Configuring The Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool With Satellite - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.2 - CLIENT Configuration Manual

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Connection to the servers is attempted in the order provided here. You can include as many servers as
you wish. You may list the central RHN Servers, as well. This makes sense, however, only if the client
systems can reach the Internet.
2.3. Configuring the Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool
with Satellite
The Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool, the round icon in the panel of your Red Hat
desktop, can be configured on systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or later to recognize
updates available from custom channels on your RHN Satellite Server. You must ensure the RHN
Satellite Server is configured to support this feature. (RHN Proxy Server supports the applet without
modification of client or server.) The steps to configure the Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool
are as follows:
1. Ensure that your RHN Satellite Server is version 3.4 or later and that you have the rhns-applet
package installed on the Satellite. The package can be found in the RHN Satellite software channel
for versions 3.4 and newer.
2. Retrieve the rhn-applet-actions package with up2date or through the Red Hat Network Tools
software channel. Install the package on all Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and newer client systems
to be notified of custom updates with the Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool. The client
systems must be entitled to the Management or Provisioning service levels.
3. Within the Satellite's version of the RHN website, go to the System Details page for each system
and click the link within the RHN Applet area to redirect the Red Hat Network Alert Notification
Tool to the Satellite.
The next time the applet is started, it will apply its new configuration and connect to the RHN Satellite
Server for updates.

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