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What Are Some Of The New Features In Red Hat Satellite 6?

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Red Hat Satellite 6 includes a redesigned product architecture to manage new types of content on a wide variety of platforms, including bare-metal, private, and public clouds. Red Hat Satellite 6.2 builds on that release with the following features:

  • Automated workflows. Capabilities include remote execution and scheduling for remote execution jobs, as well as expanded bootstrap and provisioning options.
  • Air-gapped security and federation. Users can now sync to export RPM content from one Satellite to another.
  • Software MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS. Simplified smart variable management is now available.
  • Capsule improvements. Users now have extended insight into capsule health and overall performance. Capsules are more lightweight and can be configured to only STORE content requested by clients. In addition, capsules have a new reference architecture that includes the ability to deploy a highly available Red Hat Satellite capsule.
  • Atomic OSTree and containers -- Mirror, provision, and manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux® (RHEL) Atomic hosts and content with Satellite. Also, mirror container repositories, such as Red Hat Registry, DockerHub™ and other third-party sources. Satellite provides a secure, curated point of entry for container content.
  • Enhanced documentation. New and updated documentation is available at site.

    New documentation:
    1. Virtual instance guide: How to configure virt-who
    2. Hammer command-line interface (CLI) guide: How to use Red Hat Satellite’s CLI
    3. Content management guide
    4. Quick start guide

    Updated documentation:
    1. User guide divided into topics for easier use: Server administration and host configuration
    2. Cheat sheets available for specific topics, such as Hammer
    3. Updated feature overviews

  • Lazy Sync -- Satellite 6.2.3 INTRODUCES the "Lazy Sync" functionality, which provides users additional flexibility when DOWNLOADING content. Lazy sync provides a series of new download policies, which govern how content is downloaded. See Satellite 6.2 Feature Overview: Lazy Sync

    Support Status:
    1. Lazy Sync was/is included in earlier Satellite 6.2 releases (6.2.0 through 6.2.2) as a Technology Preview
    2. With Satellite 6.2.3, Lazy Sync will transition to a Fully Supported.

Red Hat Satellite 6 includes a redesigned product architecture to manage new types of content on a wide variety of platforms, including bare-metal, private, and public clouds. Red Hat Satellite 6.2 builds on that release with the following features:



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