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Glossary of Terms
The following terms are used throughout this document. Familiarize yourself with these terms to help
your understanding of Red Hat Satellite 6.
⁠Act ivat io n Key
A registration token used in a Kickstart file to control actions at registration. These are
similar to Activation Keys in Red Hat Satellite 5, but provide a subset of features because
Puppet controls package and configuration management after registration.
⁠Ap p licat ion Lif e Cycle En viro n ment
An Application Life Cycle Environment represents a step, or stage, in a promotion path through
the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Promotion paths are also known as
development paths. Content such as packages and Puppet modules move through life
cycle environments by publishing and promoting Content Views. All Content Views have
versions, which means you can promote a specific version through a typical promotion
path; for example, from development to test to production. Channel cloning implements this
concept in Red Hat Satellite 5.
⁠At t ach
The process of associating a Subscription to a Host that provides access to RPM content.
⁠Capsule
A Capsule is an additional server that can be used in a Red Hat Satellite 6 deployment to
facilitate content federation and distribution in addition to other localized services (Puppet
Master, D HC P , D NS, T FT P , and more).
⁠Co mp u t e Pro f ile
Compute Profiles specify default attributes for new virtual machines on a compute resource.
⁠Co mp u t e Reso u rce
A Compute Resource is virtual or cloud infrastructure, which Red Hat Satellite 6 uses for
deployment of hosts and systems. Examples include Red Hat
Enterprise Virtualization Manager, OpenStack, EC2, and VMWare.
⁠Co n t ent
Content includes software packages (RPM files) and Puppet modules. These are
synchronized into the Library and then promoted into Life Cycle Environments using
Content Views so that they can be consumed by Hosts.
⁠Co n t ent Delivery N et wo rk ( C D N )
The Content Delivery Network (CDN) is the mechanism used to deliver Red Hat content in a
geographically co-located fashion. For example, content that is synchronized by a Satellite
in Europe pulls content from a source in Europe.
⁠Co n t ent View
A Content View is a definition of content that combines products, packages, and Puppet
modules with capabilities for intelligent filtering and creating snapshots. Content Views are
a refinement of the combination of channels and cloning from Red Hat Satellite 5.
⁠Ext ern al N o d e Classifier
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