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4. Navigate to the System Details
resulting list, select all packages and install them.
5. If you will be enabling secure sockets layer (SSL) encryption on the Proxy and connecting to the
central RHN Servers, install the
Tools channel and use the RHN SSL Maintenance Tool to generate the tar file required later.
Refer to the SSL Certificates chapter of the RHN Client Configuration Guide for instructions. If
you will be enabling SSL encryption on the Proxy and connecting to an RHN Satellite Server
or another RHN Proxy Server with SSL, make sure you have the CA certificate password used
for the parent system.
6. Log into the system through a terminal as root and run the
initiate the scheduled package installation.
7. Once the packages have been installed, as confirmed through the System Details
tab, prepare the system to accept remote commands and configuration management with the
following commands:
mkdir -m 0770 -p /etc/sysconfig/rhn/allowed-actions/configfiles/
touch /etc/sysconfig/rhn/allowed-actions/configfiles/all
mkdir -m 0770 -p /etc/sysconfig/rhn/allowed-actions/script/
touch /etc/sysconfig/rhn/allowed-actions/script/run
8. Within the RHN website, navigate to the System Details
Warning
Please note the RHN Proxy Server installation may replace the
configuration files on the system to ease upgrades later. If you have edited these files and want
to preserve them, they are rotated in place and can be retrieved after installation.
Figure 4-1. System Details
9. In the System Details
activate the system as an RHN Proxy Server. Ensure the version is properly selected and click
Activate Proxy. The Welcome page of the installation appears.
Packages
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rhns-certs-tools
Proxy
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Proxy subtab, the pulldown menu should indicate your ability to
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Install subtab and search for
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package from the same Red Hat Network
rhn_check
Proxy subtab.
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squid.conf
Chapter 4. Installation
. In the
rhncfg
command to immediately
Events
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and
httpd.conf