Chapter 3. Updating a disconnected Satellite Server Update your air-gapped Satellite setup where the connected Satellite Server, which synchronizes content from CDN, is air gapped from a disconnected Satellite Server, to the patch version. You can follow this process to update the underlying operating system between minor release versions. Prerequisites Back up your Satellite Server. For more information, see Backing Up Satellite Server and Capsule Server in Administering Red Hat Satellite . Install reposync that is required for the updating procedure: 3.1. Updating a disconnected Satellite Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 You can update your disconnected Satellite on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 by synchronizing the required repositories on the connected Satellite and syncing the content to the disconnected Satellite using reposync . Procedure on the connected Satellite Server Ensure that you have synchronized the following repositories in your connected Satellite Server: rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms satellite-6.16-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms satellite-maintenance-6.16-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms Download the debug certificate of the organization and store it locally at /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem or a location of your choosing. For more information, see Creating an Organization Debug Certificate in Administering Red Hat Satellite . Create a Yum configuration file under /etc/yum.repos.d , such as satellite-disconnected .repo , with the following contents: In the configuration file, complete the following steps: For the sslclientcert and sslclientkey options, replace /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem with the location of the downloaded organization debug certificate. For the baseurl option, replace satellite.example.com with the correct FQDN of your connected Satellite Server. For the baseurl option, replace My_Organization with your organization label. Obtain the organization label: Enter the reposync command: This downloads the contents of the repositories from the connected Satellite Server and stores them in the directory ~/Satellite-repos . Verify that the RPMs have been downloaded and the repository data directory is generated in each of the sub-directories of ~/Satellite-repos . Archive the contents of the directory: Use the generated Satellite-repos.tgz file to update in the disconnected Satellite Server. Procedure on the disconnected Satellite Server Copy the generated Satellite-repos.tgz file to your disconnected Satellite Server. Extract the archive to anywhere accessible by the root user. In the following example /root is the extraction location. Create a Yum configuration file under /etc/yum.repos.d with the following repository information: In the configuration file, replace the /root/Satellite-repos with the extracted location. Use the health check option to determine if the system is ready for update. On first use of this command, satellite-maintain prompts you to enter the hammer admin user credentials and saves them in the /etc/foreman-maintain/foreman-maintain-hammer.yml file. Review the results and address any highlighted error conditions before performing the update. Due to the lengthy update time, use a utility such as tmux to suspend and reattach a communication session. You can then check the update progress without staying connected to the command shell continuously. If you lose connection to the command shell where the update command is running, you can see the logged messages in the /var/log/foreman-installer/satellite.log file to check if the process completed successfully. Perform the update: Determine if the system needs a reboot: If the command told you to reboot, then reboot the system: Additional resources To restore the backup of the Satellite Server or Capsule Server, see Restoring Satellite Server or Capsule Server from a Backup . 3.2. Updating a disconnected Satellite Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 You can update your disconnected Satellite on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 by synchronizing the required repositories on the connected Satellite and syncing the content to the disconnected Satellite using reposync . Procedure on the connected Satellite Server Ensure that you have synchronized the following repositories in your connected Satellite Server: rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms satellite-6.16-for-rhel-9-x86_64-rpms satellite-maintenance-6.16-for-rhel-9-x86_64-rpms Download the debug certificate of the organization and store it locally at /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem or a location of your choosing. For more information, see Creating an Organization Debug Certificate in Administering Red Hat Satellite . Create a Yum configuration file under /etc/yum.repos.d , such as satellite-disconnected .repo , with the following contents: In the configuration file, complete the following steps: For the sslclientcert and sslclientkey options, replace /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem with the location of the downloaded organization debug certificate. For the baseurl option, replace satellite.example.com with the correct FQDN of your connected Satellite Server. For the baseurl option, replace My_Organization with your organization label. Obtain the organization label: Enter the reposync command: This downloads the contents of the repositories from the connected Satellite Server and stores them in the directory ~/Satellite-repos . Verify that the RPMs have been downloaded and the repository data directory is generated in each of the sub-directories of ~/Satellite-repos . Archive the contents of the directory: Use the generated Satellite-repos.tgz file to update in the disconnected Satellite Server. Procedure on the disconnected Satellite Server Copy the generated Satellite-repos.tgz file to your disconnected Satellite Server. Extract the archive to anywhere accessible by the root user. In the following example /root is the extraction location. Create a Yum configuration file under /etc/yum.repos.d with the following repository information: In the configuration file, replace the /root/Satellite-repos with the extracted location. Use the health check option to determine if the system is ready for update. On first use of this command, satellite-maintain prompts you to enter the hammer admin user credentials and saves them in the /etc/foreman-maintain/foreman-maintain-hammer.yml file. Review the results and address any highlighted error conditions before performing the update. Due to the lengthy update time, use a utility such as tmux to suspend and reattach a communication session. You can then check the update progress without staying connected to the command shell continuously. If you lose connection to the command shell where the update command is running, you can see the logged messages in the /var/log/foreman-installer/satellite.log file to check if the process completed successfully. Perform the update: Determine if the system needs a reboot: If the command told you to reboot, then reboot the system: Additional resources To restore the backup of the Satellite Server or Capsule Server, see Restoring Satellite Server or Capsule Server from a Backup .

