System information

O rg aniz atio n
An Organization is an isolated collection of systems, content, and other functionality within a
Satellite 6 deployment.
Permission
The ability to perform an action.
Pro d u ct
A collection of content repositories. Products can be Red Hat products or newly-created
products made up of software and configuration content.
Pro mo t e
The act of moving a content view comprised of software and configuration content from one
Application Life Cycle Environment to another, such as moving from development to QA to
production.
Pro visio n in g T emp lat e
A Provisioning Template is a user-defined template for Kickstart files, snippets, and other
provisioning actions. In Satellite 6 they provide similar functionality to Kickstart Profiles
and cobbler Snippets in Red Hat Satellite 5.
Pu lp No d e
A Pulp Node is a Capsule Server component that mirrors content. This is similar to the
Red Hat Satellite 5 Proxy. The main difference is that content can be staged on the Pulp
Node before it is used by a Host.
Pu p p et Agent
The Puppet Agent is an agent that runs on a Host and applies configuration changes to that
Host.
Pu p p et Mast er
A Puppet Master is a Capsule Server component that provides Puppet manifests to Hosts for
execution by the Puppet Agent.
Repo sito ry
A Repository provides storage for a collection of content. For example, a YUM repository or
a Puppet repository.
Ro le
A Role specifies a collection of permissions that are applied to a set of resources, such as
Hosts.
Smart Pro xy
A Smart Proxy is a Capsule Server component that can integrate with external services, such
as D NS or D HC P .
Smart Variab le
A Smart Variable is a configuration value that controls how a Puppet Class behaves. This
can be set on a Host, a Host Group, an Organization, or a Location.
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