Command Line Entitlement Options; Activating The Satellite - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE SERVER 4.1.0 Installation Manual

Chapter 5. Entitlements
5.3. Managing the RHN Certificate with RHN Satellite
Activate
For disconnected Satellites or customers who prefer to work locally, Red Hat provides
a command line tool for managing your RHN Entitlement Certificate and activating the
Satellite using that certificate: RHN Satellite Activate (
This is included with the Satellite installation as part of the
package.

5.3.1. Command Line Entitlement Options

The
rhn-satellite-activate
vating a Satellite using its RHN Entitlement Certificate:
Option
,
-h --help
--sanity-only
--disconnected
--rhn-cert=/PATH/TO/CERT
--systemid=/PATH/TO/SYSTEMID
--no-ssl
Table 5-1. RHN Entitlement Certificate Options
To use these options, insert the option and the appropriate value, if needed, after the
rhn-satellite-activate

5.3.2. Activating the Satellite

You should use the options in Table 5-1 to accomplish the following tasks in this order:
1. Validate the RHN Entitlement Certificate's sanity (or usefulness).
tool offers a handful of command line options for acti-
Description
Display the help screen with a list of options.
Confirm certificate sanity. Does not activate the
Satellite locally or remotely.
Activates locally but not on remote RHN
Servers.
Uploads new certificate and activates the
Satellite based upon the other options passed (if
any).
For testing only - Provides an alternative system
ID by path and file. The system default is used
if not specified.
For testing only - Disable SSL.
command. Refer to Section 5.3.2 Activating the Satellite.
rhn-satellite-activate
rhns-satellite-tools
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