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  • Page 1 Red Hat Network Basic User Reference Guide 4.0...
  • 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. Basic........................... 2 1.3. Enterprise ........................... 2 1.4.
  • Page 4 4.6.3. Instant ISOs....................... 53 4.6.4. Advanced Search....................53 4.6.5. Packages......................53 4.7. Schedule........................... 54 4.7.1. Pending Actions ....................55 4.7.2. Failed Actions ....................55 4.7.3. Completed Actions.................... 55 4.7.4. Archived Actions ....................56 4.7.5. Actions List....................... 56 5. Red Hat Network Daemon ......................57 6.

  • Page 5: Introduction

    2 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 should indicate to you that the program named 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 Basic User Reference Guide, please mention this guide’s identifier: RHNbasic(EN)-4.0-HTML-RHI (2002-12-03T14:480700) 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 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 User 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: Automatic Notifications And Scheduled Package Installations

    To create an account that can be used to entitle systems to the RHN Enterprise, go to http://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

    5. All packages are tested and verified by the Red Hat Quality Assurance Team before they are added to the Red Hat Errata list and Red Hat Network. Refer to https://rhn.redhat.com/help/faq.pxt for a list of Frequently Asked Questions. 1.6. Before You Begin Red Hat Network is available for Red Hat Linux 6.2 and higher.
  • 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 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: Registering A System Profile

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent your organization’s ID and password in the provided text fields. If the values are valid, the system will be added to the organization’s Red Hat Network account. If you have already registered a machine and created a System Profile, you can add a new machine to your account.
  • Page 22 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent 2.2.2.1. Hardware System Profile After creating a username and password for your Red Hat Network account, the Red Hat Update Agent probes your system for the following information: Red Hat Linux version • Hostname •...
  • Page 23 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 2-8. System Profile - Hardware Click Forward to continue with the registration process. 2.2.2.2. Software System Profile The software System Profile consists of a list of RPM packages for which you wish to receive notifi- cations.
  • Page 24 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 2-9. Registration Wizard Once the RPM package list is built, the list will be displayed as shown in Figure 2-10. Deselecting Include RPM Packages installed on this system in my System Profile will omit this information from your System Profile.
  • Page 25 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 2-11. Choose which RPM Packages to Exclude from System Profile 2.2.2.3. Finishing Registration As seen in Figure 2-12, the last step of registration is to confirm that you want to send your System Profile to the Red Hat Network.

