Registering With Activation Keys - Red Hat NETWORK 3.2 - PROVISIONING Reference Manual

Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent
6. pkgSkipList
7. storageDir
8. adminAddress
9. noBootLoader
10. serverURL
11. fileSkipList
12. sslCACert
13. noReplaceConfig
14. useNoSSLForPackage No
15. systemIdPath
16. enableProxyAuth
17. retrieveSource
18. versionOverride
19. headerFetchCount
20. networkRetries
21. enableProxy
22. proxyPassword
23. noSSLServerURL
24. keepAfterInstall
25. proxyUser
26. removeSkipList
27. useGPG
28. gpgKeyRing
29. httpProxy
30. headerCacheSize
31. forceInstall
Enter number of item to edit
Enter the number of the item that you want to modify and enter a new value for the option. When you
finish changing your configuration, press [Enter] to save your changes and exit. Press [q] and then
[Enter] to quit without saving your changes.
Important
Although this isn't configurable, users should still make note that the port used by the Red Hat Update
Agent is 443 for SSL (HTTPS) and 80 for non-SSL (HTTP). By default,
this reason, users should ensure their firewalls allow connections over port 443. To bypass SSL, in
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date

2.5. Registering with Activation Keys

In addition, to the standard Red Hat Update Agent interface,
processing the registration of systems: Activation Keys. Each unique key can be used to register Red
Hat Linux systems, entitle them to an RHN service level, and subscribe them to specific channels and
system groups, all in one action.
Thus, channel and group subscriptions can be automated along with registration, thereby bypassing
entitlement and registration through either the Red Hat Network Registration Client or the Red Hat
Update Agent, both of which offer the Activation Keys utility
['kernel*']
/var/spool/up2date
['root@localhost']
No
https://www.rhns.redhat.com/XMLRPC
[]
/usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT
Yes
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid
No
No
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5
No
http://www.rhns.redhat.com/XMLRPC
No
['kernel*']
Yes
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date-keyring.gpg
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No
return to exit, q to quit without saving
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change the protocol for
up2date
from https to http.
serverURL
offers a utility aimed at batch
up2date
as part of their packages.
rhnreg_ks
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:
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uses SSL only. For