Katello

Spec sheet

Purpose

Katello adds content management to Foreman’s server provisioning and configuration capabilities.Read 11 Oct 2026 · theforeman.org

Support

Community support is available through the Discourse Support board and the public #theforeman Matrix room; the project says the Matrix room is not an official support channel.Read 11 Oct 2026 · theforeman.org

Audience and complexity

The project says Foreman is a complex tool and getting started requires a level of Linux system administration knowledge.Read 11 Oct 2026 · theforeman.org

Content views

Content Views let administrators filter packages, errata, and Puppet modules into custom content builds and promote them through lifecycle environments.Read 11 Oct 2026 · theforeman.org

Interfaces

Foreman provides a web frontend, CLI, and RESTful API, including a Foreman and Katello API reference.Read 11 Oct 2026 · theforeman.org

Platform requirement

The Katello 5.0 Enterprise Linux installation guide lists Enterprise Linux 9 on x86_64 and says installation on a system with EPEL is unsupported.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.theforeman.org

Repositories

It can create and manage local yum, deb, and Puppet repositories, sync remote repositories, and upload content directly.Read 11 Oct 2026 · theforeman.org

Security notice

The security page lists a Katello content view history authorization issue that could reveal whether content exists in another organization’s content views.Read 11 Oct 2026 · theforeman.org

Security process

The project accepts vulnerability reports privately by email and says it aims to fix high severity issues in the current stable release.Read 11 Oct 2026 · theforeman.org

Storage needs

The guide lists 300 GB runtime storage for /var/lib/pulp based on synchronizing Enterprise Linux 7, 8, and 9 repositories, and says needs vary by environment.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.theforeman.org

Supported deployments

The current documentation lists Foreman with Katello 5.0 for Enterprise Linux and as a containerized deployment.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.theforeman.org

System requirements

The installation guide calls for a freshly provisioned server with at least 4 CPU cores, 20 GB RAM, and 4 GB swap.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.theforeman.org

Updates

Administrators can use managed content to install package and errata updates on one host or a group of hosts.Read 11 Oct 2026 · theforeman.org

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Patch Management Software#20 of 497.9