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Section 5.1:Logging into Software Manager
5 Software Manager
You can use Software Manager to manage up multiple Red Hat Linux systems simultaneously by
logging into https://www.redhat.com/network/.
The Software Manager features include:
1.
You can download a list of selected packages with one mouse click. After browsing the individual
systems in your network and choosing which packages to install on each of them, you can go to
your
Download List
choose your updates without waiting for each package to download for each system. It also allows
you to download each package once instead of downloading the same package multiple times for
various systems.
2. The
Search Errata Alerts
curity of your Network Group.
3. System administrators can quickly determine if their systems require updating and what type of
updates are available by viewing the System Overview page.
4. It will only display errata relevant to your network.
5.1 Logging into Software Manager
In a Web browser, go to https://www.redhat.com/network/. The page shown in Figure 5–1, Logging
into Red Hat Network will be displayed.
If you have not registered a system yet or do not have a redhat.com account, create a new account by
clicking the
New User
If you registered your system with Red Hat Network through the Red Hat Network Registration
Client, use the same username and password combination to log into Software Manager.
After creating a new account or using your existing redhat.com account, enter your username and
password at https://www.redhat.com/network/ and click the
page and download packages for your systems at one time. This allows you to
tab allows you to generate custom reports detailing the health and se-
button on the left side of the page.
button.
Log In
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