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Red Hat Network 3.4

Provisioning Reference Guide

Summary of Contents for NETWORK 3.4 - PROVISIONING

Page 1: ...Red Hat Network 3 4 Provisioning Reference Guide...

Page 2: ...s Torvalds Motif and UNIX are registered trademarks of The Open Group XFree86 is a trademark of The XFree86 Project Inc and is pending registration Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel...

Page 3: ...e Agent Finished 25 2 3 5 Command Line Version 26 2 4 Configuration 30 2 4 1 Using the Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool 30 2 4 2 Command Line Version 33 2 5 Registering with Activation Keys 34...

Page 4: ...Registration Client 89 6 2 Starting the Red Hat Network Registration Client 91 6 3 Registering a User Account 93 6 4 Registering a System Profile 95 6 4 1 Hardware System Profile 95 6 4 2 Software Sy...

Page 5: ...ber of File Revisions 108 A 2 12 Updating a File in a Channel 108 A 2 13 Uploading Multiple Files at Once 109 B RHN API Access 111 B 1 Using the auth Class and Getting the Session 111 B 2 Obtaining th...

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Page 7: ...Network offerings please review the descriptions available at http www redhat com software rhn 1 Document Conventions When you read this manual certain words are represented in different fonts typefac...

Page 8: ...UI screen or window A word in this style indicates that the word is the top level of a pulldown menu If you click on the word on the GUI screen the rest of the menu should appear For example Under Fil...

Page 9: ...version number where version number is the version of the kernel installed on this system Additionally we use several different strategies to draw your attention to certain pieces of informa tion In...

Page 10: ...panding as new Red Hat Network features and service plans are launched 2 1 Send in Your Feedback If you would like to make suggestions about the Red Hat Network Provisioning Reference Guide please sub...

Page 11: ...anagement of System Profiles Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and newer systems will even use the Red Hat Update Agent to be registered to RHN See Chapter 2 Red Hat Update Agent for further information Alth...

Page 12: ...to the FTP servers by downloading directly from Red Hat Network Priority Access during periods of high load When Red Hat releases a large errata users with Priority Access can be guaranteed that they...

Page 13: ...rovisioning As the highest service level RHN Provisioning encompasses all of the features offered in the RHN Demo Update and Management subscription levels It is designed to allow you to deploy and ma...

Page 14: ...ure to ensure authenticity Red Hat Network incorporates the following security measures 1 Your System Profile available at http rhn redhat com is accessible only with an RHN verified username and pass...

Page 15: ...talled it will return something similar to rhn_register 2 9 3 1 The version number might differ slightly If you do not have the Red Hat Network Registration Client installed the command will return pa...

Page 16: ...6 Chapter 1 What is Red Hat Network...

Page 17: ...ant You must use Red Hat Update Agent Version 2 5 4 or higher to upgrade your kernel automatically It will install the updated kernel and configure LILO or GRUB to boot the new kernel the next time th...

Page 18: ...ault location is var spool up2date This option is useful if you do not have enough space in the configured location justdb Only add packages to the database and do not install them dbpath dir Specify...

Page 19: ...this message again Figure 2 2 Install GPG Key 2 2 Registration Before you begin using Red Hat Network you need to create a username password and System Profile Upon launch the Red Hat Update Agent sen...

Page 20: ...e you start the Red Hat Update Agent Click Forward to continue Figure 2 3 Welcome Screen After clicking through the Welcome Screen the Red Hat Privacy Statement appears See Figure 2 4 Red Hat is commi...

Page 21: ...nd password Once logged in to Red Hat Network you can modify your preferences view your existing System Profile or obtain the latest Red Hat software packages Note If you are already a member of redha...

Page 22: ...er Account You must choose a unique username If you enter one already in use you will see an error message see Figure 2 6 Try different usernames until you find one that has not been used Warning Be s...

Page 23: ...you can log into Red Hat Network with your username and password to view all your systems simultaneously In the Create Account screen click Forward to continue If you are a new user to RHN the Red Hat...

Page 24: ...rdware and software information about your Red Hat Enterprise Linux system The System Profile information is used by Red Hat Network to determine what software update notifications you receive 2 2 2 1...

Page 25: ...information about hardware and network see Figure 2 8 Figure 2 8 System Profile Hardware Click Forward to continue with the registration process 2 2 2 2 Software System Profile The software System Pr...

Page 26: ...r by using the Red Hat Update Agent Figure 2 9 shows the progress bar you will see while the Red Hat Update Agent gathers a list of the RPM packages installed on your system This operation may take so...

Page 27: ...hat the Canna devel and Canna libs packages have been omitted from the package list Choose which packages to exclude if any from the System Profile and click Forward to continue with the registration...