  • 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 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 http://www.redhat.com/about/contact/. 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) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org...
  • Page 36 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent mQGiBDfqVDgRBADBKr3Bl6PO8BQ0H8sJoD6p9U7Yyl7pjtZqioviPwXP+DCWd4u8 HQzcxAZ57m8ssA1LK1Fx93coJhDzM130+p5BG9mYSWShLabR3N1KXdXQYYcowTOM GxdwYRGr1Spw8QydLhjVfU1VSl4xt6bupPbWJbyjkg5Z3P7BlUOUJmrx3wCgobNV EDGaWYJcch5z5B1of/41G8kEAKii6q7Gu/vhXXnLS6m15oNnPVybyngiw/23dKjS ZVG7rKANEK2mxg1VB+vc/uUc4k49UxJJfCZg1gu1sPFV3GSa+Y/7jsiLktQvCiLP lncQt1dV+ENmHR5BdIDPWDzKBVbgWnSDnqQ6KrZ7T6AlZ74VMpjGxxkWU6vV2xsW XCLPA/9P/vtImA8CZN3jxGgtK5GGtDNJ/cMhhuv5tnfwFg4b/VGo2Jr8mhLUqoIb E6zeGAmZbUpdckDco8D5fiFmqTf5+++pCEpJLJkkzel/32N2w4qzPrcRMCiBURES PjCLd4Y5rPoU8E4kOHc/4BuHN903tiCsCPloCrWsQZ7UdxfQ5LQiUmVkIEhhdCwg SW5jIDxzZWN1cml0eUByZWRoYXQuY29tPohVBBMRAgAVBQI36lQ4AwsKAwMVAwID FgIBAheAAAoJECGRgM3bQqYOsBQAnRVtg7B25Hm11PHcpa8FpeddKiq2AJ9aO8sB XmLDmPOEFI75mpTrKYHF6rkCDQQ36lRyEAgAokgI2xJ+3bZsk8jRA8ORIX8DH05U lMH27qFYzLbT6npXwXYIOtVn0K2/iMDj+oEB1Aa2au4OnddYaLWp06v3d+XyS0t+ 5ab2ZfIQzdh7wCwxqRkzR+/H5TLYbMG+hvtTdylfqIX0WEfoOXMtWEGSVwyUsnM3 Jy3LOi48rQQSCKtCAUdV20FoIGWhwnb/gHU1BnmES6UdQujFBE6EANqPhp0coYoI hHJ2oIO8ujQItvvNaU88j/s/izQv5e7MXOgVSjKe/WX3s2JtB/tW7utpy12wh1J+ JsFdbLV/t8CozUTpJgx5mVA3RKlxjTA+On+1IEUWioB+iVfT7Ov/0kcAzwADBQf9 E4SKCWRand8K0XloMYgmipxMhJNnWDMLkokvbMNTUoNpSfRoQJ9EheXDxwMpTPwK ti/PYrrL2J11P2ed0x7zm8v3gLrY0cue1iSba+8glY+p31ZPOr5ogaJw7ZARgoS8 BwjyRymXQp+8Dete0TELKOL2/itDOPGHW07SsVWOR6cmX4VlRRcWB5KejaNvdrE5 4XFtOd04NMgWI63uqZc4zkRa+kwEZtmbz3tHSdRCCE+Y7YVP6IUf/w6YPQFQriWY FiA6fD10eB+BlIUqIw80VgjsBKmCwvKkn4jg8kibXgj4/TzQSx77uYokw1EqQ2wk OZoaEtcubsNMquuLCMWijYhGBBgRAgAGBQI36lRyAAoJECGRgM3bQqYOhyYAnj7h VDY/FJAGqmtZpwVp9IlitW5tAJ4xQApr/jNFZCTksnI+4O1765F7tA== =3AHZ -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- 2. At the shell prompt, import the key with the following command: gpg --import redhat2.asc The resulting message tells you that the key was processed.

  • 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 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...

  • Page 43: Red Hat Network Notification Tool

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

  • Page 44: Notification Icons

    Chapter 3. Red Hat Network 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 format http://HOST:PORT.

  • Page 45: Viewing Updates

    Chapter 3. Red Hat Network Notification Tool If you see the icon, it is highly recommended that you apply the updates. Refer to Section 3.4 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 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: Errata Alert Icons

    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: Quick Search

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.2.2. Quick Search In addition to the Advanced Search functionality offered within some categories, the RHN interface also offers a Quick Search tool near the top of each page. To use it, select the item type (such as RPMs) and type a keyword that will be used to look for a name match.
  • Page 50 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network 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. Refer to Section 4.4.1 for information on using the Systems pages.

  • Page 51: Your Account

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website You can return to this page by clicking Your RHN on the left navigation bar. 4.3.1. Your Account The Your Account page allows you to modify your personal information, such as name, password, email and title. To modify any of this information, merely make the changes in the appropriate text fields and click the Update button in the bottom right-hand corner.

  • Page 52: Help

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.3.5. Help The Help pages provide access to the full suite of documentation and support available to RHN users. Merely click Help in the Your RHN category to see a list of options available to you. 4.3.5.1.

  • Page 53: 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 54 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Figure 4-3. System List Links in the left navigation bar below Systems enable you to select and view predefined sets of your systems. All of the options described above can be applied within these pages. 4.4.1.1.
  • Page 55 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.4.1.5. System Details If you click on the name of a system on any page, it will display the System Details page for the system. From here, you may modify this information or remove the system altogether by clicking the delete system link on the top-right corner.

  • Page 56: System Entitlements

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Install — Enables you to install new packages on the system from the available channels. Click • on the package name to view its Package Details page. To install packages, select them and click the Install Selected Packages button.

  • Page 57: Relevant Errata

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Icons are used to identify the three types of Errata Alerts: — Security Updates available, update strongly recommended • — Bug Fix Updates available and recommended • — Enhancement Updates available • 4.5.1. Relevant Errata As shown in Figure 4-4, the Relevant Errata page displays a customized list of Errata Alerts that applies to your registered systems.

  • Page 58: Advanced Search

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website In addition, Enterprise-level users can apply Errata Updates using two other methods: Important If you choose to apply Errata Updates automatically, the packages will be installed via the RHN Daemon. You must have the RHN Daemon enabled on your systems. Refer to Chapter 5 for more details.

