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NETWORK SATELLITE 5.1.0 - CHANNEL MANAGEMENT

Introduction

Introduction to RHN Channels

Channel Availability

Building Custom Packages

RHN RPM Guidelines

Digital Signatures for RHN Packages

Generating a GnuPG Keypair

Signing packages

Custom Channel and Package Management

Managed Software Channel Details

Manage Software Packages

Creating a Software Channel

Cloning Software Channels

Deleting Software Channels

Custom Errata Management

Managed Errata Details

Assigning Packages to Errata

Cloning Errata

Uploading and Maintaining Custom Packages

Configuring and Using the RHN Package Manager

Uploading Packages to RHN Satellite Server

Using the RHN Push application

Index

Client Applications

Configuring the Client Applications

Registering with Activation Keys

Updating the Configuration Files Manually

Implementing Server Failover

Configuring the Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool with Satellite

SSL Infrastructure

The RHN SSL Maintenance Tool

SSL Generation Explained

RHN SSL Maintenance Tool Options

Generating the Certificate Authority SSL Key Pair

Generating Web Server SSL Key Sets

Deploying the CA SSL Public Certificate to Clients

Configuring Client Systems

Importing Custom GPG Keys

Using RHN Bootstrap

Generation

Script Use

Manually Scripting the Configuration

Implementing Kickstart

A. Sample Bootstrap Script

Red Hat Network Overview

Update

Management

Provisioning

Errata Notifications and Scheduled Package Installations

Before You Begin

Red Hat Update Agent

Registration

Registering a User Account

Activate

Channels

Packages Flagged to be Skipped

Available Package Updates

Retrieving Packages

Installing Packages

Command Line Version

Installing the Red Hat GPG key

Manual Package Installation

Synchronizing Your System Profile

Registering a System to an Organization

Red Hat Network Daemon

Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool

Notification Icons

Viewing Updates

Red Hat Network Registration Client

Starting the Red Hat Network Registration Client

Registering a System Profile

Hardware System Profile

Software System Profile

Finishing Registration

Entitling Your System

Text Mode RHN Registration Client

Red Hat Network Website

Entitlement Views

Errata Alert Icons

Systems Selected

Your Account

Your Preferences

Locale Preferences

Systems

Errata

Relevant Errata

All Errata

Advanced Search

Software Channels

Package Search

Manage Software Channels

Configuration

Configuration Channels

Configuration Files

Locally-Managed Files

Schedule

Pending Actions

Probe Suites

Satellite Tools

Satellite Tools # Satellite Configuration

Help

Client Configuration Guide

Monitoring

Configuring SSH

Installing the SSH key

Notifications

Receiving Notifications

Redirecting Notifications

Filtering Notifications

Probes

Establishing Thresholds

Troubleshooting

Setting Up the Host System for Your Virtual Systems

Kickstart Your Host System

Setting Up Your Virtual Systems

Provision Your Guest Systems

Working With Your Virtual Systems

Gaining Console Access Via the Host

Installing Software Via Yum From the Virtual System

UNIX Support Guide

Differences in Functionality

Satellite Server Preparation/Configuration

Client System Preparation

Deploying Client SSL Certificates

Registration and Updates

Obtaining Updates

Remote Commands

A. Command Line Config Management Tools

Red Hat Network Configuration Client

Getting a Config File

Differentiating between Config Files

Red Hat Network Configuration Manager

Creating a Config Channel

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