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  • Page 1 Red Hat Network 2.8 Management Reference Guide...
  • Page 2 All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners. The GPG fingerprint of the security@redhat.com key is: CA 20 86 86 2B D6 9D FC 65 F6 EC C4 21 91 80 CD DB 42 A6 0E...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction............................i 1. Document Conventions......................i 2. More to Come ........................iv 2.1. Send in Your Feedback ..................iv 1. What is Red Hat Network? ......................1 1.1. Demo..........................2 1.2. Update ..........................2 1.3. Management........................2 1.4.
  • Page 4 4.4.7. Activation Keys....................55 4.5. Errata..........................56 4.5.1. Relevant Errata....................56 4.5.2. All Errata......................57 4.5.3. Advanced Search....................58 4.6. Software ........................... 59 4.6.1. Channels......................59 4.6.2. Channel Entitlements ..................61 4.6.3. Easy ISOs......................61 4.6.4. Advanced Search....................62 4.6.5. Packages......................62 4.7.

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Refer to Chapter 2 Red Hat Update Agent for instructions. For a technical overview of Red Hat Network, please refer to the whitepapers available at http://www.redhat.com/docs/wp/. For an interactive demo of RHN, go to http://rhn.redhat.com/demo/rhn_demo.html. It requires the Macromedia Flash player. 1. Document Conventions When you read this manual, you will see that certain words are represented in different fonts, type- faces, sizes, and weights.
  • Page 6 Introduction Install the RPM if you want to use a Web server log file analysis program. webalizer application This style indicates that the program is an end-user application (as opposed to system software). For example: Use Mozilla to browse the Web. [key] A key on the keyboard is shown in this style.
  • Page 7 Introduction prompt A prompt, which is a computer’s way of signifying that it is ready for you to input something, will be shown in this style. Examples: [stephen@maturin stephen]$ leopard login: user input Text that the user has to type, either on the command line, or into a text box on a GUI screen, is displayed in this style.

  • Page 8: More To Come

    2.1. Send in Your Feedback If you would like to make suggestions about the Red Hat Network Management Reference Guide, please mention this guide’s identifier: RHNent(EN)-2.8-Print-RHI (2003-09-26T14:43) You can send mail to: < > rhn-feedback@redhat.com...

  • Page 9: What Is Red Hat Network

    Linux 8.0 systems will even use the Red Hat Update Agent to be registered to RHN. See Chapter 2 Red Hat Update Agent for further information. You can use either of the two Red Hat Network user interfaces: https://rhn.redhat.com • The Red Hat Update Agent •...

  • Page 10: Demo

    Many Red Hat Network terms are used throughout this manual. As you read the Red Hat Network Reference Guide, refer to the Glossary as necessary for an explanation of common terms. For a comparison chart of RHN service levels, refer to https://rhn.redhat.com/preview/. 1.1. Demo The RHN Demo service level is the complimentary service level.

  • Page 11: Management

    To create an account that can be used to entitle systems to RHN Management, go to https://rhn.redhat.com/ and click on the Create Account link under the Sign In fields. On the Sign Up for Red Hat Network page, click Create a new corporate account. After creating a corporate account, you may add users within your organization to it.

  • Page 12: Before You Begin

    Red Hat’s GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) signature to ensure authenticity. Red Hat Network incorporates the following security measures: 1. Your System Profile available at http://rhn.redhat.com is accessible only with an RHN-verified username and password. 2. A Digital Certificate is written to the client system after registration and is used to authenticate the system during each transaction between the client and Red Hat Network.
  • Page 13 (or from a Red Hat FTP mirror available at http://www.redhat.com/mirrors.html). Always check the Red Hat Errata page, available at http://www.redhat.com/errata/, for package updates. If you install an older version of these packages, you can retrieve the latest versions using Red Hat Network. The first...
  • Page 14 Chapter 1. What is Red Hat Network?

  • Page 15: Red Hat Update Agent

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent The Red Hat Update Agent is your connection to the Red Hat Network. It enables you to register your systems, create System Profiles, and alter the settings by which your organization and RHN interact. Once registered, your systems can use the Red Hat Update Agent to retrieve the latest software packages from Red Hat.
  • Page 16 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent If you choose the last option and start the application from a shell prompt, you can specify the options in Table 2-1 to the Red Hat Update Agent. To view these options, type the command up2date --help For example, use the following command to specify the directory in which to download the updated...

