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Synchronizing Software Between Red Hat Satellite Servers

Red Hat News, Wednesday, January 17th, 2024

Red Hat Satellite features multiple methods of synchronizing software from the Red Hat Content Delivery Network (CDN). The intention is to adapt Satellite to your requirements for regularly importing content outside your organization's firewall.

Some organizations permit the import of data across networks through a DMZ. Others demand more security and maintain an "air gap," where data must be copied onto removable media and walked across a self-contained network.

This blog discusses the various methods of synchronizing software in Satellite and their intended use cases, including the following:

  • Inter-Satellite Sync (ISS) network synchronization
  • ISS export synchronization
  • ISS syncable exports
  • Alternate Content Sources

The following definitions clarify the terms this article uses: ...

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