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RedHat: RHSA-2020-0638-02 Minor: Red Hat Satellite Agent 6 Retirement Alert

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Calendar Grey February 27, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat has announced the EOL plans for Satellite Proxy 5.8 and earlier, highlighting the risks of using outdated versions and support options available
This is the 90 day notification of the End Of Life (EOL) plans for the following versions of Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5: * Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.8 2

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

Summary

After May 31, 2020, as per the life-cycle support policy for Red Hat Satellite Proxy, 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 Proxy 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. For more information, see:
https://www.redhat.com/en/services/consulting.
* Alternatively, Red Hat Consulting can be engaged to assist with a smooth migration to Satellite 6. For more information, 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.) can be 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/

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory low severity system upgrade technical support software maintenance Red Hat Satellite EOL notification

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

Package List

Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.8 (RHEL v.6):
Source: spacewalk-proxy-2.5.0-9.el6sat.src.rpm
noarch: spacewalk-proxy-broker-2.5.0-9.el6sat.noarch.rpm spacewalk-proxy-common-2.5.0-9.el6sat.noarch.rpm spacewalk-proxy-management-2.5.0-9.el6sat.noarch.rpm spacewalk-proxy-package-manager-2.5.0-9.el6sat.noarch.rpm spacewalk-proxy-redirect-2.5.0-9.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/


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0638-01
Product: Red Hat Satellite Proxy
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0638
Issue date: 2020-02-27

Topic

This is the 90 day notification of the End Of Life (EOL) plans for thefollowing versions of Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5:* Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.8

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory low severity system upgrade technical support software maintenance Red Hat Satellite EOL notification

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.8 (RHEL v.6) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1796373 - Proxy 5.8 end of life - 90 day warning

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