Chapter 6. Updating Satellite Server, Capsule Server, and Content Hosts

To Update Satellite Server:

1. Ensure the Satellite Maintenance repository is enabled:

   # subscription-manager repos --enable \
   rhel-7-server-satellite-maintenance-6-rpms

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2. Ensure foreman-maintain is installed and up to date:

   # yum install rubygem-foreman_maintain

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3. Check the available versions to confirm the next minor version is listed:

   # foreman-maintain upgrade list-versions

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4. Use the health check option to determine if the system is ready for upgrade. On first use of this command, foreman-maintain prompts you to enter the hammer admin user credentials and saves them in the /etc/foreman-maintain/foreman-maintain-hammer.yml file.

   # foreman-maintain upgrade check --target-version 6.4.z

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   Review the results and address any highlighted error conditions before performing the upgrade.

5. Because of the lengthy update time, use a utility such as screen to suspend and reattach a communication session. You can then check the upgrade progress without staying connected to the command shell continuously. For more information about using the screen command, see How do I use the screen command? article in the Red Hat Knowledge Base.

   If you lose connection to the command shell where the upgrade command is running, you can see the logged messages in the /var/log/foreman-installer/satellite.log file to check if the process completed successfully.

6. Perform the upgrade:

   # foreman-maintain upgrade run --target-version 6.4.z

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7. Check when the kernel packages were last updated:

   # rpm -qa --last | grep kernel

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8. If a kernel update occurred since the last reboot, reboot the system:

   # reboot

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To Update a Capsule Server:

1. Check that only the correct repositories are enabled:

   1. List the enabled repositories:

      # subscription-manager repos --list-enabled

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   2. Ensure that you only have the following repositories enabled:

      rhel-7-server-rpms
      rhel-7-server-satellite-capsule-6.4-rpms
      rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms
      rhel-7-server-satellite-tools-6.4-rpms
      rhel-7-server-satellite-maintenance-6-rpms
      rhel-7-server-ansible-2.6-rpms

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      For more information about disabling and enabling repositories, see Configuring Repositories in Installing Capsule Server. The rhel-7-server-satellite-tools-6.4-rpms repository provides Katello Agent. For more information, see Installing the katello Agent in Installing Capsule Server. The Red Hat Software Collections repository is optional, it is required for the Remote Execution feature.

2. Stop Katello services:

   # katello-service stop

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3. Until BZ#1649764 is resolved, update the gofer package:

   # yum update gofer

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4. Restart goferd.

   # systemctl restart goferd

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5. Update all packages:

   # yum update

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   If a kernel update occurs, make a note to reboot after the upgrade is complete. Do not reboot at this point.

6. Perform the update by running the installer script with the --upgrade option.

   # satellite-installer --scenario capsule --upgrade

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7. If a kernel update occurred during the yum update step, reboot the system:

   # reboot

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To Update a Content Host, enter the following commands:

1. Until BZ#1649764 is resolved, update the gofer package:

   # yum update gofer

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2. Restart goferd:

   # systemctl restart goferd

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3. Update all packages:

   # yum update

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4. If a kernel update occurs, reboot the system:

   # reboot

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