Commands:
dnf install 'dnf-command(reposync)'
[rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms] name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs) baseurl= https://satellite.example.com /pulp/content/ My_Organization /Library/content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/baseos/os enabled = 1 sslclientcert = /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem sslclientkey = /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem sslcacert = /etc/pki/katello/certs/katello-server-ca.crt sslverify = 1 [rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms] name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs) baseurl= https://satellite.example.com /pulp/content/ My_Organization /Library/content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/appstream/os enabled = 1 sslclientcert = /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem sslclientkey = /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem sslcacert = /etc/pki/katello/certs/katello-server-ca.crt sslverify = 1 [satellite-6.16-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms] name=Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 RPMs x86_64 baseurl= https://satellite.example.com /pulp/content/ My_Organization /Library/content/dist/layered/rhel8/x86_64/satellite/6.16/os enabled = 1 sslclientcert = /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem sslclientkey = /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem sslcacert = /etc/pki/katello/certs/katello-server-ca.crt sslverify = 1 [satellite-maintenance-6.16-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms] name=Red Hat Satellite Maintenance 6.16 for RHEL 8 RPMs x86_64 baseurl= https://satellite.example.com /pulp/content/ My_Organization /Library/content/dist/layered/rhel8/x86_64/sat-maintenance/6.16/os enabled = 1 sslclientcert = /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem sslclientkey = /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem sslcacert = /etc/pki/katello/certs/katello-server-ca.crt sslverify = 1
hammer organization list
dnf reposync --delete --disableplugin=foreman-protector --download-metadata --repoid rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms --repoid rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms --repoid satellite-maintenance-6.16-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms --repoid satellite-6.16-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms -n -p ~/Satellite-repos
tar czf Satellite-repos.tgz -C ~ Satellite-repos
tar zxf Satellite-repos.tgz -C /root
[rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms] name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs) baseurl=file:///root/Satellite-repos/rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms enabled = 1 [rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms] name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs) baseurl=file:///root/Satellite-repos/rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms enabled = 1 [satellite-6.16-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms] name=Red Hat Satellite 6 for RHEL 8 Server RPMs x86_64 baseurl=file:///root/Satellite-repos/satellite-6.16-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms enabled = 1 [satellite-maintenance-6.16-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms] name=Red Hat Satellite Maintenance 6 for RHEL 8 Server RPMs x86_64 baseurl=file:///root/Satellite-repos/satellite-maintenance-6.16-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms enabled = 1
satellite-maintain update check --whitelist="check-upstream-repository,repositories-validate"
satellite-maintain update run --whitelist="check-upstream-repository,repositories-setup,repositories-validate"
dnf needs-restarting --reboothint
reboot
[rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms] name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs) baseurl= https://satellite.example.com /pulp/content/ My_Organization /Library/content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/baseos/os enabled = 1 sslclientcert = /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem sslclientkey = /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem sslcacert = /etc/pki/katello/certs/katello-server-ca.crt sslverify = 1 [rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms] name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs) baseurl= https://satellite.example.com /pulp/content/ My_Organization /Library/content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/appstream/os enabled = 1 sslclientcert = /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem sslclientkey = /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem sslcacert = /etc/pki/katello/certs/katello-server-ca.crt sslverify = 1 [satellite-6.16-for-rhel-9-x86_64-rpms] name=Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 RPMs x86_64 baseurl= https://satellite.example.com /pulp/content/ My_Organization /Library/content/dist/layered/rhel9/x86_64/satellite/6.16/os enabled = 1 sslclientcert = /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem sslclientkey = /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem sslcacert = /etc/pki/katello/certs/katello-server-ca.crt sslverify = 1 [satellite-maintenance-6.16-for-rhel-9-x86_64-rpms] name=Red Hat Satellite Maintenance 6.16 for RHEL 9 RPMs x86_64 baseurl= https://satellite.example.com /pulp/content/ My_Organization /Library/content/dist/layered/rhel9/x86_64/sat-maintenance/6.16/os enabled = 1 sslclientcert = /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem sslclientkey = /etc/pki/katello/certs/org-debug-cert.pem sslcacert = /etc/pki/katello/certs/katello-server-ca.crt sslverify = 1
hammer organization list
dnf reposync --delete --disableplugin=foreman-protector --download-metadata --repoid rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms --repoid rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms --repoid satellite-maintenance-6.16-for-rhel-9-x86_64-rpms --repoid satellite-6.16-for-rhel-9-x86_64-rpms -n -p ~/Satellite-repos
tar czf Satellite-repos.tgz -C ~ Satellite-repos
tar zxf Satellite-repos.tgz -C /root
[rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms] name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs) baseurl=file:///root/Satellite-repos/rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms enabled = 1 [rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms] name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs) baseurl=file:///root/Satellite-repos/rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms enabled = 1 [satellite-6.16-for-rhel-9-x86_64-rpms] name=Red Hat Satellite 6 for RHEL 9 Server RPMs x86_64 baseurl=file:///root/Satellite-repos/satellite-6.16-for-rhel-9-x86_64-rpms enabled = 1 [satellite-maintenance-6.16-for-rhel-9-x86_64-rpms] name=Red Hat Satellite Maintenance 6 for RHEL 9 Server RPMs x86_64 baseurl=file:///root/Satellite-repos/satellite-maintenance-6.16-for-rhel-9-x86_64-rpms enabled = 1
satellite-maintain update check --whitelist="check-upstream-repository,repositories-validate"
satellite-maintain update run --whitelist="check-upstream-repository,repositories-setup,repositories-validate"
dnf needs-restarting --reboothint
reboot