The managed hosts register against the local Satellite server and access the provided resources like software packages, patches, configuration, etc.
Satellite offers numerous methods for deploying hosts, including simple kickstart, bare metal install and re-imaging.
The 3[clarification needed] main mechanisms for managing hosts are: Satellite can provide monitoring of software and systems via probes.
A primary purpose of earlier versions of Satellite was to allow organizations to utilize the benefits of Red Hat Network (RHN) without having to provide public Internet access to their servers or other client systems.
[27] When viewed in March 2017 Red Hat indicated: As of April 2017[update] Satellite minor release 5.8 is in available in beta.