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Red Hat NETWORK 4.0.5 - Reference Manual (290 pages)

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Table of Contents
3
Introduction to the Guide

11
- Document Conventions
  11
- User Input
  13
- More to Come
  15
  - Send in Your Feedback
    15
Red hat Network Overview

17
- Update
  18
- Management
  19
- Provisioning
  19
- Monitoring
  20
- Errata Notiﬁcations and Scheduled Package Installations
  21
- Security, Quality Assurance, and Red hat Network
  21
- Before You Begin
  22
Red hat Update Agent

25
- Starting the Red hat Update Agent
  25
- Registration
  29
  - Registering a User Account
    30
  - Activate
    33
  - Channels
    36
  - Packages Flagged to be Skipped
    38
  - Available Package Updates
    39
  - Retrieving Packages
    41
  - Installing Packages
    42
- Command Line Version
  44
  - Installing the Red hat GPG Key
    47
  - Manual Package Installation
    49
  - Synchronizing Your System Proﬁle
    49
  - Log File
    50
- Conﬁguration
  50
  - Using the Red hat Update Agent Conﬁguration Tool
    50
  - Command Line Version
    54
- Registering with Activation Keys
  55
Red hat Network Daemon

59
- Conﬁguring
  59
- Viewing Status
  60
- Disabling
  60
- Troubleshooting
  60
Red hat Network Alert Notiﬁcation Tool

61
- Conﬁguring the Applet
  61
- Notiﬁcation Icons
  63
- Viewing Updates
  63
- Applying Updates
  64
- Launching the RHN Website
  64
Red hat Network Registration Client

65
Red hat Network Website

81
- Navigation
  81
  - Entitlement Views
    82
  - Categories and
    83
  - Errata Alert Icons
    85
  - Quick Search
    85
  - Systems Selected
    85
  - Lists
    86
- Logging into the RHN Website
  86
- Your RHN
  87
  - Your Account
    89
  - Your Preferences
    90
  - Purchase History
    91
- Systems
  91
  - Overview
    91
  - Systems
    93
  - System Details
    95
  - System Groups
    107
  - Creating Groups
    109
  - System Set Manager
    111
  - System Entitlements
    119
  - Advanced Search
    120
  - Activation Keys
    120
  - Stored Proﬁles
    122
  - Custom System Info
    123
  - Kickstart
    123
- Errata
  132
  - Relevant Errata
    133
  - All Errata
    134
  - Advanced Search
    136
- Channels
  136
  - Software Channels
    137
  - Channel Entitlements
    141
  - Download Software
    141
  - Package Search
    142
  - Manage Software Channels
    142
  - Manage Conﬁg Channels
    144
- Schedule
  151
  - Pending Actions
    152
  - Failed Actions
    153
  - Completed Actions
    153
  - Archived Actions
    153
  - Actions List
    154
- Users
  155
  - User List ⇒ Active
    156
  - User List ⇒ Disabled
    161
  - User List ⇒ All
    161
- Monitoring
  161
  - Probe Status
    162
  - Notiﬁcation
    164
  - Current State
    164
  - Probe Suites
    166
  - Scout Conﬁg Push
    168
  - General Conﬁg
    168
- Satellite Tools
  169
  - Satellite Tools ⇒ Satellite Conﬁguration
    169
  - Satellite Tools ⇒ String Manager
    170
- Help
  170
  - Help Desk
    170
  - Quick Start Guide
    170
  - Faq
    170
  - Migration FAQ
    171
  - Reference Guide
    171
  - Best Practices Guide
    171
  - Contact RHN
    171
  - Satellite Installation Guide
    171
  - Proxy Guide
    171
  - Client Conﬁguration Guide
    172
  - Channel Management Guide
    172
  - Terms & Conditions
    172
  - Outage Policy
    172
  - Release Notes
    172
  - Get RHN Software
    172
Monitoring

173
- Prerequisites
  173
- Red hat Network Monitoring Daemon
  174
  - Rhnmd
    174
  - Installing the Red hat Network Monitoring Daemon
    175
  - Conﬁguring SSH
    175
  - Installing the SSH Key
    176
- Notiﬁcations
  177
- Mysql-Server Package
  177
  - Creating Notiﬁcation Methods
    178
  - Receiving Notiﬁcations
    178
  - Redirecting Notiﬁcations
    179
  - Filtering Notiﬁcations
    180
  - Deleting Notiﬁcation Methods
    180
- Probes
  181
  - Managing Probes
    181
  - Establishing Thresholds
    182
  - Monitoring the RHN Server
    182
- Troubleshooting
  183
  - Examining Probes with
    183
  - Rhn-Catalog
    184
UNIX Support Guide

187
- Introduction
  187
  - Supported UNIX Variants
    187
  - Prerequisites
    187
  - Included Features
    188
  - Differences in Functionality
    188
  - Excluded Features
    189
- Satellite Server Preparation/Conﬁguration
  190
- Client System Preparation
  191
  - Installing Additional Packages
    192
  - Deploying Client SSL Certiﬁcates
    193
  - Conﬁguring the Clients
    193
- Registration and Updates
  195
  - Registering Systems
    195
  - Obtaining Updates
    195
- Remote Commands
  197
  - Enabling Commands
    198
  - Issuing Commands
    198
Command Line Conﬁg Management Tools

