How to sync a Channel on Red Hat Satellite 5.x?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Issue

  • How to sync (synchronize) a channel on Red Hat Satellite 5.x?
  • Channels aren't available for clients even though subscriptions were purchased.
  • How to view the channels on Satellite via command line ?
  • What is satellite-sync command? Why it is used?
  • How to use satellite-sync and cdn-sync on Satellite 5.8 to synchronize Channel content?

Resolution

  • satellite-sync - and cdn-sync introduced in Satellite v5.8 - is a utility used to synchronize Channel content into a Red Hat Satellite 5 server's database and RPM repository from either Red Hat Network (RHN) Classic Hosted (satellite-sync for Satellite 5.7 and below), Red Hat Content Delivery Network (CDN) (cdn-sync for Satellite 5.8), local media (satellite-sync), or a master Satellite 5 server via Inter-Satellite sync (satellite-sync).
  • Refer to the official Red Hat Satellite 5 documentation for "Content Synchronization Tool" (Satellite v 5.8, 5.7, 5.6. For example, running the following command as root on a Satellite will give all available channels and exit.

If Satellite v5.8 live sync from CDN:

 # cdn-sync --list-channels

If Satellite v5.7 or below, or Satellite v5.8 sync'ing via local storage or via Inter-Satellite-sync:

 # satellite-sync --list-channels

p = previously imported/synced channel
. = channel not yet imported/synced
  • To sync a particular channel, use the satellite-sync -c command with one of the channel names provided by the above.

If Satellite v5.8 live sync from CDN:

 # cdn-sync -c <channel_name> -c <channel2_name> -c <channel3_name> ...

If Satellite v5.7 or below, or Satellite v5.8 sync'ing via local storage or via Inter-Satellite-sync:

 # satellite-sync -c <channel_name> -c <channel2_name> -c <channel3_name> ...

Example:

 # satellite-sync -c rhel-i386-server-5

and

  # satellite-sync -c rhel-i386-server-5 -c  rhn-tools-rhel-x86_64-server-5 -c rhel-x86_64-server-5
  • To point to a specific path, add the -m option
 # satellite-sync -c rhel-i386-server-5 -m /path/to/packages

For information on automating the satellite-sync process, see What is the recommended method to automate Red Hat Satellite synchronization?

  • To find out specific channel label, access that channel from portal and get details of it.

Example:

Channel : Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 for 32-bit x86) 
Label :  rhel-i386-server-6

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