Which RHEL versions and architectures are supported as client systems managed by Red Hat Satellite server?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems managed by Red Hat Satellite 5 or 6

Issue

  • What are the supported combinations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux client systems managed by Red Hat Satellite?
  • Which RHEL versions and architectures are supported to be provisioned and managed by Red Hat Satellite servers?
  • What is the supportability matrix for RHEL clients registered to Satellite?

Resolution

Following is a matrix of which Red Hat Enterprise Linux version (supported versions as listed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle page) can be managed by which version of Red Hat Satellite server:

RHEL Version/Arch (as client system to Satellite) Satellite Version
RHEL 5(IA-32, IA-64, PPC, s390x, x86_64) Satellite v 5.8, v 6.0 to v 6.9 (RHEL 5.7+ clients only)
RHEL 6(IA-32, PPC, s390x*, x86_64) Satellite v 5.8, v 6.0+ (RHEL 6.4+ clients only)
RHEL 7(ppc_64, s390x*, x86_64) Satellite v 5.8(except RHEL for Real Time 7)**, v 6.0+***
RHEL 8(ppc_64, s390x*, x86_64) Satellite v 5.8, v 6.5+^
RHEL 9(ppc_64, s390x*, x86_64) Satellite v 6.11+

Note: Red Hat Satellite 6 only support managing Red Hat products. If you would find value in Satellite managing other platforms, please raise this through your TAM or sales.
*Satellite 6 currently only supports management of s390x client systems, not provisioning. See Supported architectures for provisioning via Satellite 6
**Which product content sets are supported by Red Hat Satellite 5.8?
***Satellite 6 Quick Start Guide: Registering an Existing Host
^ RHEL 8 clients are officially supported only from Satellite 6.5 onwards.
- RHEL 9 clients are officially supported only from Satellite 6.11 onwards.

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 client systems are supported by Red Hat Satellite versions 5.6 and above, via RHN Classic tooling if Satellite 5.x and Red Hat Subscription Management tooling if Satellite 6

  • Red Hat Satellite 6 supports RHEL client-systems that are Red Hat Subscription Management capable - i.e., RHEL 5.7+, RHEL 6.4+, RHEL 7.0+ and RHEL8.0+ (for Satellite 6.5 onwards)

  • For more details about managing RHEL 8 content on Satellite 5.8 refer : Running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 on Satellite 5.8

RHEL 9 clients with Satellite 6.10 or lower versions

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.10 and earlier versions have not been officially tested with RHEL9 so it is not supported.
  • Crypto policies in RHEL 9 prevent Remote Execution with Ansible or REX from Satellite 6.10 or lower versions.
  • Due to deprecated kickstart parameters for Anaconda the Provisioning of RHEL 9 will not work from Satellite 6.10 or lower

Important Information for Satellite 5 Customers

Upgrading Red Hat Satellite

Based on the information above you may need to upgrade your Satellite environment. To help simplify your experience, here is some information on Upgrading Satellite.

For more KB articles/solutions related to Red Hat Satellite 6.x Client Subscription Issues, please refer to the Red Hat Satellite Consolidated Troubleshooting Article for Red Hat Satellite 6.x Client Subscription Issues

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at Newbie 5 points
29 July 2015 5:44 PM

On what platforms / processor architectures are these versions of Red Hat Satellite client platforms supported by Satellite 5.x and 6.x (32-bit x86, 64-bit x86_64, s390x, ppc)?

XD Red Hat Guru 2897 points
14 August 2015 10:15 PM

The RHEL Version and platform/architecture for client systems on the left are supported by Satellite Version on the right.

So for example, Red Hat Satellite 5.7 supports all combinations of client systems on the left.

XD Red Hat Guru 2897 points
19 August 2015 9:44 PM

updated with correction for RHEL 7

RR Newbie 5 points
21 September 2015 1:44 PM

Hello,
The version Red Hat Satellite 6.1 can be installed in a s390x system base ?

XD Red Hat Guru 2897 points
14 January 2017 12:11 AM

Hello, s390x is not supported as Satellite 6 install base - for supported RHEL versions for Satellite server installations see: [Satellite] Which RHEL versions and archtectures are supported to install and run Red Hat Satellite server? also Satellite 6 installation Guide.

Lukáš Zapletal's picture Red Hat Expert 1072 points
13 January 2017 9:35 AM

For provisioning go to: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2674001

XD Red Hat Guru 2897 points
14 January 2017 12:04 AM

Thank you - added a note in this kbase.