  • Page 17: Registration

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 2-1. Configure Proxy Server The second dialog box to appear will prompt you to install the Red Hat GPG key, as shown in Figure 2-2. This key is used to verify the packages you download for security purposes. Click Yes to install the key, and you will not see this message again.
  • Page 18 Network registration process is used to create a System Profile, which is essential to receiving update notifications about your system. If after reading the statement you have any questions about how your information is being used, please contact us at < >. When satisfied, click feedback@redhat.com Forward.

  • Page 19: Registering A User Account

    Red Hat software packages. Note If you are already a member of redhat.com, you can use the same username and password. However, you will still need to continue with the registration process to create your System Profile. Your username and password have the following restrictions: Must be at least four characters long •...
  • Page 20 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Cannot contain any line feeds • Cannot contain the characters &, +, %, or ’ • Figure 2-5. Create a User Account You must choose a unique username. If you enter one already in use, you will see an error message (see Figure 2-6).
  • Page 21 Unlike other details, your company name can be changed only through redhat.com. To make this change, go to http://www.redhat.com/ and click the Account link near the top-right corner. Sign in if you are not already logged in, and then click the Account Details link. In the Edit Account Details page, replace your company name in the appropriate field and click the Finish button at the bottom.

  • Page 22: Registering A System Profile

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 2-7. Register a User Account Once satsfied with the information supplied, click Forward to continue. 2.2.2. Registering a System Profile Now that you have a user account, you can create a System Profile that consists of hardware and software information about your Red Hat Linux system.
  • Page 23 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Disk sizes • Mount points • The next step is choosing a profile name for your system as shown in Figure 2-8. The default value is the hostname for the system. You may modify this to be a more descriptive string, such as Email Server for Support Team, if you find it more helpful.
  • Page 24 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent you use an older version of a package and deselect it from the list, it will not be replaced with a newer version. This RPM list can be modified through the Red Hat Network Web interface or by using the Red Hat Update Agent.
  • Page 25 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent 2.2.2.2.2. Choosing RPM Packages to Exclude from the System Profile By default, all RPM packages in your RPM database are included in your System Profile to be updated by Red Hat Network. To exclude a package, uncheck the package from the list by clicking the check- box beside the package name.

  • Page 26: Setup And Use

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 2-12. Finished Collecting Information for System Profile Figure 2-13 shows the progress bar you will see while your profile is being sent. This process may take some time depending on your connection speed. Figure 2-13.

  • Page 27: Choosing A Channel

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent 2.3.1. Choosing a Channel The first step is to select the channel from which you want the updated packages to be retrieved. After you send your System Profile, the Channels screen (Figure 2-14) appears. Select the appropriate base channel and click Forward to continue.
  • Page 28 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent While you see this dialog box, the Red Hat Update Agent uses your unique Digital Certificate ) to determine if there are any updated packages available for /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid your system. If there are no updated packages available for your system, the dialog box in Figure 2-16 appears.
  • Page 29 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 2-18. View Advisory The Available Package Updates screen is the next to appear. If your system is not up-to-date, your customized list of available updated packages is displayed as shown in Figure 2-19.
  • Page 30 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 2-19. List of Available Updates By default, no packages are selected for download. To select a package for download (and installation, if you chose that option), click its checkbox. To select all the packages listed, click the checkbox next to Select all packages.

  • Page 31: Installing Updated Packages

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 2-21. Retrieval Finished 2.3.3. Installing Updated Packages After downloading the packages through the Red Hat Update Agent, they must be installed. If you chose not to have the packages installed via the Red Hat Update Agent, skip to Section 2.3.5.2 Manual Package Installation for further instructions.

  • Page 32: Update Agent Finished

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 2-22. Installation Finished 2.3.4. Update Agent Finished When the Red Hat Update Agent has finished downloading the desired packages (and installing them if you chose the install option), you will see the screen in Figure 2-23. Click Finish to exit the Red Hat Update Agent.