  • Page 59: Channels

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.6.1. Channels The Channels page is the first to appear in the Software category. A channel is a list of Red Hat Linux packages grouped by use. Channels are used to choose packages to be installed on a system. There are two types of channels: base channels and child channels.
  • Page 60 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Figure 4-5. 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 Channels page with one exception; It displays all channels offered by Red Hat Network, regardless of whether you have systems associated with them.

  • Page 61: Channel Entitlements

    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 62 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Important If you use automatic package installation, the packages will be installed via the RHN Daemon. You must have the RHN Daemon enabled on your systems. Refer to Chapter 5 for more details. To apply Errata Updates, refer to Section 4.5.2.1. To upgrade and install packages through the Systems category, use the Packages tab of the System Details page.

  • Page 63: 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 64: Completed Actions

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.7.3. Completed Actions The Completed Actions page displays actions that have succeeded. 4.7.4. Archived Actions The Archived Actions page displays actions that you have selected to store for review. 4.7.5. Actions List In each page, each row in the list represents a single scheduled event or action that might affect multiple systems and involve various packages.

  • Page 65: Red Hat Network Daemon

    Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Daemon The Red Hat Network Daemon periodically connects to the Red Hat Network to check for updates and notifications. The default interval time is two hours (120 minutes). This can be configured in file by specifying the time interval in minutes. If you modify /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd the configuration file, you must (as root) restart the daemon with the command service rhnsd...
  • Page 66 Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Daemon...

  • Page 67: 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 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 68 Chapter 6. Using Red Hat Network with Red Hat Linux 6.2...

  • Page 69: 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 Advanced Server need to use this separate Red Hat Network Registration Client before starting the Red Hat Update Agent.

  • Page 70: Starting The Red Hat Network Registration Client

    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 71 Yes. If you overwrite an existing system registration, you can delete the unused profile via the website at https://rhn.redhat.com. Figure 7-3. Warning: This System Already Registered The opening screen for the Red Hat Network Registration Client gives you a brief overview of the services available and the steps required to register (see Figure 7-4).
  • Page 72 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 73: 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 74 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 75: Registering A System Profile

    Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client 7.4. 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. The software System Profile information is used by Red Hat Network to determine what software update notifications you receive.

  • Page 76: 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 77 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 78: 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 79 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 80: 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 81 Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client Figure 7-15. Text Mode Welcome Screen...
  • Page 82 Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client...

  • Page 83: 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 84 Glossary Child Channel A child channel is a Channel associated with a Base Channel but contains extra packages. Client System See Registered System . Digital Certificate A client component in XML format that is stored in the file /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid on registered systems. Red Hat Network verifies this certificate to authenticate the registered system before each connection.
  • Page 85 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 86 Glossary Red Hat Update Agent The RHN client application ( ) that allows users to retrieve and install all updated pack- up2date ages for the client system on which the application is run. Use the Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool to configure its preferences, including whether to install the packages after they are downloaded.
  • Page 87 Glossary System Profile Hardware and software information about the client system. It is created during the registration process. The software information is a list of RPM packages and their versions installed on the client system. The System Profile is used to determine every Errata Alert relevant to each client system.
  • Page 88 Glossary...

  • Page 89: Index

    Index email address change, 43 entitlements purchase history, 43 action purchasing, 43 completed systems, 56 Errata, 48 Advanced Search, 50 details, 56 All Errata, 49 failed systems, 56 apply applicable, 47 in progress systems, 56 Relevant Errata, 49 addresses Errata Alert Icons change, 43 explanation of, 40 Errata Alerts...
  • Page 90 Software System Profile, 15, 68 System Profile, 11, 13, 65, 67 package installation text mode, 72 scheduled, 3 through the Web, 39 package list username, 11, 65 Updating on server, 28, 47 with a proxy server, 62 packages details, 54 rhnsd downloading, 54 (See Red Hat Network Daemon)
  • Page 91 unsubscribe to channel, 51 up2date (See Red Hat Update Agent) user account, 11, 65 website, 39 All Errata, 49 Buy Now, 43 Channel Details, 52 Channel List, 51 Errata, 48 Errata Search, 50 Help, 44 logging in, 39 navigation bar, 39 overview, 39 Purchase History, 43 Relevant Errata, 49...

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