How to execute a command remotely to a Red Hat Satellite Server

Solution Verified - Updated 2014-02-07T15:29:40+00:00 -

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Environment

• Red Hat Satellite 5

Issue

• Is there a way to execute a command on Red Hat Satellite from a remote command line ?

Resolution

• Red Hat Satellite provides an XML-RPC API. It is documented here: Red Hat Satellite 5 API Documentation

• Perl and python script which executes commands remotely can be found under the following link: Red Hat Satellite 5 API Documentation sample scripts

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