201
- Red hat Network Actions Control
  201
  - General Command Line Options
    201
- Red hat Network Conﬁguration Client
  202
  - Listing Conﬁg Files
    203
  - Getting a Conﬁg File
    203
  - Viewing Conﬁg Channels
    204
  - Differentiating between Conﬁg Files
    204
  - Verifying Conﬁg Files
    205
- Red hat Network Conﬁguration Manager
  205
  - Creating a Conﬁg Channel
    206
  - Adding Files to a Conﬁg Channel
    206
  - Differentiating between Latest Conﬁg Files
    207
  - Differentiating between Various Versions
    208
  - Downloading All Files in a Channel
    209
  - Getting the Contents of a File
    210
  - Listing All Files in a Channel
    210
  - Listing All Conﬁg Channels
    210
  - Removing a File from a Channel
    211
  - Deleting a Conﬁg Channel
    211
  - Determining the Number of File Revisions
    212
  - Updating a File in a Channel
    212
  - Uploading Multiple Files at Once
    213
RHN API Access

215
- Using the Auth Class and Getting the Session
  215
- Obtaining the System_Id
  215
- Determining the Sid
  216
- Viewing the CID
  216
- Getting the Sgid
  216
- Sample API Script
  216
Probes

219
- Probe Guidelines
  219
- Apache 1.3.X and 2.0.X
  220
  - Apache::processes
    220
  - Apache::trafﬁC
    221
  - Apache::uptime
    222
- BEA Weblogic 6.X and Higher
  223
  - BEA Weblogic::execute Queue
    224
  - BEA Weblogic::heap Free
    224
  - BEA Weblogic::jdbc Connection Pool
    225
  - BEA Weblogic::server State
    226
  - BEA Weblogic::servlet
    226
- General
  227
  - General::remote Program
    227
  - General::remote Program with Data
    228
  - General::snmp Check
    229
  - General::tcp Check
    229
  - General::udp Check
    230
  - General::uptime (SNMP)
    231
- Linux
  231
  - Linux::cpu Usage
    232
  - Linux::disk IO Throughput
    232
  - Linux::disk Usage
    233
  - Linux::inodes
    234
  - Linux::interface TrafﬁC
    234
  - Linux::load
    235
  - Linux::memory Usage
    236
  - Linux::process Counts by State
    236
  - Linux::process Count Total
    237
  - Linux::process Health
    238
  - Linux::process Running
    239
  - Linux::swap Usage
    240
  - Linux::tcp Connections by State
    240
  - Linux::users
    241
  - Linux::virtual Memory
    242
- Logagent
  242
  - Logagent::log Pattern Match
    243
  - Logagent::log Size
    244
- Mysql 3.23 - 3.33
  245
  - Mysql::database Accessibility
    245
  - Mysql::opened Tables
    246
  - Mysql::open Tables
    246
  - Mysql::query Rate
    247
  - Mysql::threads Running
    247
- Network Services
  248
  - Network Services::dns Lookup
    248
  - Network Services::ftp
    249
  - Network Services::imap Mail
    249
  - Network Services::mail Transfer (SMTP)
    250
  - Network Services::ping
    250
  - Network Services::pop Mail
    251
  - Network Services::remote Ping
    252
  - Network Services::rpcservice
    253
  - Network Services::secure Web Server (HTTPS)
    254
  - Network Services::ssh
    254
  - Network Services::web Server (HTTP)
    255
- Oracle 8I and 9I
  256
  - Oracle::active Sessions
    257
  - Oracle::availability
    257
  - Oracle::blocking Sessions
    258
  - Oracle::buffer Cache
    258
  - Oracle::client Connectivity
    259
  - Oracle::data Dictionary Cache
    260
  - Oracle::disk Sort Ratio
    261
  - Oracle::idle Sessions
    261
  - Oracle::index Extents
    262
  - Oracle::library Cache
    263
  - Oracle::locks
    263
  - Oracle::redo Log
    264
  - Oracle::table Extents
    265
  - Oracle::tablespace Usage
    266
  - Oracle::tns Ping
    267
- RHN Satellite Server
  267
  - RHN Satellite Server::disk Space
    267
  - RHN Satellite Server::execution Time
    268
  - RHN Satellite Server::interface TrafﬁC
    268
  - RHN Satellite Server::latency
    269
  - RHN Satellite Server::load
    269
  - RHN Satellite Server::probe Count
    270
  - RHN Satellite Server::process Counts
    270
  - RHN Satellite Server::processes
    271
  - RHN Satellite Server::process Health
    271
  - RHN Satellite Server::process Running
    272
  - RHN Satellite Server::swap
    273
  - RHN Satellite Server::users
    273
Glossary

275
Index

283

Red Hat NETWORK 4.0.5 - Manual (40 pages)

Channel Management

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Table of Contents
3
1 Introduction

5
2 Introduction to RHN Channels

7
3 Building Custom Packages

11
- Building Packages for Red hat Network
  11
  - RPM Beneﬁts
    11
  - RHN RPM Guidelines
    12
- Digital Signatures for RHN Packages
  14
  - Generating a Gnupg Keypair
    14
  - Signing Packages
    16
4 Custom Channel and Package Management

17
5 Custom Errata Management

25
- Manage Errata
  25
  - Published Errata
    25
  - Unpublished Errata
    26
- Managed Errata Details
  26
- Creating and Editing Errata
  26
- Assigning Packages to Errata
  27
- Cloning Errata
  28
6 Uploading and Maintaining Custom Packages

29

Red Hat NETWORK 4.0.5 - Configuration Manual (48 pages)

Client Configuration

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