<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
is	O
a	O
systems-management	O
product	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
Red	O
Hat	O
which	O
allows	O
system	O
administrators	O
to	O
deploy	O
and	O
manage	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
RHEL	O
)	O
hosts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Satellite	B-Application
server	O
registers	O
with	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Subscription	O
Management	O
,	O
mirrors	O
all	O
relevant	O
software	O
like	O
security	O
errata	O
and	O
bug	O
fixes	O
,	O
and	O
provides	O
this	O
together	O
with	O
locally	O
added	O
software	O
and	O
configuration	O
to	O
the	O
attached	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
managed	O
hosts	O
register	O
against	O
the	O
local	O
Satellite	B-Application
server	O
and	O
access	O
the	O
provided	O
resources	O
like	O
software	O
packages	O
,	O
patches	O
,	O
configuration	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
is	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
6	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Foreman	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
previous	O
version	O
was	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
Server	O
enables	O
planning	O
and	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
content	O
life	O
cycle	O
and	O
the	O
configuration	O
of	O
Capsule	O
Servers	O
and	O
hosts	O
through	O
GUI	O
,	O
CLI	B-Application
(	O
Hammer	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
API	O
(	O
RESTful	O
API	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Capsule	O
Servers	O
mirror	O
content	O
from	O
the	O
Satellite	B-Application
Server	O
to	O
establish	O
content	O
sources	O
in	O
different	O
geographical	O
locations	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
analogous	O
to	O
the	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
5	O
Proxy	O
Server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
well	O
as	O
Supported	O
Managed	O
Hosts	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
6	O
also	O
has	O
some	O
deployment	O
and	O
management	O
capability	O
on	O
certain	O
other	O
hosts	O
though	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Support	O
for	O
these	O
will	O
be	O
limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Satellite	B-Application
generally	O
operates	O
in	O
"	O
connected	O
"	O
mode	O
,	O
registering	O
directly	O
with	O
the	O
RHN	B-Operating_System
and	O
downloading	O
relevant	O
software	O
into	O
Satellite	B-Application
's	O
software	O
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
organisation	O
's	O
hosts	O
then	O
register	O
against	O
the	O
local	O
Satellite	B-Application
server	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
directly	O
against	O
Red	B-Operating_System
Hat	I-Operating_System
Network	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
secure	O
deployments	O
,	O
Satellite	B-Application
can	O
operate	O
in	O
a	O
"	O
Disconnected	O
"	O
mode	O
,	O
where	O
updates	O
are	O
downloaded	O
directly	O
from	O
Red	O
Hat	O
via	O
an	O
Internet	O
connected	O
machine	O
and	O
then	O
uploaded	O
into	O
Satellite	B-Application
or	O
a	O
local	O
offline	O
RHN	B-Operating_System
proxy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Satellite	B-Application
offers	O
numerous	O
methods	O
for	O
deploying	O
hosts	O
,	O
including	O
simple	O
kickstart	B-Application
,	O
bare	O
metal	O
install	O
and	O
re-imaging	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
versions	O
of	O
Satellite	B-Application
support	O
kickstart	B-Application
using	O
Cobbler	B-Device
as	O
an	O
underlying	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PXE	B-Device
Boot	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Koan	O
are	O
methods	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
implement	O
bare	O
metal	O
installs	O
and	O
re-imaging	B-Application
of	O
hosts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Satellite	B-Application
assists	O
in	O
remotely	O
managing	O
hosts	O
in	O
several	O
areas	O
:	O
software	O
,	O
operational	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Satellite	B-Application
can	O
provide	O
monitoring	O
of	O
software	O
and	O
systems	O
via	O
probes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
primary	O
purpose	O
of	O
earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
Satellite	B-Application
was	O
to	O
allow	O
organizations	O
to	O
utilize	O
the	O
benefits	O
of	O
Red	B-Operating_System
