Satellite 6.3 is now available

John Spinks published on 2018-02-21T16:57:28+00:00, last updated 2018-02-21T16:57:28+00:00

Red Hat Satellite 6.3 is now available.

Red Hat is pleased to announce the general availability of Red Hat Satellite 6.3. The latest release increases product stability and usability, and introduces new and enhanced features designed to meet user needs.

Key features of Red Hat Satellite 6.3 are organized into key content areas below. Most of the new features include links to the feature overview available on the content portal.

Content Management:

System Provisioning:

Configuration Management:

Supportability:

Full Red Hat support for Satellite and Capsule servers running on AWS EC2

Security & User Access:

Usability:

Other enhancements

In addition to the above major features for Satellite 6.3, there are a decent number of smaller features that do not have detailed feature overviews associated. The list of these other features are available here.

Additional Details

For more details on this release, see the Release Notes.

For instructions on perfoming a fresh install of Red Hat Satellite 6.3, see the Installation Guide.

For instructions on upgrading from an earlier version of Red Hat Satellite 6.x, see the Upgrading and Updating Red Hat Satellite Guide.

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Red Hat Newbie 5 points

John Spinks

John Spinks is a Principal Technical Marketing Manager for Red Hat. He acts as a subject matter expert for Red Hat Satellite and works with Red Hat partners and customers to build and share relevant information about managing patching, provisioning, subscription, and configuration management for Re...

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Guru 23213 points

CORRECTION (to my earlier post today)

Looking forward to using it

6.3 is available, but when you arrive at the downloads area, switch in the drop-down from 6.3-puppet4 to 6.3 only. Then the iso is available. Still awaiting the repo from my satellite server, but at least the ISO is available.

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Kind Regards,

2018-02-21T20:43:00+00:00 - Edited

Red Hat Guru 3050 points

Note: Red Hat is experiencing intermittent issues with content availability related to the Satellite 6.3 release. This issue is expected to be resolved within the next few hours. If you have difficulty accessing Satellite 6.3 repositories or ISO downloads, please open a support ticket.

2018-02-21T21:35:57+00:00

SC Active Contributor 300 points

Hello!

In my case, https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2475941 still applies, in order to "see" 6.3 tools in repos selection.

2018-02-22T09:15:44+00:00

Red Hat Guru 3050 points

Whenever a 'net-new' repository is released (such as Satellite 6.3 Tools), a manifest refresh is required. The issue that you linked above is not needed. (removing all of the subscriptions from the manifest and re-adding them). It does work, but is overkill. You simply need to:

in the Satellite UI, go to Content -> Red Hat Subscriptions.
select 'Manage Manifest'
select 'Refresh Manifest' to download the latest copy of the Subscription Manifest.

We are tracking an update to the Upgrade Guide as part of BZ1547939

2018-02-22T11:15:00+00:00

SC Active Contributor 300 points

Already did that, several time, without success!

2018-02-22T11:59:14+00:00

MM Community Member 27 points

I also did that on Friday, exactly the way it is described without success. This Monday morning I tried again and it worked. So there possibly must have been something changed on provider side.

2018-02-26T08:14:59+00:00

MM Community Member 27 points

I have received a reply from support. There are some cases where an account needs to be 'refreshed'. This can only be done by Red Hat support. Customers have no option to do that. After support has refreshed our account, everything works as expected again.

2018-02-26T15:01:39+00:00

SC Active Contributor 300 points

...so you might wanna update https://access.redhat.com/articles/2485491#common-issues---satellite-63-3

2018-02-22T09:16:11+00:00

MM Community Member 35 points

Where can this Login Page Message be set? I did not find any documentation about it.

2018-02-22T09:47:01+00:00

Red Hat Guru 3050 points

Under Administer -> Settings -> General -> Login page footer text:

Or via hammer hammer settings set --name login_text --value "My Message That I want Displayed"

2018-02-22T11:10:39+00:00

SC Active Contributor 300 points

Running Migration scripts to Satellite 6.3

Setup repositories: \ Configuring repositories for 6.3 [FAIL] Failed executing subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rpms --enable=rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms --enable=rhel-7-server-satellite-maintenance-6-rpms --enable=rhel-7-server-satellite-tools-6.3-rpms --enable=rhel-7-server-satellite-6.3-rpms, exit status 70:

Expecting ':' delimiter: line 1 column 16869 (char 16868)

Scenario [Migration scripts to Satellite 6.3] failed.

The following steps ended up in failing state:

[repositories-setup]

Resolve the failed steps and rerun the command. In case the failures are false positives, use --whitelist="repositories-setup" .....moved further with

subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rpms --enable=rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms --enable=rhel-7-server-satellite-maintenance-6-rpms --enable=rhel-7-server-satellite-tools-6.3-rpms --enable=rhel-7-server-satellite-6.3-rpms

and foreman-maintain upgrade run --target-version 6.3 --whitelist="repositories-setup" as specified

2018-02-22T10:13:15+00:00

SC Active Contributor 300 points

start at 12.15 finish at 14:58

2018-02-22T12:59:52+00:00

DW Active Contributor 253 points

On the documentation page: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_satellite/?version=6.3 The "Hammer Cheat Sheet" link is https://access.redhat.com/node/3250721/edit which dumps you to a "404" page.