Page 28: ...Hat Network You will know your System Profile has been successfully sent when you see the Channels screen Figure 2 14 appear Refer to Section 2 3 1 Choosing a Software Channel for continued instructi...

Page 29: ...ile the Channels screen Figure 2 14 appears Select the appropriate base channel and click Forward to continue The Red Hat Update Agent offers only the channels enabled for the system in RHN or your RH...

Page 30: ...ages available for your system the dialog box in Figure 2 16 appears Click OK to exit the Red Hat Update Agent Figure 2 16 No new packages needed If you excluded any packages while registering your Sy...

Page 31: ...ou want to view the advisory for the RPM Alert click the View Advisory button This will display what type of Errata Alert it is and what problem s it addresses as shown in Figure 2 18 Click OK to clos...

Page 32: ...Update Agent Figure 2 18 View Advisory The Available Package Updates screen is the next to appear If your system is not up to date your customized list of available updated packages is displayed as s...

Page 33: ...ests for RPM dependencies and prompts you if you have chosen to omit packages that are required for software updates that you did choose The dialog box in Figure 2 20 is shown while it is testing for...

Page 34: ...have the packages installed via the Red Hat Update Agent skip to Section 2 3 5 2 Manual Package Installation for further instructions If you configured it to install the packages the default setting...

Page 35: ...tion Finished 2 3 4 Update Agent Finished When the Red Hat Update Agent has finished downloading the desired packages and installing them if you chose the install option you will see the screen in Fig...

Page 36: ...of the Red Hat Update Agent allows you to perform advanced functions or to perform actions with little or no interaction For example the following command updates your system with no interaction It w...

Page 37: ...atabase and do not install them k packagedir Specify a colon separated path of directories to look for packages in before trying to download them l list List packages relevant to the system nodownload...

Page 38: ...Update Agent you need to install the Red Hat GPG key manually If you do not have it installed you will see the following message Your GPG keyring does not contain the Red Hat Inc public key Without it...

Page 39: ...Bp9Z3MIDhcP00iIBctIHn7YP9fi5vV0G03iryT XE01mhWoBlC233wr3XHwsqxFfZzaCZqqNKTl0 PNfEAIzJRgtYiW8nzFTPpIR05E oRn6EvmQfayOF2uYDX9Sk lOD7T7RLtKjM hPW 9NoCGwwROaG VUzVv4aelh1L dJGEjpFtdxcrOUMD8xbkuGMznu0mpDI...

Page 40: ...e Red Hat Update Agent and which packages are deleted from your system after installation If you choose to install and delete packages yourself it will not be logged in this file You should keep your...

Page 41: ...for detailed instructions 2 4 1 2 Retrieval Installation Settings The Retrieval Installation tab allows you to customize your software package retrieval and package installation preferences Warning Y...

Page 42: ...the source src rpm and the binary architecture rpm files The following installation options are configurable see Figure 2 25 Use GPG to verify package integrity before installing the packages verify...

Page 43: ...Update Agent will not display any packages beginning with kernel To exclude packages by file name follow the same rules except click the Add button next to the File Names to Skip section Figure 2 26 P...

Page 44: ...our changes and exit Press q and then Enter to quit without saving your changes Important Although this isn t configurable users should still make note that the port used by the Red Hat Update Agent i...

Page 45: ...efer to Section 4 4 7 2 Using Multiple Activation Keys at Once to understand how differences in activation keys are handled This command performs all the actions of the Red Hat Network Registration Cl...

Page 46: ...mation Keys created by an Organization Administrator are available for modification and use by other Organization Administrators within the organization These permissions are set through the Users tab...

Page 47: ...d Hat Enterprise Linux 3 the Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool appears on the panel by default as shown in Figure 3 1 Figure 3 1 GNOME Panel with Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool If it do...

Page 48: ...t click on the applet and select Configuration Your preferences are written to the file rhn applet conf in your home directory The Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool also uses the system wide con...

Page 49: ...l displays a list of available updates To alter your list of excluded packages click the Ignored Packages tab and make your modifications Figure 3 3 Available Updates 3 4 Applying Updates If the syste...

Page 50: ...40 Chapter 3 Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool...

Page 51: ...ing RHN Refer to Chapter 2 Red Hat Update Agent for step by step instructions After registering your system with Red Hat Network go back to http rhn redhat com and complete the username and password f...

Page 52: ...systems Advanced Search Quickly search all of your systems by specific criteria such as name hardware devices system info networking packages and location Activation Keys Generate an activation key fo...

Page 53: ...click the Search button Your results will appear at the bottom of the page Refer to the appropriate category for instructions on using these results 4 2 3 Systems Selected Also near the top of the pag...

Page 54: ...he layout and symbols used throughout the website Figure 4 2 Your Red Hat Network The top of the page shows how many systems need attention provides a link to quickly view those systems and displays a...

