Creating A Software Channel; Assigning Packages To Software Channels - Red Hat NETWORK 3.6 - CHANNEL MANAGEMENTT GUIDE Manual

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boxes and click Delete Packages. A confirmation page will appear with the packages listed. Click
Confirm to delete the packages entirely.
Remember, since the actual RPMs are stored on the RHN Proxy Server, its custom packages cannot be
downloaded through the RHN website, although they are listed. They must be retrieved by the client
system using
up2date
are accessible via the Web or the Red Hat Update Agent. Regardless, to obtain custom packages, the
client system must be subscribed to the channel containing the packages.

4.5. Creating a Software Channel

Before uploading packages to the server, a custom channel can be created to house them. Refer to
Chapter 6 Uploading and Maintaining Custom Packages for instructions. Once uploaded, packages
may be reassigned through the website, as described in Section 4.6 Assigning Packages to Software
Channels.
Channels are created on the Red Hat Network website as follows:
1. Log into the Red Hat Network website as a Channel Administrator.
2. On the top navigation bar, click the Channels tab and then click the Manage Software Chan-
nels button in the corresponding left navigation bar.
3. On the Software Channel Management page, click create new software channel at the top-
right corner. RHN Satellite Server administrators are presented with the option of cloning a
channel, as well. Refer to Section 4.7 Cloning Software Channels for instructions.
4. On the New Software Channel page, define the details of the channel following the instructions
on the page. Remember, for most channel management actions, the Channel Label will be used
to identify the channel, so select a meaningful label. View the details of existing channels for
ideas.
The GPG key URL will be the location of the key on the server, as defined during the client
configuration process. Refer to the Red Hat Network Client Configuration Guide. The GPG key
ID will be it's unique identifier, such as "DB42A60E", while the GPG key fingerprint will look
something like "CA20 8686 2BD6 9DFC 65F6 ECC4 2191 80CD DB42 A60E".
5. When finished, click Create Channel at the bottom of the page.

4.6. Assigning Packages to Software Channels

When packages are uploaded initially, they can be assigned to a custom channel, multiple custom
channels, or no channel at all. (See Chapter 6 Uploading and Maintaining Custom Packages for in-
structions.) Once uploaded, they may be reassigned between custom channels and the No Channels
repository.
These functions are made available by clicking the Channels tab in the top navigation bar and then
Manage Software Channels in the left navigation bar. In the Software Channel Management page,
click the name of the channel to receive packages.
In the Managed Software Channel Details page, click the Packages tab and then the Add subtab. To
associate packages with the channel being edited, select the option now containing the packages from
the View dropdown menu and click View. Packages already associated with the channel being edited
are not displayed. Packages not assigned to a specific channel can be found in the
menu item. Selecting
channels
After clicking View, the package list for the selected option will appear at the bottom. Note that the
page header still lists the channel being edited. In the list, select the checkboxes of the packages to
be assigned to the edited channel and click Add Packages at the bottom-right corner of the page. A
Chapter 4. Custom Channel and Package Management
. Since the RHN Satellite Server provides its own website, its custom packages
All managed packages
will present all available packages.
Packages in no