The 6.2 cheat sheet is still just 6.2 https://access.redhat.com/articles/2258471

2018-02-22T13:09:00+00:00 - Edited

Red Hat Guru 3050 points

This has been addressed. The 6.3 Hammer Cheat is available on the documentation page. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_satellite/?version=6.3

2018-02-22T23:06:16+00:00

Anybody else get the below when trying to enable the satellite tools repository within satellite web ui?

CDN loading error: access forbidden to https://cdn.redhat.com:443/content/dist/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/sat-tools/6.3/os/repodata/repomd.xml

2018-02-22T14:47:39+00:00

MM Community Member 27 points

I got the same issue while trying to activate the repositories. Internal support ticket already opened. No reply yet.

2018-02-23T12:14:53+00:00

MM Community Member 27 points

This has been an issue on 6.2 which afterwards has been fixed with an errata update. Might not be the same root cause here, as from what I get from the other comments from Mike, the packages aren't even ready yet.

2018-02-23T12:20:18+00:00

GP Red Hat Community Member 45 points

Hello Jamie & Marcus Maria Moeller,

Has the issue been resolved by now. Just in case it has not, then I would like to suggest some steps if you have not already performed it:

Try refreshing manifest . Hope this step has been taken by now.
If step #1 does not help then go to portal and remove and then re-attach the subscriptions to the manifest. Again refresh the manifest and then try to enable the required repositories on Satellite web UI.

For detailed steps please refer: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2475941

2018-02-26T04:42:00+00:00 - Edited

MM Community Member 27 points

Works now, did not work on Friday last week where I applied exactly the same steps.

2018-02-26T08:16:09+00:00

GP Red Hat Community Member 45 points

Good that things are working now, probably because of the "Refresh" done.

2018-02-26T15:58:52+00:00

Yup have tried both of these and still denied.

2018-02-26T10:37:36+00:00

GP Red Hat Community Member 45 points

Hello Jamie, thanks for trying both the options.

I understood that issue is still there by your comment.

Seems manifest refresh and remove-reattach subscriptions to manifest did not work for you. Have you opened support case with us. Maybe we need to Refresh your account which worked for Marcus and many other customers.

2018-02-26T16:05:52+00:00

MV Active Contributor 178 points

Why do the all the upgrade guides say to install the satellite-tools-upgrade package on all clients after upgrading to 6.3, when that package isn't even available yet?!?!

See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1541411

Why was this not released prior to the 6.3 GA release??? I wish I would have known this prior to upgrading to 6.3....

Both https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_satellite/6.3/html/upgrading_and_updating_red_hat_satellite/upgrading_red_hat_satellite#upgrading_clients and https://access.redhat.com/labs/satelliteupgradehelper/ say to install this non-existent package...

2018-02-22T20:16:04+00:00

Red Hat Active Contributor 271 points

Matt, apologies for the delay in releasing this updated packages, we expect this to be available early next week in an update.

2018-02-22T20:56:48+00:00

FC Newbie 8 points

I did a fresh install of 6.3 with default settings and so far everything good. Now, where can I find Ansible or enable it?

2018-02-22T21:14:28+00:00

BH Red Hat Pro 799 points

Hello, Frederico. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. Satellite 6.3 does not come with Ansible. It can be integrated with Ansible Tower, which is another Red Hat product that can be purchased. (Please see Red Hat Ansible Tower and Satellite 6.3 Feature Overview: Ansible Tower Integration and Documentation.)

As for if/when Satellite will come built-in with Ansible, I would encourage you to request a Satellite road map presentation from your sales team.

2018-02-23T13:55:26+00:00

SJ Newbie 5 points

Document "Red_Hat_Satellite-6.3-Upgrading_and_Updating_Red_Hat_Satellite-en-US"

page number 17, the link to "Downloading and Installing from a Disconnected Network" is broken. It is diverting to 6.3-beta. Please change to 6.3

Also my upgrade is still stuck with BUG "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506107" without any solution :(

2018-02-22T21:31:41+00:00

Active Contributor 290 points

I've had the same problem trying to enable the rhel-7-satellite-6.3 repo to upgrade our Satellite 6.2 server.

I also was told to refresh the manifest which did enable the require repo for all our clients , but not the Satellite server as this is now managed by CDN as per the upgrade document

Red Hat Satellite 6.3 does not support self-registered Satellites. You must migrate self-registered Satellite Servers to the Red Hat Content Delivery Network.

to get around this, I removed one of our subscriptions from the Manifest and attached it to the satellite server.

bingo

[root@satellite ~]# subscription-manager list

+-------------------------------------------+
    Installed Product Status
+-------------------------------------------+

Product Name:   Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Product ID:     69
Version:        7.4
Arch:           x86_64
Status:         Subscribed
Status Details:
Starts:         08/07/13
Ends:           08/07/18

Product Name:   Red Hat Satellite
Product ID:     250
Version:        6.2
Arch:           x86_64
Status:         Subscribed
Status Details:
Starts:         09/03/17
Ends:           09/03/18

[root@satellite ~]# subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-satellite-6.3-rpms
Repository 'rhel-7-server-satellite-6.3-rpms' is enabled for this system.

