Spacewalk
Spacewalk is an open-source Linux systems management solution used to manage software packages, updates, and configurations across Red Hat-based systems (RHEL, CentOS, Oracle Linux).
Disclaimer: Spacewalk and the Spacewalk logo are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
Altnix offers legacy support, deployment, and migration from Spacewalk to modern alternatives like Katello, Foreman, or Satellite 6.
Spacewalk Features
Why Spacewalk?
Visibility into entire Linux systems and servers
Support for Major distributions on Linux including Cent OS, RHEL, Ubuntu and Fedora
Basic Features
Inventory of Linux servers and their patch levels
Ability to automate the patching of arbitrary groupings of Linux servers
Ability to easily identify status of servers vis a vis security errata
Ability to easily identify when servers need rebooting (due to relevant errata)
Ability to schedule 'events' (RPM installs, updates, reboots) to individual or groups of servers
Ability to easily track the status of all events (pending, failed, completed)
Secondary Benefits
Ability to monitor changes to key files deployed across the plant, along with versioning support
Ability to run arbitrary commands / scripts against arbitrary groups of servers (either scheduled or 'immediately')
Custom channels for management and deployment of locally packaged RPMs
Ability to monitor various 'server health' metrics
Ability to easily provision new servers with proper channel subscriptions and base configuration profiles
Why Choose Altnix for Spacewalk?
Altnix Advantage
Spacewalk Consulting
Altnix provides Professional Services and Consulting for Spacewalk including the following:
Consulting on adopting Spacekwalk at your organizaition
In-Depth Analysis of your requirements and scope study
Architecture Design and Hardware Sizing Guidelines
Solution Design Document that can be handed over to engineers for implementation
Spacewalk Implementation and Deployment
Altnix implements Spacewalk based patch management solutions keeping in mind the business requirements. Implementation includes the following:
Installation and Setup of Spacewalk
Configuration and Component
Package Registration and Discovery
Baseline for Auditing on Patches
On-Boarding of Systems into the Inventory
Spacewalk client installation on target systems
Testing and UAT sign off after consultation with customer
Reports as per Customer requirements
Training to operators and administrators managing Spacewalk installation
Documentation for future reference
Spacewalk Customization
Altnix can customize your Spacewalk installation so that it is a better fit to your business environment.
Adding non-standard targets for patch management
Creating new visualizations and dashboards as per customer needs
Creating custom scripts, plug-ins and components if needed for patch management
Third Party Integration
Altnix can integrate Spacekwalk with other third party tools to meet several business use cases.
Ticketing systems such as IBM NetCool, BMC Remedy, Zendesk, and OTRS Community Edition
Network Management and Orchestrator tools such as HP NNM and Spiceworks
Remote Management and Monitoring tools such as N-Able and ManageEngine
IT Automation Tools such as Jenkins, StackStorm and Jenkins
Visualization Tools such as Grafana, Graphite, Cacti
24x7 AMC Support Services
Altnix offer 24x7 support services on an AMC or per hour basis for new or existing installations on Spacewalk. Our team of experts are available round the clock and respond to you within a predefined SLA.
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