Satellite (software)
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In computing, Red Hat Satellite[2] is a systems-management product by the company Red Hat which allows system administrators to deploy and manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) hosts.
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Original author(s) | Red Hat |
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Initial release | 2002; 22 years ago (2002)[1] |
Stable release | 6.13
/ May 3, 2023; 11 months ago (2023-05-03) |
Operating system | Linux |
Website | access |
A Satellite server registers with Red Hat Subscription Management, mirrors all relevant software like security errata and bug fixes, and provides this together with locally added software and configuration to the attached servers.
The managed hosts register against the local Satellite server and access the provided resources like software packages, patches, configuration, etc. while they also provide information about the current health state of the server to the Satellite[3]
As of March 2017:
- The latest version is Red Hat Satellite 6,[4] based on Foreman. This article focuses on Red Hat Satellite 6
- The previous version was Red Hat Satellite 5. Based on Spacewalk, it is still in widespread use despite being in the sunset of its lifecycleFurther information: § Red Hat Satellite 5