2018-02-23T16:01:00+00:00 - Edited

KH Active Contributor 104 points

I think this is a new issue - the migration script doesn't seem to know how to specify the 6.3 repos. I have successfully added the tools to the repo list within the gui:

Running Migration scripts to Satellite 6.3

Setup repositories: / Configuring repositories for 6.3 [FAIL]
Failed executing subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rpms --enable=rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms --enable=rhel-7-server-satellite-maintenance-6-rpms --enable=rhel-7-server-satellite-tools-6.3-rpms --enable=rhel-7-server-satellite-6.3-rpms, exit status 1: Error: 'rhel-7-server-satellite-tools-6.3-rpms' does not match a valid repository ID. Use "subscription-manager repos --list" to see valid repositories. Error: 'rhel-7-server-satellite-6.3-rpms' does not match a valid repository ID. Use "subscription-manager repos --list" to see valid repositories. Repository 'rhel-7-server-rpms' is enabled for this system. Repository 'rhel-7-server-satellite-maintenance-6-rpms' is enabled for this system.

Repository 'rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms' is enabled for this system.

Scenario [Migration scripts to Satellite 6.3] failed.

2018-02-23T18:51:06+00:00

PP Community Member 80 points

Is their a compliance or inventory reporting function in the Version 6.3?

And I am also looking for feedback on how the updates going for folks out their from 6.2.13 to 6.3.

Any help is appreciated and thanks in advance.

2018-02-24T00:40:57+00:00

KH Active Contributor 104 points

Like Marcus Moeller, I have received a reply from support. There are some cases where an account needs to be 'refreshed'. This can only be done by Red Hat support. Customers have no option to do that. After support has refreshed our account, everything works as expected again.

2018-02-26T15:15:50+00:00

Active Contributor 290 points

Hi All, Could someone explain the new licensing model for the Satellite server.

We are about to renew our Satellite server and Smart Management subscriptions which expire this month.

It now looks like since the 1st March 2018 there is no longer a Satellite server subscription and you only need the Smart Management element to license the Satellite server.

I'm assuming the Satellite server itself will now need a RedHat Enterprise Linux Server subscription as this was previously included.

Kind Regards Jonathan

2018-03-02T13:52:07+00:00

Red Hat Newbie 5 points

Hi Jonathan.
We encourage you to work with your Red Hat account manager on the details surrounding Satellite packaging options, and how it relates to your environment. Red Hat will continue to supply the RHEL entitlements needed for your Satellite servers. Hope this helps.

2018-03-02T14:16:40+00:00

DS Community Member 71 points

I did a fresh install of Satellite 6.3 and newly provisioned RHEL 7 systems are still in a pending installation status. Has anyone else encountered this issue? I have a case open with support, but I am still awaiting a reply.

2018-03-05T16:16:21+00:00

Guru 12826 points

Issue still persists? If so what does the task monitor tell you?

2018-03-06T13:53:16+00:00

TA Newbie 7 points

yes, we are having the same issue. i can see the message "Informing Satellite that we are built" but still in a pending state.

2018-03-07T05:22:52+00:00

RM Newbie 9 points

Why is the self-registered satellite not supported anymore, see https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_satellite/6.3/html-single/upgrading_and_updating_red_hat_satellite/#migrating_a_self_registered_satellite

We have multiple satellite 6 servers and by utilizing filters on the content views we can make a point in time release, also for our custom repo's which contains all the packages needed for our backend connections (monitoring, backup, etc). This make updating/upgrading RHEL and satellite really easy.

2018-03-27T07:51:52+00:00

Red Hat Newbie 5 points

Rob,

There is an article on this topic titled: Why did Red Hat stop supporting self-registered Satellites? Link: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3384521

2018-03-27T13:34:37+00:00

KG Community Member 30 points

I upgraded to 6.3 and now my Content Hosts, Content Views, and Subscription pages are blank. Has anyone had this happen? I have a support case but they have not responded yet.

2018-04-04T17:13:49+00:00

UA Community Member 36 points

I had something similar happen to some of my users. The problem was that the users had no locations associated with them and in 6.2.14 that gave them access to all locations, while in 6.3 it gives them access to no locations.

I just associated all my locations with those users and then went and assigned locations to all hosts that didn't have any location. Being able to fix up broken location information for hosts seems to be a new feature in Satellite 6.3.

2018-04-04T20:21:59+00:00

KG Community Member 30 points

Support had me run these commands and that fixed it! katello-service status

hammer ping foreman-rake katello:reimport

2018-04-04T21:44:10+00:00

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