Ricardo Carrillo's picture Active Contributor 304 points
2 March 2020 11:18 PM

Thanks.

GM Newbie 5 points
5 September 2018 8:26 PM

Hello, Is RHEL 7 on Power supported ? In the article there is a ref "*excluding powerLE" saying not, but in this article https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.5_release_notes/power9-satellite it seems supported

"System management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 for IBM POWER LE (POWER9) is supported in Red Hat Satellite 6 but not in Red Hat Satellite 5." Or the support is just for 7.5+ ?

RE Newbie 18 points
23 January 2019 9:17 AM

This document i missing 6.4 and have a typo on RHEL 6

AH Red Hat Guru 2067 points
23 January 2019 10:32 AM

Hi Rickard, Thank you for pointing out the required corrections, great observation.

I have updated the article.

RE Newbie 18 points
23 January 2019 11:23 AM

Thanks for the update!

MG Community Member 75 points
9 April 2019 11:08 AM

We have RHEL 6.1 clients and satellite running on Version 6.4.2. Does this means my client which is running on RHEL 6.1 can't be configured with my Satellite ?

Pavel Moravec's picture Red Hat Guru 5170 points
11 April 2019 7:54 AM

It depends what do you mean by "configured with Satellite". You can build VMs like those, apply some puppet (or maybe also Ansible) automatization on them, but you wont be able to manage packages there from Satellite. As Satellite6 uses Red Hat Subscription Management with RHSM yum plugin only - see this solution how to migrate a system from RHN to RHSM for more.

Sergei Petrosian's picture Red Hat Community Member 39 points
6 December 2019 8:01 AM

This document is missing the recent Satellite 6.6. Please update.

Pavel Moravec's picture Red Hat Guru 5170 points
6 December 2019 5:25 PM

Good point, updated accordingly.

Ricardo Carrillo's picture Active Contributor 304 points
2 March 2020 11:16 PM

Does anyone know if satellite server can run on 7 RHEL systems not as a client, if not as a server? Thanks in advance.

ir. Jan Gerrit Kootstra's picture Guru 12814 points
3 March 2020 9:00 AM

Hi Ricardo,

Do you want to know on which RHEL release a Satellite server can run? RHEL 6.6.2 is best deployed in RHEL 7.7. You cannot install in on RHEL 8.y at the moment.

Regards,

Jan Gerrit Kootstra

VA Newbie 5 points
2 June 2020 8:56 PM

We have RHEL 6.4 clients and satellite running on Version 6.5.2.1 Does this means my client which is running on RHEL 6.4 can't be configured with my Satellite ?

Pavel Moravec's picture Red Hat Guru 5170 points
4 June 2020 8:05 PM

Hello, The solution mentions that Satellite6 does support RHEL6.4+ clients, which covers also RHEL6.4.

RO Community Member 54 points
27 May 2022 12:26 PM

RHEL 9 not supported by RH Satellite 6.9.9/6.10.x? RHEL 9 is GA but RH Satellite 6.11 currently not, a bad joke? RHEL 9 provisioning with Satellite 6.9.9 is not possbile?

AM Community Member 39 points
29 May 2022 8:27 PM

Bugzilla https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2090077has been raised for the same

CS Pro 763 points
28 June 2022 2:48 PM

CLOSED WONTFIX

:-/

TM Active Contributor 113 points
8 June 2022 6:34 AM

Add me to the list of people that thinks it was a mistake to release RHEL 9 without having any released version of Satellite that can be used to provision or manage it. RHEL 9 was in development for months, it should have been a priority for a released version of Satellite to fully support RHEL 9 at release.

CS Pro 763 points
28 June 2022 2:38 PM

When is 6.11 going to be released?

I also see these repositories now visible from our Satellite 6.10 subscription:

rhel-6-server-els-satellite-client-6-rpms
rhel-7-server-satellite-client-6-rpms
satellite-client-6-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms
satellite-client-6-for-rhel-9-x86_64-rpms

Are these just renamed "tools" repositories?

BJ Newbie 5 points
4 July 2022 1:45 PM

I've spent several hours trying to get Satellite to run remote commands on RHEL 9 without success.

Keep getting below error in /var/log/secure:

Connection closed by authenticating user root 192.168.21.122 port 37906 [preauth]

Can SSH to RHEL 9 endpoint using foreman SSH keypair from Satellite no problem. Have also tried loading an ecdsa key pair into satellite just in case was issue with rsa but not change.

I'm surprised RHEL 9 was released without Satellite support.