Note: This article assumes that you are already familiar with Red Hat® Network (RHN) Satellite server and its applications.
Red Hat Network Satellite server allows users to locally host subscribed content from Red Hat Network and custom content in user-managed channels. An example configuration could include a server syncing content updates directly from RHN, while another mission-critical server could be disconnected from the external network, yet still receive updates via manual syncing. In the latter case, these offline servers must be manually updated regularly. Since content updates cannot be synced directly from rhn.redhat.com, RHN Satellite provides two options for our users:
1. Channel dump ISOs hosted on RHN, per Satellite release.
2. RHN-Satellite-Exporter tool running locally on a RHN Satellite server » Read more