  • Page 33: Command Line Version

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 2-23. Update Agent Finished 2.3.5. Command Line Version If you are not running X, you can still run the Red Hat Update Agent from a virtual console or remote terminal. If you are running X but want to use the command line version, you can force it not to display the graphical interface with the following command: up2date --nox The command line version of the Red Hat Update Agent allows you to perform advanced functions...
  • Page 34 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Argument Description Download packages only; do not install them. This argument --download temporarily overrides the configuration option Do not install packages after retrieval. Use this option if you prefer to install the packages manually. Specify an alternate RPM database to use temporarily.
  • Page 35 1. Cut and paste the following into a file and save it as or download it from redhat2.asc https://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/publickey/#key. Type bits/keyID Date User ID 1024D/DB42A60E 1999-09-23 Red Hat Software, Inc. (security@redhat.com) 2048g/961630A2 1999-09-23 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (GNU/Linux)
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  • Page 37: Configuration

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent After running this command, your RHN System Profile will reflect the latest software versions in- stalled on your system. 2.3.5.4. Log File The Red Hat Update Agent keeps a log of all the actions that it performs on your system in the file .
  • Page 38 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 2-24. General Settings In addition, RHN Proxy and Satellite customers have the option of selecting Red Hat Network Servers here. These customers should refer to the RHN Client Configuration Guide for detailed instructions. 2.4.1.2.
  • Page 39 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 2-25. Retrieval/Installation Settings The following package retrieval options can be selected (see Figure 2-25): Do not install packages after retrieval — download selected RPM packages to desired directory • and ignore the installation preferences Do not upgrade packages when local configuration file has been modified —...

  • Page 40: Command Line Version

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent To define a set of packages to be excluded according to the package name, enter a character string including wild cards (*) in the Add new text field under in the Package Names to Skip section. A wild card at the end of the character string means all packages beginning with the character string will be excluded from the list.

  • Page 41: Registering With Activation Keys

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent pkgSkipList [’kernel*’] storageDir /var/spool/up2date adminAddress [’root@localhost’] noBootLoader 10. serverURL https://www.rhns.redhat.com/XMLRPC 11. fileSkipList 12. sslCACert /usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT 13. noReplaceConfig 14. useNoSSLForPackage No 15. systemIdPath /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid 16. enableProxyAuth 17. retrieveSource 18. versionOverride 19. headerFetchCount 20. networkRetries 21. enableProxy 22.
  • Page 42 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Note Systems running versions of Red Hat Linux older than 8.0 need version 2.7.20 or higher of the package. It is highly recommended you obtain the latest version before using activa- rhn_register tion keys. Before using an activation key, you must first generate one through the RHN website.

  • Page 43: Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool

    Chapter 3. Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool The Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool is a notifier that appears on the panel and alerts users when software package updates are available for their systems. The list of updates is retrieved from the RHN Servers.

  • Page 44: Notification Icons

    Chapter 3. Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool Figure 3-2. HTTP Proxy Configuration If your network connection requires you to use an HTTP Proxy Server to make HTTP connec- tions, on the Proxy Configuration screen, type your proxy server in the text field with the for- mat HOST:PORT.

  • Page 45: Viewing Updates

    Chapter 3. Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool If you see the icon, it is highly recommended that you apply the updates. Refer to Section 3.4 Applying Updates for information on applying updates. If you have scheduled updates to be installed, you can watch the applet icon to determine when updates are applied.
  • Page 46 Chapter 3. Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool...

  • Page 47: Red Hat Network Website

    In a Web browser, go to http://rhn.redhat.com. The page shown in Figure 4-1 will be displayed. Figure 4-1. RHN Website If you have not registered a system yet or do not have a redhat.com account, create a new account by clicking Create Account. After creating a new user account, you must register your system before using RHN.
  • Page 48 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Your RHN — Obtain a quick overview of your account. It notifies you if your systems need • attention, provides a quick link to go directly to them, and displays the most recent Errata Alerts for your account.

  • Page 49: Errata Alert Icons

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Archived Actions — List completed actions that have been selected to archive. • Users — View and manage users for your organization. • User List — List users for your organization. • 4.2.1. Errata Alert Icons Throughout Red Hat Network you will see three Errata Alert icons.
  • Page 50 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website If you are new to the RHN website, it is recommended that you read Section 4.2 Introduction to the Website to become familiar with the layout and symbols used throughout the website. Figure 4-2. Your Red Hat Network The top of the page shows how many systems need attention, provides a link to quickly view those systems, and displays a summary of scheduled actions.

