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  • Page 1 Red Hat Network Basic User Reference Guide 4.2...
  • 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 4.6.2. Channel Entitlements ..................54 4.6.3. Easy ISOs......................54 4.6.4. Advanced Search....................54 4.6.5. Packages......................55 4.7. Schedule........................... 56 4.7.1. Pending Actions ....................56 4.7.2. Failed Actions ....................57 4.7.3. Completed Actions.................... 57 4.7.4. Archived Actions ....................57 4.7.5. Actions List....................... 57 5.

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Refer to Chapter 2 Red Hat Update Agent 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 indicates that the program 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)-4.2-HTML-RHI (2003-06-18T12:540700) 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 Red Hat Update Agent 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: Enterprise

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

    Red Hat’s GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) signature to ensure authenticity. Red Hat Network incorporates the following security measures: 1. Your System Profile available at http://rhn.redhat.com is accessible only with an RHN-verified username and password. 2. A Digital Certificate is written to the client system after registration and is used to authenticate the system during each transaction between the client and Red Hat Network.
  • 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 any line feeds • 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 Unlike other details, your company name can be changed only through redhat.com. To make this change, go to http://www.redhat.com/ and click the Account link near the top-right corner. Sign in if you are not already logged in, and then click the Account Details link. In the Edit Account Details page, replace your company name in the appropriate field and click the Finish button at the bottom.

  • Page 22: Registering A System Profile

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Figure 2-7. Register a User Account Once satsfied with the information supplied, click Forward to continue. 2.2.2. 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.
  • Page 23 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Disk sizes • Mount points • The next step is choosing a profile name for your system as shown in Figure 2-8. The default value is the hostname for the system. You may modify this to be a more descriptive string, such as Email Server for Support Team, if you find it more helpful.
  • Page 24 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent 2.2.2.2.1. Gathering RPM Database Information Only those packages you choose during this part of the registration will be included in your System Profile, and you will receive notifications only about the packages in your System Profile. Thus, if you use an older version of a package and deselect it from the list, it will not be replaced with a newer version.
  • Page 25 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent 2.2.2.2.2. 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 updated by Red Hat Network. To exclude a package, uncheck the package from the list by clicking the check- box beside the package name.

  • 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 Manual Package Installation 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 https://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/publickey/#key. 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)
  • Page 36 Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org 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.

  • 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 Alert Notification Tool

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

  • Page 44: Notification Icons

    Chapter 3. Red Hat Network Alert 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 for- mat HOST:PORT.

  • Page 45: Viewing Updates

    Chapter 3. Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool If you see the icon, it is highly recommended that you apply the updates. Refer to Section 3.4 Applying Updates 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 Alert 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 website 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 Systems 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: Buy Now

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website RHN List Page Size — Maximum number of items that will appear in a list on a single page. If more • items are in the list, clicking the Next button will display the next group of items. This preference applies to system lists, Errata lists, package lists, and so on.

  • Page 53: Systems

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website an auto response, but nothing more. The technical support form ensures the customer will get a per- sonalized and helpful response in a timely manner. 4.3.5.5. Red Hat Linux 6.2 The Red Hat Linux 6.2 page contains step-by-steps instructions for using RHN on Red Hat Linux 6.2.
  • Page 54 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website — System not checking in properly (for 24 hours or more) • — System not entitled to any update service • Errata — Total number of Errata Alerts applicable to the system. • Packages — Total number of package updates for the system. Includes packages from Errata Alerts •...
  • Page 55 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.4.1.1. All The All page contains the default set of your systems. It displays every system you’ve registered with Red Hat Network. 4.4.1.2. Out of Date The Out of Date page displays the registered systems that have applicable Errata Alerts that have not been applied.
  • Page 56 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Overview — A summary of the system’s details. In addition to the system status message, • the Overview subtab contains basic System Info, Subscribed Channels, and System Properties. Clicking the Alter Channel Subscriptions link takes you to the Channels tab, while clicking the Edit these properties link takes you to the Properties subtab.

  • Page 57: System Entitlements

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.6.5.3 Package Details.) To delete packages from the system, select their checkboxes and click the Remove Packages button on the bottom right-hand corner of the page. A confirmation page will appear with the packages listed. Click the Confirm button to remove the packages. Note If you are using version 3.1 or higher, any dependency-related errors generated by the...