Page 55: ...merely make the changes in the appropriate text fields and click the Update button in the bottom right hand corner Remember if you change your Red Hat Network password the one used to log into RHN and...

Page 56: ...items that will appear in a list on a single page If more items are in the list clicking the Next button will display the next group of items This preference applies to system lists Errata lists packa...

Page 57: ...users have access to the FAQ Customer Service email address and rhn users mailing list only Logged in Demo customers have access to the above as well as an online form that can be submitted to rhn fe...

Page 58: ...s As shown in Figure 4 3 the Systems page displays a list of all your registered systems The Systems list contains several columns of information for each system Select Update entitled systems cannot...

Page 59: ...when run a conflict likely exists in the system s pack age profile or in the up2date configuration file To resolve the conflict either schedule a package list update or remove the packages from the P...

Page 60: ...ckins are not taking place the RHN client on your system is not successfully reaching Red Hat Network for some reason This indicates The system is not entitled to any RHN service System Profiles that...

Page 61: ...in a daily summary of system events By default all Management and Provisioning systems are included in the summary These are actions affecting packages such as scheduled Errata Updates and system rebo...

Page 62: ...onnected to either RHN or a satellite If no proxy is used you receive a message stating This system connects directly and not through a proxy Errata Contains a list of Errata Alerts applicable to the...

Page 63: ...he comparison with another system select it from the associated pulldown menu and click the Compare button To create a stored profile based upon the existing system click the Create System Profile but...

Page 64: ...ce a certain date and time from the system to the central repository all Enable all of these modes for configuration management on the system To set individual modes issue this command repeatedly as r...

Page 65: ...enter a descriptive term in the Tag name field and click the Tag Current Snapshot button You may then revert using this tag directly by clicking its name in the Snapshot Tags list To delete tags sele...

Page 66: ...n event click its summary in the System History table To again view the table click Return to history list at the bottom of the page Pending Lists events that are scheduled but have not begun To unsch...

Page 67: ...roup or confirms that it is up to date Clicking on a group s status icon takes you to the Errata tab of its System Group Details page Refer to Section 4 4 3 3 System Group Details for more information...

Page 68: ...Set Manager immediately Refer to Section 4 4 4 System Set Man ager for more information The System Group Details page contains five tabs Details Basic information about the system group the group name...

Page 69: ...their respective lists to the System Set Manager and click System Set Manager in the left navigation bar 2 Click Use Group in the System Groups list or Work with Group on the System Group Details page...

Page 70: ...e Schedule Kickstart button Tag Systems Use this subtab to to add meaningful descriptions to the most recent snapshots of your selected systems To tag the most recent system snapshots enter a descript...

Page 71: ...allows you have all Errata Updates automatically applied to systems This means packages associated with Errata will be updated without any user intervention Customers should note that Red Hat does not...

Page 72: ...page allows you to search through your systems according to specific criteria These criteria include custom system information system details hardware devices interface net working packages and locat...

Page 73: ...e re enabled by selecting the checkbox After making these changes click the Update Keys button on the bottom right hand corner of the page 4 4 7 2 Using Multiple Activation Keys at Once Provisioning c...

Page 74: ...a value to it through the Custom Info tab of the System Details page Refer to Section 4 4 2 6 System Details for instructions 4 4 10 Kickstart To satisfy the provisioning needs of customers RHN provid...

Page 75: ...kernel and initiates a kickstart installation with the options supplied in the bootloader configuration file including the server containing the kickstart configuration file 6 This kickstart configura...

Page 76: ...Kickstart button Packages Allows the addition or removal of specific software packages from the kickstart pro file To include packages enter them in the text field and click the Add Packages button T...

Page 77: ...e kickstart session 4 4 10 7 GPG and SSL Keys The GPG Keys SSL Certificates page lists keys and certificates available for inclusion in kickstart profiles and provides a means to create new ones This...

Page 78: ...utokickstart Boot Image field Then select the matching distribution from the Base Channel and Installer Generation dropdown menus and click the Create button 4 4 10 9 File Preservation The File Preser...

Page 79: ...ution cd while file iso is the output iso file put into the current directory You may then burn the ISO to CD ROM To use the disc assuming you left the label for the kickstart boot as ks you should bo...

Page 80: ...PM packages required to fix the problem Icons are used to identify the three types of Errata Alerts Security Updates available update strongly recommended Bug Fix Updates available and recommended Enh...

Page 81: ...tems tab of the Errata Details page Then individually select the systems to be updated and click the Apply Errata button Double check the systems to be updated on the confirmation page then click the...

Page 82: ...h through Errata according to specific criteria such as summary advisory and package name Type your keyword select the criterion to search by and click the Search button The results appear at the bott...

