Table Of Contents - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE SERVER 4.0 Installation Manual

Table of Contents

1. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1
1.1. Red Hat Network ..............................................................................................1
1.2. RHN Satellite Server.........................................................................................2
1.3. Terms to Understand .........................................................................................2
1.4. How it Works ....................................................................................................3
1.5. Summary of Steps .............................................................................................5
2. Requirements.................................................................................................................. 9
2.1. Software Requirements .....................................................................................9
2.1.1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 Packages .........................................9
2.1.2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 Update 5 Packages ........................10
2.2. Hardware Requirements..................................................................................11
2.3. Database Requirements...................................................................................13
2.4. Additional Requirements ................................................................................14
3. Example Topologies .....................................................................................................17
3.1. Single Satellite Topology ................................................................................17
3.2. Multiple Satellite Horizontally Tiered Topology ............................................18
3.3. Satellite-Proxy Vertically Tiered Topology ....................................................19
4. Installation ....................................................................................................................21
4.1. Base Install......................................................................................................21
4.2. RHN Satellite Server Installation Program................................................21
4.3. Sendmail Configuration ..................................................................................37
4.4. MySQL Installation ........................................................................................38
5. Entitlements ..................................................................................................................39
5.1. Receiving the Certificate .................................................................................39
5.2. Uploading the RHN Entitlement Certificate ...................................................40
5.3. Managing the RHN Certificate with RHN Satellite Activate .......................40
5.3.1. Command Line Entitlement Options ...............................................41
5.3.2. Activating the Satellite .....................................................................41
6. Importing and Synchronizing .....................................................................................43
6.1. RHN Satellite Synchronization Tool ...........................................................43
6.1.1. Import/Sync Steps ............................................................................43
6.1.2. Import/Sync Options ........................................................................44
6.2. Importing.........................................................................................................46
6.2.1. Prerequisites .....................................................................................46
6.2.2. Preparing for Import ........................................................................46
6.2.3. Running the Import ..........................................................................47
6.3. Synchronizing .................................................................................................48
6.3.1. Synchronizing Errata and Packages Directly via RHN ...................49
6.3.2. Synchronizing Errata and Packages via Local Media......................49