  • Page 58: Errata

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website The System Entitlements page allows you to view and change the entitlements for your registered systems. To change an entitlement, select the entitlement from the system’s pulldown menu and click the Update Entitlements button on the bottom right-hand corner of the page. Click the name of a system to see details about it.

  • Page 59: All Errata

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Figure 4-4. Errata List Clicking on the Advisory takes you to the Details tab of the Errata Details page. Clicking on the number of associated systems takes you to the Affected Systems tab of the Errata Details page. Refer to Section 4.5.2.2 Errata Details for more information.

  • Page 60: Advanced Search

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website If a newer version of the package is already on the system, the package will not be installed on that • system. If an older version of the package is installed, the package will be upgraded. •...
  • Page 61 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website A system must be subscribed to one base channel only. This base channel is assigned automatically during registration based upon the Red Hat Linux release and system architecture selected. In the case of public free channels (RHL 6.2, 7.x, 8.0), the action will succeed. In the case of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS and other paid base channels, this action will fail if an associated entitlement doesn’t exist.

  • Page 62: 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/.

  • Page 63: Advanced Search

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.6.4. Advanced Search The RPM Search page allows you to search through packages using various criteria. You may search by name or name and summary, within relevant or all channels, or within specific architectures. Type your keyword, select the criterion to search by, and click the Search button.

  • Page 64: Schedule

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.6.5.3. Package Details If you click on the name of any package in the website, the Package Details page will appear. This page contains the following tabs: Details — Details about the package, including subtabs for overview, dependencies, change log, •...

  • Page 65: Failed Actions

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Figure 4-6. Schedule - Pending Actions 4.7.2. Failed Actions The Failed Actions page displays actions that have failed to succeed. If the action returns an error, it will be displayed. 4.7.3. Completed Actions The Completed Actions page displays actions that have succeeded. 4.7.4.
  • Page 66 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.7.5.1. Action Details If you click on the name of an action, the Action Details page appears. This page contains the follow- ing tabs: Details — General information about the action. This is the first tab you see when you click on an •...

  • Page 67: Red Hat Network Daemon

    Red Hat Network. Make certain: your client is configured correctly. • your system can communicate with RHN via SSL (port 443). You may test this by running the • following command from a shell prompt: telnet xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com 443...
  • Page 68 Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Daemon the Red Hat Network Daemon is activated and running. You may ensure this by running the follow- • ing commands: chkconfig --level 345 rhnsd on service rhnsd start If these are correct and your systems still indicate they are not checking in, please contact our technical support team.

  • Page 69: 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 Red Hat Network Registration Client 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 70 Chapter 6. Using Red Hat Network with Red Hat Linux 6.2...

  • Page 71: 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 Enterprise Linux 2.1 need to use this separate Red Hat Network Registration Client before starting the Red Hat Update Agent.

  • Page 72: 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 73 System Profile — be sure this is what you want to do before you choose Yes. If you overwrite an existing system registration, you can delete the unused profile via the website at https://rhn.redhat.com.
  • Page 74 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 75: 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 76: Registering A System Profile

    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 77: Hardware 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 78: 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 79 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 80: 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 81 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 82: 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 83 Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client screens and fields in both versions. Thus, if you are using the text mode version, you can still follow the instructions that begin in Section 7.2 Starting the Red Hat Network Registration Client. Figure 7-15.
  • Page 84 Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client...

  • Page 85: 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 86 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 87 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 88 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 89 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.
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  • Page 91: Index

    Index email address change, 43 entitlements purchase history, 44 account purchasing, 44 deactivate, 43 Errata, 50 Advanced Search, 52 action All Errata, 51 completed systems, 58 apply applicable, 48 details, 58 Relevant Errata, 50 failed systems, 58 Errata Alert Icons in progress systems, 58 explanation of, 40 addresses...
  • Page 92 Hardware System Profile, 14, 69 Password, 11, 67 package installation RPM Package List, 15, 70 scheduled, 3 Software System Profile, 15, 70 package list System Profile, 11, 14, 67, 69 Updating on server, 28, 48 text mode, 74 packages through the Web, 39 details, 56 username, 11, 67 downloading, 55...
  • Page 93 unsubscribe to channel, 52 up2date (See Red Hat Update Agent) user account, 11, 67 website, 39 All Errata, 51 Buy Now, 44 Channel Details, 54 Channel List, 52 Errata, 50 Errata Search, 52 Help, 44 logging in, 39 navigation bar, 39 overview, 39 Purchase History, 44 Relevant Errata, 50...

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