How to change the lifecycle environment of a host registered to Red Hat Satellite 6 server using the API?

Environment

• Red Hat Satellite 6.14

Issue

• How to change the lifecycle environment of a host registered to Red Hat Satellite 6 server using the API?

Resolution

• Use the following API call:

  # curl --header "Accept:application/json" --header "Content-Type:application/json" --request PUT --user user:pwd --insecure --data '{"host": {"content_facet_attributes": {"lifecycle_environment_id": NEW_LE_ID, "content_view_id": NEW_CV_ID} } }' https://satellite.example.com/api/hosts/HOST_ID | python3 -m json.tool
  

  where:

  • NEW_LE_ID is the ID of the target lifecycle environment.
  • NEW_CV_ID is the ID of the target conetent-view.
  • HOST_ID is the ID of the host for which the target lifecycle environment needs to be assigned.

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

Root Cause

• In Satellite 6.14, it is not allowed to refer the target lifecycle environment only in the API call for a given host. Rather, you have to specify both a target lifecycle environment and a target content view which has been promoted to the target lifecycle environment.

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