabled
  • rh_cloud_exclude_host_package_info
  • rh_cloud_hosts_count
  • rh_cloud_inventory_upload_enabled
  • rh_cloud_minimal_data_collection
  • rh_cloud_mismatched_auto_delete
  • rh_cloud_mismatched_hosts_count
  • rh_cloud_obfuscate_inventory_hostnames
  • rh_cloud_obfuscate_inventory_ips
  • rh_cloud_recommendations_sync_enabled
  • rh_cloud_total_hits

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