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1.2. Red Hat Satellite 6 System Components
Red Hat Satellite 6 consists of several open source projects which are integrated, verified, delivered and supported as Satellite 6. It is often important to understand which upstream versions of these projects are delivered. This information is maintained and regularly updated on the Red Hat Customer Portal[1].
Red Hat Satellite 6 consists of the following open source projects:
- Foreman
- Foreman is an open source application used for provisioning and life cycle management of physical and virtual systems. Foreman automatically configures these systems using various methods, including kickstart and Puppet modules. Foreman also provides historical data for reporting, auditing, and troubleshooting.
- Katello
- Katello is a Foreman plug-in for subscription and repository management. It provides a means to subscribe to Red Hat repositories and download content. You can create and manage different versions of this content and apply them to specific systems within user-defined stages of the application life cycle.
- Candlepin
- Candlepin is a service within Katello that handles subscription management.
- Pulp
- Pulp is a service within Katello that handles repository and content management.
- Hammer
- Hammer is a CLI tool that provides command line and shell equivalents of most Web UI functions.
- REST API
- Red Hat Satellite 6 includes a RESTful API service that allows system administrators and developers to write custom scripts and third-party applications that interface with Red Hat Satellite.
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