1.3. Red Hat Satellite 6 Supported Usage

Each Red Hat Satellite subscription includes one supported instance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server. This instance should be reserved solely for the purpose of running Red Hat Satellite. Using the operating system included with Satellite to run other daemons, applications, or services within your environment is not supported.

Note

All Red Hat Satellite components and their usage are supported within the context of Red Hat Satellite only. Third-party usage of any components falls beyond supported usage.
Support for Red Hat Satellite components is described below.
Puppet

Red Hat Satellite 6 includes supported puppet packages. The installation program allows users to install and configure Puppet Masters as a part of Red Hat Satellite Capsule Servers. The server installs the Hiera key-value database, which can be used to refine how Puppet modules are applied. A Puppet module, running on a Puppet Master on the Red Hat Satellite Server or Satellite Capsule Server, using Hiera, is supported by Red Hat.

Red Hat supports many different scripting and other frameworks, including puppet modules. Support for these frameworks is based on the article "How does Red Hat support scripting frameworks?"[2]
Pulp

Pulp is the content management subsystem within Red Hat Satellite 6. Pulp usage is only supported via the Satellite Server web UI, CLI, and API. Direct modification or interaction with Pulp's local API or database is not supported.

Red Hat does not support direct modification with Pulp as this can cause irreparable damage to the Red Hat Satellite 6 databases.
Foreman

Foreman makes up a large amount of Red Hat Satellite's core functionality including the web UI container, users, organizations, security and other significant functions. Foreman can be extended using plug-ins. However, only Red Hat Satellite packaged plug-ins are supported. Red Hat does not support plug-ins in the Red Hat Satellite Optional repository.

Red Hat Satellite also includes components, configuration and functionality to provision and configure operating systems other than Red Hat Enterprise Linux. While these features are included and can be employed, Red Hat supports their usage for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Candlepin

Candlepin is the subscription management subsystem within Red Hat Satellite 6. The only supported methods of using Candlepin are through the Red Hat Satellite 6 web UI, CLI, and API.

Red Hat does not support direct modification and interactions with Candlepin, its local API or database, as this can cause irreparable damage to the Red Hat Satellite 6 databases.
Embedded Tomcat Application Server

The only supported methods of using the embedded Tomcat application server are through the Red Hat Satellite 6 web UI, API, and database. Red Hat does not support direct interactions and modifications of the embedded Tomcat application server's local API or database.