What are the different ways to refresh Red Hat Satellite Manifest and how to automate the manifest refresh?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.x

Issue

  • How to add subscriptions into the manifest?
  • How to refresh manifest in Red Hat Satellite 6?
  • How to automate manifest refresh?
  • Is there a way to automatically refresh a Red Hat Satellite 6 manifest via cron job?

Resolution

Note:


Before proceeding with this solution, please beware that:
  • A manifest refresh will not extend the expiry date of the manifest's distributor certificate. This means that refreshing the manifest before the manifest's distributor certificate expires does not help as a preventive measure.
  • It is not possible to refresh the manifest in Satellite when the manifest itself has expired. To understand more about this scenario, refer to the following solution article.
  • It is not possible to push a refresh from the Customer Portal UI to your Red Hat Satellite server.

Manual Manifest Refresh:

  • Additional subscriptions can be added into the existing manifest by following the procedure outlined in How to add/update Subscription in an imported manifest using Red Hat Satellite Web UI online/offline network?.

  • Red Hat Satellite 6 provides the ability to refresh manifests using either the Satellite User Interface (UI) or the command line (CLI). Below commands can be used to refresh the manifest with updated subscriptions:

    • For Connected Environments: By using the refresh button in the Red Hat Satellite application UI as follows:

      • On the Satellite GUI > navigate to Content > Subscriptions > Manage Manifests > Refresh Manifest.

    • For Dis-connected/air-gapped Environments: By downloading an updated manifest from the Customer Portal and uploading it in the Red Hat Satellite UI as follows:

      • On the Satellite GUI > navigate to Content > Subscriptions > Manage Manifests and click Choose file> Select the new manifest file you downloaded from the Customer Portal > click Upload.

Manifest Refresh using API:

  • The following API can be used to refresh the manifest:

    # curl -ku admin:password -X PUT  -H "Content-Type: application/json"  https://`hostname -f`/katello/api/organizations/$ID/subscriptions/refresh_manifest | python -m json.tool

     where, `admin:password` is basically the user credentials of Satellite having the correct privileges that can execute the API successfully. The Organization ID `$ID` can be obtained from the `hammer organization list` command.

Automating Manifest Refresh:

  • The below command can be used to create a cron job to refresh the Red Hat Satellite 6 manifest on a scheduled basis.

    # hammer subscription refresh-manifest --organization="Default_Organization" 
[....        ] [0%]

For more KB articles/solutions related to Red Hat Satellite 6.x Manifest Issues, please refer to the Consolidated Troubleshooting Article for Red Hat Satellite 6.x Manifest Issues

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