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  • Page 1 Red Hat Network Enterprise User Reference Guide 2.1...
  • 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 4.5. Errata..........................56 4.5.1. Relevant Errata....................57 4.5.2. All Errata......................57 4.5.3. Advanced Search....................59 4.5.4. Manage Errata....................59 4.6. Software ........................... 59 4.6.1. Channels......................59 4.6.2. Channel Entitlements ..................61 4.6.3. Instant ISOs....................... 61 4.6.4. Advanced Search....................62 4.6.5. Packages......................62 4.6.6.

  • 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

    Network features and service plans are launched. 2.1. Send in Your Feedback If you would like to make suggestions about the Red Hat Network Enterprise User Reference Guide, please mention this guide’s identifier: RHNent(EN)-2.1-Print-RHI (2003-03-27T14:490700) 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: Registering A System Profile

    Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent Most users can leave the Org Info section blank. If you have an existing organization account, enter 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.
  • 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 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 format http://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 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: Errata Alert Icons

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Pending Actions — List scheduled actions that have not been completed. • Failed Actions — List scheduled actions that have failed. • Completed Actions — List scheduled actions that have been completed. Completed actions can •...

  • Page 50: Your Rhn

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.3. Your RHN After logging into the Web interface of Red Hat Network, the first category to appear is Your RHN displaying as its first page Your RHN. This page contains important information about your systems, including summaries of system status, actions, and Errata Alerts.

  • Page 51: Your Account

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Ungrouped Systems — Each registered system must be a member of at least one system group. • The number of ungrouped systems refers to systems that are not yet members of any system group. Inactive Systems —...

  • Page 52: Buy Now

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Email Notifications — Determine whether you want to receive email every time an Errata Alert is • applicable to one or more systems in your RHN account. Important This setting also enables Enterprise customers to receive a daily summary of system events. These include actions affecting packages, such as scheduled Errata Updates, and system reboots or failures to check in.

  • Page 53: Systems

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.3.5.3. FAQ The FAQ page lists Frequently Asked Questions and answers to those questions. 4.3.5.4. Contact RHN The Contact RHN page provides methods by which customers may obtain help. Specifically, logged out users have access to the FAQ, Customer Service email address, and rhn-users mailing list only. Logged in Demo customers have access to the above, as well as an online form that can be submitted to rhn-feedback or the Customer Service address.

  • Page 54: Systems

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Clicking the View System Groups link at the top of the Overview page takes you to a similar sum- mary of your system groups. It identifies group status and displays the number of systems contained. Clicking on the number of systems takes you to the Systems tab of the System Group Details page, while clicking on the system name takes you to the Details tab.
  • Page 55 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. 4.4.2.1.
  • Page 56 2. 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 3. the RHN daemon is activated and running. You may ensure this by running the following com-...
  • Page 57 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Properties — The profile name, entitlement level, notification choice, daily summary, auto- • Errata update, and physical location of the system, including street address, city, state, country, building, room, and rack. To modify this information, make your changes and click the Update Properties button.

  • Page 58: System Groups

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Note If you are using version 3.1 or higher, any dependency-related errors generated by the up2date attempted package removal are displayed on the page. Upgrade — Displays a list of packages that have a new version available based on the package •...
  • Page 59 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 1. Create system groups. (Refer to Section 4.4.3.1 Creating Groups.) 2. Add systems to system groups. (Refer to Section 4.4.3.2 Adding and Removing Systems in Groups.) 3. Remove systems from system groups. (Refer to Section 4.4.2.6 System Details.) 4.
  • Page 60 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Group Name — The name of the group as configured during its creation. The name should be • explicit enough to easily differentiate between it and other groups. Clicking on the name of a group takes you to Details tab of its System Group Details page.

  • Page 61: System Set Manager

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website information.) Clicking the Affected Systems number lists all of the systems addressed by the Errata. To apply the Errata Updates in this list, select the systems and click the Apply Errata button. Admins — List of all organization users that potentially have permission to manage the system •...

  • Page 62: System Entitlements

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website the top-right corner. In the resulting page, type its name and description in the identified fields and click the Create Group button. To add or remove the selected systems in any of the system groups, toggle the appropriate radio buttons and click the Alter Membership button.

  • Page 63: Advanced Search

    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 64: Errata

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website To change information about a key, such as the channels or groups, click its description in the key list, make your modifications, and click the Update Key button. To remove a key entirely, click the delete key button in the top-right corner of the edit page.

  • Page 65: Relevant Errata

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website — Bug Fix Updates available and recommended • — Enhancement Updates available • 4.5.1. Relevant Errata As shown in Figure 4-5, the Relevant Errata page displays a customized list of Errata Alerts that applies to your registered systems. The list provides a summary of each Errata Alert, including its type, advisory, synopsis, systems affected, and date updated.
  • Page 66 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.5.2.1. Apply Errata Updates Errata Alerts include a list of updated packages that are required to apply the Errata Update. To apply Errata Updates to a system, the system must be entitled. You can apply all applicable Errata Updates to a system by clicking on Systems => Systems in the top and left navigation bars.

