How It Works - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.2 Installation Manual

critical error occurs and are mailed to the individual(s) designated in the RHN Satellite Server's
configuration file.
For more detailed explanations of these terms and others, refer to the Red Hat Network Reference
Guide.

1.4. How it Works

RHN Satellite Server consists of the following components:
• Database — for the Stand-Alone Database, this may be the organization's existing database or,
preferably, a separate machine. RHN Satellite Server supports Oracle Database 10g Release 2,
Standard or Enterprise Edition. For the Embedded Database, the database comes bundled with
RHN Satellite Server and is installed on the same machine as the Satellite during the installation
process.
•
RHN Satellite Server — core "business logic" and entry point for Red Hat Update Agent running on
client systems. The RHN Satellite Server also includes an Apache HTTP Server (serving XML-RPC
requests).
• RHN Satellite Server Web interface — advanced system, system group, user, and channel
management interface.
• RPM Repository — package repository for Red Hat RPM packages and custom RPM packages
identified by the organization.
• Management Tools:
• Database and file system synchronization tools
• RPM importing tools
• Channel maintenance tools (Web-based)
• Errata management tools (Web-based)
• User management tools (Web-based)
• Client system and system grouping tools (Web-based)
• Red Hat Update Agent on the client systems
The Red Hat Update Agent on the client systems must be reconfigured to retrieve updates from the
organization's internal RHN Satellite Server instead of the central Red Hat Network Servers. After
this one-time reconfiguration, client systems may retrieve updates locally using the Red Hat Update
Agent, or system administrators may schedule actions through the RHN Satellite Server website.
Important
Red Hat strongly recommends that clients connected to RHN Satellite Server be
running the latest update of Red Hat Enterprise Linux to ensure proper connectivity.
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