<s>
Spacewalk	B-Language
is	O
open-source	B-Application
systems	B-Application
management	I-Application
software	O
for	O
system	O
provisioning	B-Operating_System
,	O
patching	O
and	O
configuration	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPLv2	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spacewalk	B-Language
encompasses	O
the	O
following	O
functions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Spacewalk	B-Language
is	O
controlled	O
by	O
the	O
following	O
Interfaces	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Particular	O
upstream	B-General_Concept
and	O
downstream	B-General_Concept
versions	O
may	O
include	O
integration	O
to	O
supported	O
vendor	O
subscription	O
support	O
network	O
such	O
as	O
Red	B-Operating_System
Hat	I-Operating_System
Subscription	O
Management	O
(	O
RHSM	O
)	O
,	O
ULN	O
,	O
and	O
SUSE	O
Enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
Server	O
subscriptions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
formerly	O
requiring	O
the	O
commercial	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Database	I-General_Concept
as	O
a	O
backend	O
,	O
version	O
1.7	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2012	O
)	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
DownStream	B-General_Concept
versions	O
use	O
upstream	B-General_Concept
Spacewalk	B-Language
version	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
their	O
System	O
Provision	O
,	O
patch	O
and	O
errata	O
management	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
introduced	O
their	O
own	O
version	O
of	O
Spacewalk	B-Language
particularly	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
familiar	O
alternative	O
for	O
those	O
switching	O
from	O
a	O
different	O
vendor	O
while	O
Oracle	B-Operating_System
Enterprise	I-Operating_System
Manager	I-Operating_System
remains	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
's	O
preferred	O
way	O
of	O
managing	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spacewalk	B-Language
for	O
Oracle®	O
Linux	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
hosted	O
on	O
Oracle	B-Application
Linux	B-Application
(	O
OL	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
5	O
is	O
a	O
licensed	O
downstream	B-General_Concept
adaption	O
of	O
Spacewalk	B-Language
with	O
added	O
functionality	O
to	O
manage	O
Red	B-Operating_System
Hat	I-Operating_System
Enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
Subscriptions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
active	O
years	O
of	O
the	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
5	O
lifecycle	O
Spacewalk	B-Language
was	O
simply	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
upstream	B-General_Concept
project	O
for	O
Satellite	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
relationship	O
between	O
Spacewalk	B-Language
and	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
5	O
was	O
analogous	O
to	O
the	O
relationship	O
between	O
Fedora	O
and	O
Red	B-Operating_System
Hat	I-Operating_System
Enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
emergence	O
of	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
6	O
with	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
fundamentally	O
different	O
toolset	O
,	O
end	O
of	O
lifecycle	O
phase	O
of	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
5	O
and	O
the	O
emergence	O
of	O
downstream	B-General_Concept
spacewalk	B-Language
based	O
offerings	O
from	O
Oracle	B-Application
and	O
SUSE	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
Spacewalk	B-Language
may	O
not	O
have	O
this	O
close	O
relationship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2011	O
Novell	O
released	O
SUSE	O
Manager	O
1.2	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Spacewalk	B-Language
1.2	O
and	O
supporting	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
both	O
SUSE	O
Linux	B-Application
Enterprise	O
and	O
Red	B-Operating_System
Hat	I-Operating_System
Enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2018	O
,	O
during	O
the	O
openSUSE	B-Operating_System
conference	O
in	O
Prague	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Spacewalk	B-Language
,	O
called	O
,	O
was	O
being	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Named	O
after	O
the	O
salt	B-Application
flat	O
in	O
Bolivia	O
,	O
Uyuni	O
uses	O
Salt	B-Application
for	O
configuration	O
management	O
and	O
React	B-Application
as	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
version	O
4.0	O
,	O
SUSE	O
Manager	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Uyuni	O
as	O
its	O
upstream	B-General_Concept
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	B-Operating_System
Hat	I-Operating_System
developed	O
the	O
Red	B-Operating_System
Hat	I-Operating_System
Network	I-Operating_System
to	O
manage	O
subscriptions	O
software	O
management	O
and	O
created	O
the	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
application	O
as	O
a	O
central	O
management	O
point	O
with	O
the	O
user	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
version	O
5	O
the	O
Satellite	B-Application
Function	O
was	O
implemented	O
by	O
a	O
toolset	O
named	O
Project	O
Spacewalk	B-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	B-General_Concept
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
Red	B-Operating_System
Hat	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	B-Operating_System
Hat	I-Operating_System
continues	O
to	O
sponsor	O
and	O
support	O
Spacewalk	B-Language
as	O
the	O
upstream	B-General_Concept
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
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	B-General_Concept
for	O
Red	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Satellite	I-Application
6	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2014	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
Spacewalk	B-Language
project	O
can	O
continue	O
to	O
grow	O
and	O
flourish	O
provided	O
that	O
the	O
community	O
continues	O
to	O
find	O
it	O
a	O
useful	O
tool	O
and	O
is	O
willing	O
to	O
support	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Satellite	B-Application
5	O
went	O
end-of-life	O
on	O
31	O
May	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
Spacewalk	B-Language
project	O
was	O
discontinued	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReleaseRelease	O
DateServer	O
VersionSelected	O
features	O
and	O
notesMarch	O
18	O
,	O
202030	O
,	O
31	O
Installable	O
on	O
Fedora	O
30	O
and	O
31	O
,	O
bugfix	O
release	O
-	O
Last	O
official	O
releaseJanuary	O
14	O
,	O
201927	O
,	O
28	O
,	O
29	O
Installable	O
on	O
Fedora	O
29	O
and	O
can	O
distribute	O
RHEL	O
8	O
BetaApril	O
19	O
,	O
201826	O
,	O
27	O
,	O
28	O
Support	O
PostgresSQL	B-Application
10	O
September	O
26	O
,	O
201724	O
,	O
25	O
,	O
26	O
Taskomatic	O
daemon	O
monitorNovember	O
29	O
,	O
201623	O
,	O
24	O
Can	O
sync	O
to	O
Debian/Ubuntu	O
apt	O
repositoriesJune	O
8	O
,	O
201622	O
,	O
23	O
System	O
entitlements	O
and	O
Software	O
Channels	O
entitlements	O
removedOctober	O
7	O
,	O
201521	O
,	O
22	O
More	O
Standardization	O
on	O
PatternFly	O
User	O
InterfaceApril	O
14	O
,	O
201520	O
,	O
21	O
Solaris	B-Application
support	O
removedJuly	O
16	O
,	O
201419	O
,	O
20	O
RHEL7	O
and	O
CentOS	O
7	O
clients	O
supportedMarch	O
4	O
,	O
201419	O
,	O
20	O
Final	O
Release	O
installable	O
to	O
RHEL	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2019	O
paper	O
considering	O
Linux	B-Application
open-source	B-Application
patching	O
tools	O
Spacewalk	B-Language
was	O
commended	O
for	O
having	O
a	O
software	O
inventory	O
and	O
community	O
support	O
but	O
limited	O
support	O
for	O
distributions	O
noteabably	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
was	O
an	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
is	O
a	O
trademark	O
of	O
Red	B-Operating_System
Hat	I-Operating_System
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
