System information

Configuration Configuration

Channels

Puppet Repositories

Proxy services Red Hat

Satellite Proxy Server

Red Hat

Satellite Capsule Serve

Command-line tools Various CLI tools Hammer

Virtualization and

cloud providers

KVM and Xen Openstack, Red Hat

Enterprise Virtualizatio

n, KVM, VMware, EC2

Database support Embedded

PostgreSQL, managed

PostgreSQL, external

PostgreSQL, Oracle

Database 10g Release

2 or 11g (Standard or

Enterprise Edition)

Embedded

PostgreSQL for 6.0.

Co n cep t

Descript ion

Satellit e 5 Satellit e 6

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2.1. Syst em Archit ect ures

Red Hat Satellite 5 is based on an open source project called Spacewalk and is comprised of several

key components arranged in the following architecture.

Figu re 2.1. Red Hat Sat ellit e 5 System Archit ectu re

⁠Web UI

⁠Chapt er 2 . Comparing Sat ellit e 5 and Sat ellit e 6