Red Hat Linux on Campus

ITS maintains a license with Red Hat that provides the University with a limited number of licenses to install and maintain various Red Hat operating systems. While the operating system itself is a free open source Linux distribution, obtaining current patches and updates can only be done through a Red Hat subscription. ITS is capable of providing this service and tracking our licenses via the Red Hat Satellite service. Campus Satellite is available to TSCs to register, manage, and apply Red Hat provided updates to University-owned hosts on campus networks at no charge.

To request service, please contact campus-rhns@utlists.utexas.edu.

Frequently Asked Questions

Available Entitlements

Note: Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ended on November 30, 2020. Please upgrade to a supported Operating System like RHEL 8 or 9.

The following entitlements (and thus updates) are available via the Campus RHNS:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Workstation (x86, x64)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (x86, x64)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server (x64)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Workstation (x64)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (x64)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (x64)

Available Installation Media

The following ISOs are provided

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Workstation (x64)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (x64)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server (x64)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Workstation (x64)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (x64)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (x64)

Additional versions for which there are entitlements may be provided upon request.

Console Access

For departments with 10 or more Red Hat Linux hosts, Web console access and a department group can be provided. Logins to the console will be EID-based.

Maintenance Schedule

The Satellite will have scheduled maintenance on the Second and Fourth Tuesday of every month. Maintenance will begin at Noon and should last no more then one hour.