Table Of Contents - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.1.0 - CHANNEL MANAGEMENT Manual

1. Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1
2. Introduction to RHN Channels ................................................................................. 3
1. Base Channels and Child Channels ................................................................ 3
2. Subscribing to Channels ................................................................................. 3
3. Channel Availability ........................................................................................ 4
4. Tools, Repositories, and Practices .................................................................. 4
3. Building Custom Packages ..................................................................................... 7
1. Building packages for Red Hat Network ........................................................... 7
1.1. RPM Benefits ...................................................................................... 7
1.2. RHN RPM Guidelines .......................................................................... 8
2. Digital Signatures for RHN Packages .............................................................. 9
2.1. Generating a GnuPG Keypair ..............................................................10
2.2. Signing packages ...............................................................................11
4. Custom Channel and Package Management ..........................................................13
1. Channel Management Privileges ....................................................................13
2. Manage Software Channels ...........................................................................13
3. Managed Software Channel Details ...............................................................14
4. Manage Software Packages ..........................................................................16
5. Creating a Software Channel .........................................................................17
6. Assigning Packages to Software Channels .....................................................17
7. Cloning Software Channels ...........................................................................18
8. Deleting Software Channels ...........................................................................19
5. Custom Errata Management ..................................................................................21
1. Manage Errata ..............................................................................................21
1.1. Published Errata ................................................................................21
1.2. Unpublished Errata .............................................................................21
2. Managed Errata Details .................................................................................22
3. Creating and Editing Errata ............................................................................22
4. Assigning Packages to Errata ........................................................................23
5. Cloning Errata ...............................................................................................24
6. Uploading and Maintaining Custom Packages ........................................................25
1. Uploading Packages to RHN Proxy Server .....................................................25
1.1. Configuring and Using the RHN Package Manager .............................26
2. Uploading Packages to RHN Satellite Server ..................................................29
2.1. Configuring the RHN Push Application ................................................29
2.2. Using the RHN Push application .........................................................31
Index .......................................................................................................................33
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