Table Of Contents - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.3.0 - CHANNEL MANAGEMENT Management Manual

1. Introduction
2. Introduction to RHN Channels
2.1. Base Channels and Child Channels .............................................................................. 3
2.2. Subscribing to Channels ............................................................................................... 3
2.3. Channel Availability ...................................................................................................... 4
2.4. Tools, Repositories, and Practices ................................................................................. 4
3. Building Custom Packages
3.1. Building packages for Red Hat Network ........................................................................ 5
3.1.1. RPM Benefits .................................................................................................... 5
3.1.2. RHN RPM Guidelines ........................................................................................ 6
3.2. Digital Signatures for RHN Packages ............................................................................ 7
3.2.1. Generating a GnuPG Keypair ............................................................................. 7
3.2.2. Signing packages .............................................................................................. 9
4. Custom Channel and Package Management
4.1. Channel Management Privileges ................................................................................. 11
4.2. Manage Software Channels ........................................................................................ 11
4.3. Managed Software Channel Details ............................................................................. 12
4.4. Manage Software Packages ........................................................................................ 14
4.5. Creating a Software Channel ...................................................................................... 14
4.6. Assigning Packages to Software Channels .................................................................. 15
4.7. Cloning Software Channels ......................................................................................... 15
4.8. Deleting Software Channels ........................................................................................ 16
5. Custom Errata Management
5.1. Manage Errata ........................................................................................................... 17
5.1.1. Published Errata .............................................................................................. 17
5.1.2. Unpublished Errata .......................................................................................... 17
5.2. Managed Errata Details .............................................................................................. 17
5.3. Creating and Editing Errata ......................................................................................... 18
5.4. Assigning Packages to Errata ..................................................................................... 19
5.5. Cloning Errata ............................................................................................................ 19
6. Uploading and Maintaining Custom Packages
6.1. Uploading Packages to RHN Proxy Server .................................................................. 21
6.1.1. Configuring and Using the RHN Package Manager ........................................... 21
6.2. Uploading Packages to RHN Satellite Server ............................................................... 24
6.2.1. Configuring the RHN Push Application ............................................................. 24
6.2.2. Using the RHN Push application ...................................................................... 26
A. Revision History
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