Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.3.0 Installation Manual

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Configuring the Master RHN Satellite Server47Figure 6.2. Master Server and Slave Peers that include their own custom contentIn this example, the master Satellite is the development channel, from which content is distributed toall production slave Satellites. Some slave Satellites have extra content not present in master Satellitechannels. These packages are preserved, but all changes from master Satellite are synchronized toSlave Satellite.Figure 6.3. Slave Satellites are maintained exactly as the master SatelliteIn this example, the master Satellite (for example, a software or Hardware vendor) provides data to itscustomer. These changes are regularly synchronized to slave Satellites.6.4.2. Configuring the Master RHN Satellite ServerTo use the inter-satellite sync feature, you must first ensure that you have it enabled. Make sure thatthe /etc/rhn/rhn.conf contains the following line:disable_iss=0In the same file is the variable:allowed_iss_slaves=