Chapter 5. Content access control for Satellite hosts

Use content views and lifecycle environments, incorporating content view filters as needed.

For more information about content views, see Chapter 7, Managing content views.

For more information about lifecycle environments, see Chapter 6, Managing application lifecycles.

By default, content hosted by Satellite can be either enabled or disabled. In custom products, repositories are always disabled by default, while Red Hat products can be either enabled or disabled by default depending on the specific repository. Enabling a repository gives the host access to the repository packages or other content, allowing hosts to download and install the available content.

If a repository is disabled, the host is not able to access the repository content. A content override provides you with the option to override the default enablement value of either Enabled or Disabled for any repository. You can add content overrides to hosts or activation keys.

For more information about adding content overrides to hosts, see Enabling and Disabling Repositories on Hosts in Managing hosts.

For more information about adding content overrides to activation keys, see Section 10.7, “Enabling and disabling repositories on activation key”.