Katello is an another open sources automation tool.In other words we can say Katello is an open source version of Red Hat satellite Server and it can be used in place of Red Hat satellite Server where we don’t want to invest on enterprise product and its support. Katello has been acquired by Foreman and most of the features found in foreman is also supported in Katello. Main functions of Katello Server are listed below :
- Patching of Linux Based Severs (RHEL and CentOS )
- Repository syncing using Pulp Service
- Provisioning and configuration using foreman
- It also handles subscription content management along with auditing of all the deployed packages
- With Katello, one can create a group of all hosts and also run actions in bulk on a single or a group of hosts.