  • Page 51: Your Account

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website The Action Summary section provides the following information about events scheduled in the past week: Recently Failed Actions — Number of scheduled actions that did not succeed. • Pending Actions — Number of scheduled actions that have not yet been completed. •...

  • Page 52: Your Preferences

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.3.2. Your Preferences The Your Preferences page allows you to configure Red Hat Network options, including: Email Notifications — Determine whether you want to receive email every time an Errata Alert is • applicable to one or more systems in your RHN account. Important This setting also enables Management customers to receive a daily summary of system events.

  • Page 53: Systems

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.3.5.2. Quick Start Guide The Quick Start Guide page contains a brief overview of Red Hat Network and its many features. If you are unfamiliar with RHN, it is recommended you read this guide in its entirety. Topics covered include registering your systems, applying Errata Updates, and troubleshooting.

  • Page 54: Systems

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.4. Systems If you click the Systems tab on the top navigation bar, the Systems category and links appear. The pages in the Systems category allow you to select systems so that you can perform actions on them and create System Profiles.
  • Page 55 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website installed, the newer version of the package will be in the list of updated packages for the system. Clicking on the package number for a Management-level system takes you to a list of its relevant packages.
  • Page 56 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.4.2.1. All The All page contains the default set of your systems. It displays every system you’ve registered with Red Hat Network. 4.4.2.2. Out of Date The Out of Date page displays the registered systems that have applicable Errata Alerts that have not been applied.
  • Page 57 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website to the Pending Actions list under Schedule => Pending Actions from the top and left navigation bars, respectively. The packages will be updated by the RHN Daemon. You must have the RHN Daemon enabled on your systems.
  • Page 58 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Packages — The default display of the Packages tab describes the options available to you and • provides the means to update your package list. If after exploring the packages, you believe the list is outdated or incomplete (or you installed the packages manually and did not have RHN install them), click the Update Package List button on the bottom right-hand corner of this page.

  • Page 59: System Groups

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website click its summary in the System History table. To again view the table, click Return to history list at the bottom of the page. Pending — Lists events that are scheduled but have not begun. To unschedule a pending event, •...
  • Page 60 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Work with Intersection button. To add a union of groups, select them and click the Work with Union button. Refer to Section 4.4.4 System Set Manager for details. Status — Shows which type of Errata Alerts are applicable to the group or confirms that it is up- •...

  • Page 61: System Set Manager

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Details — Basic information about the system group: the group name and group description. To • change this information, make your changes in the appropriate fields and click the Modify Details button. Systems — List of systems that are members of the system group. Clicking links within the table •...
  • Page 62 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Errata — List of Errata Updates applicable to the current system set. To apply updates, select the • Errata and click the Apply Errata button. Packages — Options to modify packages on the system set: •...

  • Page 63: System Entitlements

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.4.5. System Entitlements To use all of the features of RHN, your systems must be entitled — subscribed to an RHN service level. Every user receives one free Red Hat Network Update entitlement subscription. Use the System Entitlements page to configure which systems are entitled to which service offerings.

  • Page 64: Errata

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Description — User-defined description to identify the generated activation key. • Usage Limit — The number of times the key can be used to register a system before the • activation key is disabled. Leave blank for unlimited use. Base Channel —...

  • Page 65: All Errata

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Figure 4-5. Errata List Clicking on the Advisory takes you to the Details tab of the Errata Details page. Clicking on the number of associated systems takes you to the Affected Systems tab of the Errata Details page. Refer to Section 4.5.2.2 Errata Details for more information.
  • Page 66 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website To apply a specific Errata Update to one or more Management-level systems, find the update within • the Errata lists or by searching. In the table, click on the number of systems affected, which will take you to the Affected Systems tab of the Errata Details page.

  • Page 67: Advanced Search

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.5.3. Advanced Search The Advanced Search page allows you to search through Errata according to specific criteria, such as summary, advisory, and package name. Type your keyword, select the criterion to search by, and click the Search button.
  • Page 68 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Figure 4-6. Software - Relevant Channels 4.6.1.2. All Channels The All Channels page can be retrieved by clicking All below Channels in the left navigation bar. It works identically to the Relevant button with one exception; It displays all channels offered by Red Hat Network, regardless of whether you have systems associated with them.

  • Page 69: Channel Entitlements

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website The customer has its own base channel and, having assigned a system to this base channel, it • subsequently reverts the system to its original distribution-based base channel. Subscribers — List of users who have subscription permissions to the channel. This tab appears •...

