Custom Channel And Package Management; Channel Management Privileges - Red Hat NETWORK 4.0 - CHANNEL MANAGEMENTT GUIDE Manual

Custom Channel and Package
Management
Custom channels allow administrators to use the Red Hat Network infrastructure to deploy
packages built and maintained by their organizations. All channel and package manage-
ment activities take place in the Channels tab of the RHN website. The instructions here
are used in conjunction with the RHN website chapter of the RHN Reference Guide.
Tip
Because of the potential problems that may arise from deploying untested packages
throughout your production environment, Red Hat strongly recommends creating beta
channels covering select systems that can be used for staging.
For example, if you have a system group of Web servers that receives a set of custom
packages, create temporary channels to install the packages on a non-critical subset of
representative systems first. These might be development or staging servers, not live pro-
duction systems. These temporary channels are then deleted using the steps described in
Section 4.8 Deleting Software Channels.

4.1. Channel Management Privileges

In order to perform any channel management tasks, users must have obtained the proper
permissions as a Channel Administrator. These permissions can be modified through the
Red Hat Network website. Permissions are assigned to users by Organization Administra-
tors, the highest level of administrator. Channel Administrator privileges are assigned as
follows:
1. Log in to the Red Hat Network website as an Organization Administrator.
2. On the top navigation bar, click the Users tab and then click the name of the user
who is performing channel management functions.
3. On the User Details page, scroll down to the Roles section and select the checkbox
labeled Channel Administrator. Then click Submit at the bottom of the page. Note
that Organization Administrators are automatically granted channel administration
privileges.
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