Preparing Systems For Config Management; Overview - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.1.1 Reference Manual

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to as an override channel) and a Sandbox channel. Both central and local configuration management
are discussed in detail later in this chapter.

6.7.1. Preparing Systems for Config Management

For a system to have its configuration managed through RHN, it must have the appropriate tools and
config-enable file installed. These tools may already be installed on your system, especially if you
kickstarted the system with configuration management functionality. If not, they can be found within
the RHN Tools child channel for your distribution. Download and install the latest rhncfg* packages.
They are:
• rhncfg — The base libraries and functions needed by all rhncfg-* packages.
• rhncfg-actions — The code required to run configuration actions scheduled via the RHN
website.
• rhncfg-client — A command line interface to the client features of the RHN Configuration
Management system.
• rhncfg-management — A command line interface used to manage RHN configuration.
Next, you must enable your system to schedule configuration actions. This is done using the rhn-
actions-control command on the client system. This command is included in the rhncfg-
actions RPM. The RHN Actions Control (rhn-actions-control) enables or disables specific
modes of allowable actions. Refer to
instructions.

6.7.2. Overview

The Configuration Overview page allows you to assess at a glance the status of your configuration
files and the systems that use them.
Configuration Summary
This panel provides quick reference information about your configuration files. Clicking on any of
the blue text to the right displays an appropriate list of either relevant systems, channel details, or
configuration files.
Configuration Actions
This panel offers direct access to the most common configuration management tasks. You can
view or create files or channels, or enable configuration management on your systems.
Recently Modified Configuration Files
The list displayed here indicates which files have changed, to which channel they belong, and
when they were changed. If no files have been recently changed, no list appears. Click on the
name of the file to be taken to that file's Details page. Click on the channel name to be taken to
the Channel Details page for that channel.
Recently Scheduled Configuration Deployments
Each action that has been scheduled is listed here along with the status of the action. Any
configuration task that is scheduled, from enabling configuration management on a system to
deploying a specific configuration file, is displayed here. This allows you to quickly assess if your
tasks have succeeded, and to take action to correct any issues. Clicking on any blue text displays
the System Details
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Schedule page for the specified system.
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