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those RPMs onto his client systems with a simple
this command installs the RPMs to that client, assuming the domain name, paths, and RPM
versions are correct:
rpm -Uvh \
http://your_proxy_or_sat.your_domain.com/pub/rhn_register-2.9.12-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm \
http://your_proxy_or_sat.your_domain.com/pub/rhn_register-gnome-2.9.12-1.2.1AS.i386
http://your_proxy_or_sat.your_domain.com/pub/up2date-2.9.14-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm \
http://your_proxy_or_sat.your_domain.com/pub/up2date-gnome-2.9.14-1.2.1AS.i386.rpm
Note the inclusion of the associated gnome RPMs. Keep in mind, the architecture (in this
case, i386) may need to be altered depending on the systems to be served.
2.2. Configuring the Client Applications
Not every customer must connect securely to a RHN Satellite Server or RHN Proxy Server
within their organization. Not every customer needs to build and deploy a GPG key for cus-
tom packages. (Both of these topics are explained in detail later.) Every customer who uses
RHN Satellite Server or RHN Proxy Server must reconfigure the Red Hat Update Agent
) and possibly the Red Hat Network Registration Client (
(
up2date
redirect it from Red Hat Network to their RHN Satellite Server or RHN Proxy Server.
Important
Although this is not configurable, note that the port used by the Red Hat Update Agent
is 443 for SSL (HTTPS) and 80 for non-SSL (HTTP). By default,
only. For this reason, users should ensure that their firewalls allow connections over
port 443. To bypass SSL, change the protocol for
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date
requiring the Red Hat Network Monitoring Daemon, note that client systems must allow
connections on port 4545 (or port 22, if using
By default, the Red Hat Network Registration Client and the Red Hat Update Agent
refer to the main Red Hat Network Servers. Users must reconfigure client systems to refer
to their RHN Satellite Server or RHN Proxy Server.
Note that the latest versions of the Red Hat Update Agent can be configured to accommo-
date several RHN Servers, thereby providing failover protection in case the primary server
is inaccessible. Refer to Section 2.2.4 Implementing Server Failover for instructions on en-
abling this feature.
The next sections describe three methods of configuring the client systems to access
your RHN Satellite Server or RHN Proxy Server: using an Activation Key,
rpm -Uvh
serverURL
. Similarly, to use RHN's Monitoring feature and probes
instead).
sshd
Chapter 2. Client Applications
command. Run from a client,
rhn_register
up2date
from https to http in
) to
uses SSL
up2date
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