  • Page 70: Easy Isos

    To download an ISO image, click on the name of the corresponding Binary Disc image. For instruc- tions on burning the ISO image to a CD-R or CD-RW, refer to the Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide available at http://www.redhat.com/docs/. 4.6.4. Advanced Search The RPM Search page allows you to search through packages using various criteria.
  • Page 71 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 8. Confirm the action. 9. The action is added to the Pending Actions list under the Schedule tab in the top navigation bar. 4.6.5.2. Package Download If you do not want to schedule a package installation, you can download the packages immediately. If you download the packages, you must install them manually.

  • Page 72: Schedule

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.7. Schedule If you click the Schedule tab on the top navigation bar, the Schedule category and links appear. These pages enable you to keep track of the actions taking place within your systems. An action is a scheduled RHN task that is to be performed on one or more client systems.

  • Page 73: Failed Actions

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Figure 4-7. Schedule - Pending Actions 4.7.2. Failed Actions The Failed Actions page displays actions that have failed to succeed. If the action returns an error, it will be displayed. 4.7.3. Completed Actions The Completed Actions page displays actions that have succeeded. 4.7.4.

  • Page 74: Users

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Action — Type of action to perform such as Errata Update or Package Install. Clicking an ac- • tion name takes you to its Action Details page. Refer to Section 4.7.5.1 Action Details for more information.
  • Page 75 Be careful when creating users, because no interface exists for their deletion. Unless you are an RHN Satellite Server customer, you must contact rhn-support@redhat.com to have users removed. RHN Satellite Server customers may use the button on the User Details page.
  • Page 76 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website In addition, you may establish default system groups for the user to capture all systems registered by that user. To do this, select the default group or groups from the dropdown menu at the bottom of the page.

  • Page 77: Red Hat Network Daemon

    Red Hat Network. Make certain: your client is configured correctly. • your system can communicate with RHN via SSL (port 443). You may test this by running the • following command from a shell prompt: telnet xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com 443...
  • Page 78 Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Daemon the Red Hat Network Daemon is activated and running. You may ensure this by running the follow- • ing commands: chkconfig --level 345 rhnsd on service rhnsd start If these are correct and your systems still indicate they are not checking in, please contact our technical support team.

  • Page 79: Using Red Hat Network With Red Hat Linux 6.2

    5. After they are installed, run the Red Hat Network Registration Client ( ) to rhn_register register your system. See Chapter 7 Red Hat Network Registration Client for details. 6. Login to your account at http://rhn.redhat.com to configure your preferences and to configure which systems you want to entitle.
  • Page 80 Chapter 6. Using Red Hat Network with Red Hat Linux 6.2...

  • Page 81: Red Hat Network Registration Client

    Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client Before you begin using Red Hat Network, you need to create a username, password, and System Profile. The Red Hat Network Registration Client walks you through this process. Warning Only systems running Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7.3 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 need to use this separate Red Hat Network Registration Client before starting the Red Hat Update Agent.
  • Page 82 To start the command line version, use the command: rhn_register --nox --configure It has more configuration options than the graphical version. You will be presented with a list of options and their current values: enableProxyAuth noSSLServerURL http://www.rhns.redhat.com/XMLRPC oemInfoFile /etc/sysconfig/rhn/oeminfo enableProxy networkSetup httpProxy...

  • Page 83: Starting The Red Hat Network Registration Client

    System Profile — be sure this is what you want to do before you choose Yes. If you overwrite an existing system registration, you can delete the unused profile via the website at https://rhn.redhat.com.
  • Page 84 Red Hat Network registration process is used to create a System Profile. The System Profile is essential if you wish to receive update notifications about your system. If you have any questions about how your information is being used, please contact us at < >. feedback@redhat.com...

  • Page 85: Registering A User Account

    Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client Figure 7-5. Red Hat Privacy Statement 7.3. Registering a User Account Before you can create a System Profile, you must create a user account. The only required information in this section is a unique username, password, and a valid email address. In the screen shown in Figure 7-7, you must choose a username and password.
  • Page 86 Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client Note If you are already a member of redhat.com, you can use the same user name and password. How- ever, you will still need to continue with the registration process to create your System Profile.

