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3.3.1 Providing Data to Access a SMT Server
If your network provides a SMT server to provide a local update source, you need to
equip the client with the server's URL. Client and server communicate solely via HTTPS
protocol, therefore you also need to enter a path to the server's certificate if the certificate
was not issued by a certificate authority. This information has to be entered at the boot
prompt.
smturl
URL of the SMT server. The URL has a fixed format
https://FQN/center/regsvc/ FQN has to be full qualified hostname of
the SMT server. Example:
smturl=https://smt.example.com/center/regsvc/
smtcert
Location of the SMT server's certificate. Specify one of the following locations:
URL
Floppy
local path
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Remote location (http, https or ftp) from which the certificate can be download-
ed. Example:
smtcert=http://smt.example.com/smt-ca.crt
Specifies a location on a floppy. The floppy has to be inserted at boot time,
you will not be prompted to insert it if it is missing. The value has to start with
the string floppy followed by the path to the certificate. Example:
smtcert=floppy/smt/smt-ca.crt
Absolute path to the certificate on the local machine. Example:
smtcert=/data/inst/smt/smt-ca.cert

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