Red Hat Satellite

Red Hat Satellite is a system management solution used to deploy, configure, and maintain systems across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.

Types of Assets Fetched

This adapter fetches the following types of assets:

• Devices
• Vulnerabilities
• Software
• SaaS Applications

Parameters

1. Red Hat Satellite/Capsule Domain (required) - The hostname or IP address of the Red Hat Satellite server that Axonius can communicate with via the Required Ports.
2. User Name and Password (required) - The credentials for a user account that has Permissions to fetch assets.
3. Verify SSL - Select whether to verify the SSL certificate offered by the value supplied in Red Hat Satellite/Capsule Domain. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.
4. HTTPS Proxy (optional) - A proxy to use when connecting to the value supplied in Red Hat Satellite/Capsule Domain.

To learn more about the common adapter connection parameters and buttons, see Adding a New Adapter Connection.

Advanced Settings

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Note

Advanced settings can either apply for all connections for this adapter, or you can set different advanced settings and/or different scheduling for a specific connection, refer to ​Advanced Configuration for Adapters.

1. Fetch host facts (required, default: true) - Select whether to fetch facts for every host.

2. Fetch host packages (required, default: true) - Select whether to fetch installed software for connected devices.

3. Fetch host errata - Select whether to fetch errata information (including vulnerable_software and Red Hat Errata information) for connected devices.

4. Host chunk size (required, default: 200) - The number of hosts returned every fetch.

5. Number of requests to perform in parallel (required, default: 50) - Set the number of requests to perform in parallel.

6. Fetch host subscriptions - Select whether to fetch the subscriptions fields from Red Hat Satellite.

7. Fetch host collections - Select whether to fetch the host collections fields from Red Hat Satellite.

8. Serial number source priority - Select which serial number type is parsed as the ‘Device Manufacturer Serial’: 'Chassis Serial (default)' or 'System Serial'.

APIs

Axonius uses the Red Hat Satellite API.

Required Ports

Axonius must be able to communicate with the value supplied in Red Hat Satellite/Capsule Domain via the following ports:

• TCP port 443

Required Permissions

The value supplied in User Name:

• Must be a local user. Only local users can have API access.
• Must have view_hosts permission.
• Must be assigned the proper organizations and locations.
• If you select Fetch host facts, view_facts permission is required.

Version Matrix

This adapter has only been tested with the versions marked as supported, but may work with other versions. Contact Axonius Support if you have a version that is not listed which is not functioning as expected.