  • Page 87: Registering A System Profile

    Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client the system will be added to the organization’s Red Hat Network account. Your Organization Admin- istrator can then create your user account through the Users category of the RHN website. Refer to Section 4.8.1.1 Create User for instructions. Click Next to continue.

  • Page 88: Software System Profile

    Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client Figure 7-8. System Profile - Hardware 7.4.2. Software System Profile The software System Profile consists of a list of RPM packages for which you wish to receive notifi- cations. The Red Hat Network Registration Client shows you a list of all RPM packages listed in the RPM database on your system and then allows you to customize the list by deselecting packages.
  • Page 89 Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client Figure 7-10. RPM Package Information 7.4.2.2. Choosing RPM Packages to Exclude from the System Profile By default, all RPM packages in your RPM database are included in your System Profile to be up- dated by Red Hat Network.

  • Page 90: Finishing Registration

    Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client Figure 7-11. Choose which RPM Packages to Exclude from System Profile 7.5. Finishing Registration As seen in Figure 7-12, the last step of registration is to confirm that you want to send your System Profile to the Red Hat Network.
  • Page 91 Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client Figure 7-12. Finished Collecting Information for System Profile Figure 7-13 shows the progress bar you will see while your profile is being sent. This process may take some time depending on your connection speed. Figure 7-13.

  • Page 92: Entitling Your System

    Demo entitlement after creating an account by registering a system for RHN or creating a redhat.com account. To entitle a system, go to http://rhn.redhat.com and login using the same username and password you just used in the Red Hat Network Registration Client. On the left navigation bar, click Entitlements under the Your RHN category.
  • Page 93 Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client screens and fields in both versions. Thus, if you are using the text mode version, you can still follow the instructions that begin in Section 7.2 Starting the Red Hat Network Registration Client. Figure 7-15.
  • Page 94 Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client...

  • Page 95: Glossary

    An Errata Alert that pertains to a bug fix. Bugzilla Bugzilla is an online application (http://www.redhat.com/bugzilla) that allows users to commu- nicate directly with the developers. From Bugzilla, users can submit bug reports and feature requests for Red Hat Linux and related open source packages.
  • Page 96 Red Hat Linux. The information includes the topics of the Errata, Bugzilla bug IDs, relevant releases/architectures, solutions including required RPMs, and MD5 checksums for ver- ification. Errata are also available at http://www.redhat.com/errata/. Each RHN Errata Alert is based on the Red Hat Linux Errata List.
  • Page 97 Glossary team tests new packages they are placed on the Red Hat Public File Server and on the Red Hat Network Server and an Errata is generated. Errata Alert RHN Errata Alert that updated packages based on Red Hat Errata are available for one or more systems within an organization.
  • Page 98 Glossary Red Hat Network Daemon The RHN client daemon ( ) that periodically polls Red Hat Network for updates and noti- rhnsd fications. Red Hat Network Registration Client The RHN client application ( ) that collects information about the client system, rhn_register creates a System Profile and Digital Certificate , establishes a connection with the Red Hat Network servers, and registers the system with Red Hat Network.
  • Page 99 Glossary Service Level A Red Hat Network subscription service. Different service levels offer different features of RHN. There are two service levels currently available: RHN Update and RHN Management. Software Manager The name of the first Service Level offering for Red Hat Network. Software Manager is now known as RHN Update .
  • Page 100 Glossary...

  • Page 101: Index

    Index daemon, 69 deleting a system, 48 Demo, 2 Digital Certificate, 4 account download ISO images, 62 deactivate, 43 action completed systems, 66 details, 66 email address failed systems, 66 change, 43 changing, 67 in progress systems, 66 entitlement activation key, 55 with activation key, 55 deleting, 56 entitlements...
  • Page 102 using to apply Errata Updates, 49, 58, 62 viewing status, 69 navigation, 39 Red Hat Network Registration Client notifications (See Registration) automatic, 3 Red Hat Update Agent, 1, 7, 37 activation keys, 33 Command Line Arguments, 25 Configuration, 29 with a proxy server, 29 Organization Administrator, 67 Registration, 73 overview of website, 39...
  • Page 103 deleting, 52 editing details, 52 website, 39 list of, 51 activation keys, 55 viewing details, 52 All Errata, 57 system group list Buy Now, 44 status, 52 Channel Details, 60 System Groups Channel List, 59 System Group List, 51 Errata, 56 Errata Search, 59 system list, 46 Help, 44...

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