Requirements; Software Requirements - Red Hat NETWORK PROXY 5.3.0 Installation Manual

Chapter 2.

Requirements

These requirements must be met before installation. To install RHN Proxy Server 5.3.0 from RHN
Satellite Server, the Satellite itself must be version 5.3.0.

2.1. Software Requirements

To perform an installation, the following software-related components must be available:
• Base operating system — RHN Proxy Server is supported with Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4
or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The operating system can be installed from disc, local ISO image,
kickstart, or any of the methods supported by Red Hat.
Each version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux requires a certain package set to support RHN
Proxy Server. Adding more packages can cause errors during installation. Therefore, Red Hat
recommends obtaining the desired package set in the following ways:
Note
For kickstarting, specify the following package group: @Base
For installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux via CD or ISO image, select the following
package group: Minimal
Warning
If you are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4, Security-enhanced Linux
(SELinux) must be disabled prior to installation of RHN Proxy Server. If you use Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server, SELinux can be left enabled when installing RHN
Proxy Server.
You can disable SELinux in one of several ways:
• During CD or ISO image installation, select Disabled when presented with
options for SELinux support.
• To do this for kickstart installation, include the command selinux --disabled
• After the installation is complete, edit the /etc/selinux/config file to read
SELINUX=disabled and reboot the system.
• Finally, you can use the system-config-securitylevel-tui command and
reboot the system.
• An available RHN Proxy Server entitlement within your RHN Satellite Server account.
• An available Provisioning entitlement within your RHN Satellite Server account (which should come
packaged with your RHN Proxy Server entitlement).
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