Hat	I-Operating_System
Network	I-Operating_System
(	O
RHN	B-Operating_System
)	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
provide	O
public	O
Internet	O
access	O
to	O
their	O
servers	O
or	O
other	O
client	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Satelliteversion	O
Release	O
date	O
End	O
of	O
Full	O
SupportRed	O
Hat	O
Satellite	B-Application
Product	O
Life	O
Cycle	O
Last	O
minor	O
Notesrelease	O
31	O
August	O
2005	O
Initial	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
31	O
August	O
2005	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
4	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
26	O
June	O
2007	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
5	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
donated	O
as	O
open	O
source	O
project	O
upstream	O
for	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
31	O
January	O
2019	O
31	O
January	O
2019	O
20	O
June	O
2017	O
31	O
May	O
2020	O
Last	O
release	O
based	O
on	O
Spacewalk	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
10	O
September	O
2014	O
21	O
February	O
2018	O
6.0.8	O
Technological	O
base	O
changed	O
towards	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
projects	O
Foreman	B-Application
(	O
Web-Gui	O
,	O
Deployment	O
)	O
,	O
Foreman-Katello	O
plugin	O
(	O
Content	O
&	O
Software	O
Management	O
)	O
,	O
Puppet	B-Application
(	O
Configuration	O
Management	O
)	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spacewalk	B-Language
is	O
no	O
longer	O
upstream	O
for	O
Satellite	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
16	O
October	O
2018	O
30	O
April	O
2020	O
6.4.4	O
This	O
release	O
has	O
built	O
in	O
Ansible	O
Core	O
,	O
later	O
Puppet	B-Application
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
14	O
May	O
2019	O
Oct	O
2020	O
6.5.2	O
22	O
October	O
2019	O
14	O
May	O
2021	O
15	O
April	O
2020	O
Oct	O
2021	O
With	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Azure	O
provisioning	O
support	O
,	O
you	O
can	O
create	O
a	O
compute	O
resource	O
for	O
Azure	O
and	O
provision	O
new	O
hosts	O
on	O
Azure	O
from	O
the	O
Satellite	B-Application
web	O
UI	O
,	O
API	O
,	O
or	O
Hammer	O
CLI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lifecycle	O
of	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
6	O
is	O
recorded	O
at	O
the	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
and	O
Proxy	O
Server	O
Life	O
Cycle	O
which	O
is	O
updated	O
as	O
required	O
,	O
with	O
future	O
events	O
on	O
a	O
bona	O
fide	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
version	O
5	O
the	O
Satellite	B-Application
Application	O
was	O
implemented	O
by	O
a	O
toolset	O
named	O
Project	B-Language
Spacewalk	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Satellite	B-Application
5.3	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
be	O
based	O
on	O
upstream	O
Spacewalk	B-Language
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Spacewalk	B-Language
FAQ	O
issued	O
in	O
2015	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
6	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Red	O
Hat	O
formally	O
released	O
Spacewalk	B-Language
as	O
open	O
source(GPLv2 )	O
in	O
June	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	O
Hat	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
sponsor	O
and	O
support	O
Spacewalk	B-Language
as	O
the	O
upstream	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
5	O
.	O
however	O
that	O
participation	O
is	O
anticipated	O
to	O
diminish	O
as	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
5	O
enters	O
the	O
final	O
phases	O
of	O
its	O
lifecycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spacewalk	B-Language
is	O
not	O
and	O
can	O
never	O
be	O
upstream	O
for	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
6	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2014	O
.	O
due	O
to	O
it	O
being	O
a	O
ground	O
up	O
rebuild	O
with	O
a	O
different	O
toolset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lifecycle	O
of	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
5	O
is	O
recorded	O
at	O
the	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
and	O
Proxy	O
Server	O
Life	O
Cycle	O
which	O
is	O
updated	O
as	O
required	O
,	O
with	O
future	O
events	O
on	O
a	O
bona	O
fide	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
5	O
is	O
in	O
the	O
final	O
Production	O
3	O
phase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Satellite	B-Application
minor	O
release	O
5.8	O
is	O
in	O
available	O
in	O
beta	O
.	O
</s>
