RedHat: RHSA-2020-0637:01 Low: Red Hat Satellite 5 - 90 day End Of Life
Summary
After May 31, 2020, as per the life-cycle support policy for Red Hat
Satellite, Red Hat will discontinue technical support services as well as
software maintenance services for all Red Hat Satellite and Proxy versions
5.8 or older on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The listed versions will exit
the existing Limited Maintenance Release phase. This means that new bug
fixes, security updates, and product enhancements will no longer be
provided for the following product versions:
* Red Hat Satellite 5.8 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Details of the Satellite support policy can be found at:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/satellite/
How to proceed:
* If you have a Technical Account Manager, contact that person immediately
to discuss upgrade plans. Otherwise, contact Red Hat support for assistance
at:
https://www.redhat.com/en/services/support
* Red Hat Consulting can be engaged to assist with a smooth migration, see
https://www.redhat.com/en/services/consulting.
* Alternatively, Red Hat Consulting can be engaged to assist with a smooth
migration to Satellite 6, see
lite-6-datasheet
More information on Red Hat Consulting for Satellite can be found in the
PDF document linked to in the References section.
* Red Hat Knowledgebase and other content (whitepapers, reference
architectures, etc.) found in the Red Hat Customer Portal.
* All Red Hat Satellite documentation.
Details of the Red Hat Satellite life-cycle can be found at:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/satellite/
Summary
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
Package List
Red Hat Satellite 5.8 (RHEL v.6):
Source:
spacewalk-certs-tools-2.5.0-5.el6sat.src.rpm
noarch:
spacewalk-certs-tools-2.5.0-5.el6sat.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
This is the 90 day notification of the End Of Life (EOL) plans for the following versions of Red Hat Satellite 5:* Red Hat Satellite 5.8 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Satellite 5.8 (RHEL v.6) - noarch
Bugs Fixed
1796039 - Satellite 5.8 end of life - 90 day warning