  • Page 67: Advanced Search

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website The Packages tab provides links to each of the updated RPMs broken down by channel. Clicking • on the name of a package displays its Package Details page. Refer to Section 4.6.5.3 Package Details for more information. The Affected Systems tab shows a list of systems affected by the Errata Alert.
  • Page 68 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website RHN as a separate role to certain customers, gives them the ability to create and manage their own custom channels. Channels can be further broken down by their relevance to your systems. Two such lists emerge: Relevant and All.

  • Page 69: Channel Entitlements

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.6.1.3. Channel Details If you click on the name of a channel, the Channel Details page will appear. This page contains the following tabs: Details — General information about the channel and the parent channel if it is a child channel. •...

  • Page 70: Instant Isos

    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 71 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 9. The action is added to the Pending Actions list under the Schedule tab in the top navigation bar. 4.6.5.2. Package Download If you do not want to schedule a package installation, you can download the packages immediately. If you download the packages, you must install them manually.

  • Page 72: Manage Channels

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website 4.6.6. Manage Channels The Manage Channels button in the left navigation bar takes you to the Channel Management page. This page enables you to create new channels and modify others your organization has created. Refer to the RHN Channel Management Guide for instructions on obtaining and using this ability.

  • Page 73: Failed Actions

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Figure 4-7. 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 74: Users

    Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Action — Type of action to perform such as Errata Update or Package Install. Clicking an ac- • tion name takes you to its Action Details page. Refer to Section 4.7.5.1 Action Details for more information.
  • Page 75 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website Figure 4-8. User List 4.8.1.1. Create User Click the create new user button on the top-right corner of the page to add new users to the orga- nization. When registering a system, a user account can be created and added to the organization, as well.
  • Page 76 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 the user’s view of system lists, Errata lists, package lists, and so on.

  • Page 77: 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 78 Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Daemon...

  • Page 79: 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 80 Chapter 6. Using Red Hat Network with Red Hat Linux 6.2...

  • Page 81: 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 AS need to use this separate Red Hat Network Registration Client before starting the Red Hat Update Agent.

  • Page 82: 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 83 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 84 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 85: 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 86 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 87: Registering A System Profile

    Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client the system will be added to the organization’s Red Hat Network account. Your Organization Admin- istrator can then create your user account through the Users category of the RHN website. Refer to Section 4.8.1.1 Create User for instructions. Click Next to continue.

  • Page 88: 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 89 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 90: 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 91 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 92: 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 93 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 94 Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client...

  • Page 95: 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 96 Glossary Channel A channel is a list of Red Hat Linux packages. Channels are used to choose packages to be installed from client systems. Every client system must be subscribed to one Base Channel and can be subscribed to one or more Child Channel . Child Channel A child channel is a Channel associated with a Base Channel but contains extra packages.
  • Page 97 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 98 Glossary Red Hat Network Daemon The RHN client daemon ( ) that periodically polls Red Hat Network for updates and noti- rhnsd fications. Red Hat Network Registration Client The RHN client application ( ) that collects information about the client system, rhn_register creates a System Profile and Digital Certificate , establishes a connection with the Red Hat Network servers, and registers the system with Red Hat Network.
  • Page 99 Glossary Service Level A Red Hat Network subscription service. Different service levels offer different features of RHN. There are two service levels currently available: RHN Basic and RHN Enterprise. Software Manager The name of the first Service Level offering for Red Hat Network. Software Manager is now known as RHN Basic .
  • Page 100 Glossary...

  • Page 101: Index

    Index daemon, 69 deleting a system, 48 Demo, 2 Digital Certificate, 4 action download ISO images, 62 completed systems, 66 details, 66 failed systems, 66 in progress systems, 66 email address activation key, 55 change, 43 deleting, 55 changing, 67 disabling, 56 entitlement editing, 55...
  • Page 102 requirements, 35 with a proxy server, 36 List Navigation Red Hat Network Daemon, 1, 69 explanation of, 41 Disable, 69 Status, 69 using to apply Errata Updates, 48, 58, 62 Red Hat Network Registration Client navigation, 39 (See Registration) notifications Red Hat Update Agent, 1, 7, 37 automatic, 3 Command Line Arguments, 25...
  • Page 103 searching, 62 subscribe to channel, 59 website, 39 system group, 50 activation keys, 55 adding and removing, 52 All Errata, 57 creating, 52 Buy Now, 44 deleting, 52 Channel Details, 61 editing details, 52 Channel List, 59 list of, 50 Errata, 56 viewing details, 52 Errata Search, 59...

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