Which are the recommended channels which can be subscribed with Red Hat Satellite Server ?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.x
  • RHN-Classic

Issue

  • Which child channels can be subscribed to Red Hat Satellite Server under RHN-Classic ?
  • Satellite installation failing with package confilct error for third party channels.

Resolution

  • The Red Hat Satellite server should be not subscribed to all the available Child channels under RHN-Classic.
  • The Red Hat Satellite server should be not subscribed to any third party channel.
  • Below is the list of channels which can be subscribed to the Red Hat Satellite Server:
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6 (It gets subscribed to system at the time of registration).
    • Red Hat Network Satellite (As per the version of satellite installed on the system).
    • RHN Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Root Cause

  • Packages from different Child channels or third party channel can conflict with packages from Satellite channels which can cause package conflicts and dependency issue while updating or installing Satellite server.
  • No other channel other than the above mentioned should be subscribed to the Red Hat Satellite Server.

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