RED HAT SATELLITE - Notes

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_satellite/6.6/html/administering_red_hat_satellite/

STARTING AND STOPPING

satellite-maintain service

# satellite-maintain service list

To see the status of running services, execute:

# satellite-maintain service status

To stop the satellite-maintain services, execute:

# satellite-maintain service stop

To start the satellite-maintain services, execute:

# satellite-maintain service start

To restart the satellite-maintain services, execute:

# satellite-maintain service restart

Updating and installing packages

satellite-maintain packages unlock
satellite-maintain packages update *

foreman-maintain upgrade list-versions
foreman-maintain upgrade run --target-version 6.6.z --whitelist="server-ping,services-up,disk-performance"

satellite-installer (--upgrade option is no longer needed)
satellite-maintain packages lock

To view whether your Satellite Server has embedded or external databases, you can query the status of your databases. For example, enter the following command with the 

• -only

 and add postgresql or rh-mongodb34-mongod:

For PostgreSQL, enter the following command:

# satellite-maintain service status --only postgresql

For MongoDB, enter the following command:

# satellite-maintain service status --only rh-mongodb34-mongod

If your Satellite deployment requires external databases, use the following information to set up and point to external databases from Satellite.

Git Clone Roles to /etc/ansible/roles

In /etc/ansible (after uploading root SSH keys to Bitbucket)

git clone ssh://git@bitbucket.org/scrippsit/playbooks/src/master/roles/