Page 83: ...is shown by default when you click Software Channels in the left navigation bar It displays a list of channels now associated with your systems Links within this list go to different tabs of the Softw...

Page 84: ...e dates issued Clicking on an advisory name takes you to its Errata Details page Refer to Section 4 5 2 2 Errata Details for more information Packages List of packages in the channel To download packa...

Page 85: ...ither curl or wget Click the help on using curl or wget link for precise instructions To obtain the URL right click on the disc link and select to open the link in a new window or tab You may then can...

Page 86: ...lled or updated on that system Important If you use scheduled package installation the packages will be installed via the RHN Daemon You must have the RHN Daemon enabled on your systems Refer to Chapt...

Page 87: ...his information is similar to issuing the command rpm qi packagename but with more detail Click the links in the bottom right hand corner of the page to download the RPM and or SRPM files for the pack...

Page 88: ...e system and those associated with it in the central repository diff Display differences between configuration files on the system and those associated with it in the central repository upload Send an...

Page 89: ...the filename to go to the Configuration File Details page Refer to Section 4 6 6 7 Configuration File Details for instructions Click the config channel name to access the Configuration Channel Details...

Page 90: ...well as identify whether it is binary Note that files larger than 16 KB cannot be edited through the RHN website In addition you can define macros variables here that will have different values inter...

Page 91: ...licable to all of your servers that differs only in IP address and hostname Rather than manage a separate configuration file for each server you may create a single file say server conf with the IP ad...

Page 92: ...types 1 Package Installations For more information on how to perform package installations refer to Section 4 6 5 Software Packages 2 Errata Updates For more information on how to apply Errata Update...

Page 93: ...represents a single scheduled event or action that might affect multiple systems and involve various packages The list contains several columns of information Select Use the checkboxes in this column...

Page 94: ...action select the system using the appropriate checkbox and click the Unschedule Action button Clicking a system name takes you to its System Details page Refer to Section 4 4 2 6 System Details for...

Page 95: ...support redhat com to have users removed RHN Satellite Server customers may use the button on the User Details page 4 8 1 2 User Details Clicking on a username displays the User Details page for the i...

Page 96: ...anagement Identifies channels the user may manage To change these select or unselect the appropriate checkboxes and click the Update Permissions button This status does not enable the user to create n...

Page 97: ...dify the configuration file you must as root restart the daemon with the command service rhnsd restart or etc rc d init d rhnsd restart Important The minimum time interval allowed is one hour 60 minut...

Page 98: ...Daemon is activated and running You may ensure this by running the follow ing commands chkconfig level 345 rhnsd on service rhnsd start If these are correct and your systems still indicate they are no...

Page 99: ...y built into the Red Hat Update Agent After registering your system refer to Chapter 2 Red Hat Update Agent for instructions on starting the Red Hat Update Agent and begin steps listed in Section 2 3...

Page 100: ...r the number of the item that you want to modify and enter a new value for the option When you finish changing your configuration press Enter to save your changes and exit Press q and then Enter to qu...

Page 101: ...al console or remote terminal Refer to Section 6 7 Text Mode RHN Registration Client for further details Caution You must use Python 1 5 2 24 or later with Secure Sockets Layer SSL support If not the...

Page 102: ...stration process If you click Cancel the registration process will end and no information will be sent Figure 6 4 Welcome Screen Red Hat is committed to protecting your privacy see Figure 6 5 The info...

Page 103: ...nd a valid email address In the screen shown in Figure 6 7 you must choose a username and password Once logged in to Red Hat Network you can modify your preferences view your existing System Profile o...

Page 104: ...created a System Profile you can add a new machine to your account Run the Red Hat Network Registration Client on the new machine you wish to add and enter your existing Red Hat Network username and...

Page 105: ...stem Profile After creating a username and password for your Red Hat Network account the Red Hat Network Registration Client probes your system for the following information Red Hat Linux version Host...

Page 106: ...you will only receive notifications about the packages in your System Profile Thus if you use an older version of a package and deselect it from the list it will not be replaced with a newer version T...

Page 107: ...ncluded in your System Profile to be up dated by Red Hat Network To exclude a package uncheck the package from the list by clicking the checkbox beside the package name For example Figure 6 11 shows t...

Page 108: ...de from System Profile 6 5 Finishing Registration As seen in Figure 6 12 the last step of registration is to confirm that you want to send your System Profile to the Red Hat Network If you choose Canc...

Page 109: ...me time depending on your connection speed Figure 6 13 Send System Profile to Red Hat Network You will know your System Profile has been successfully sent when you see the Registration Fin ished scree...

Page 110: ...ection from the dropdown menu under the Entitlement column beside the name of the system you just registered Only increases in entitlement levels are allowed Systems cannot be re entitled to a lower e...

Page 111: ...ns for the text mode Red Hat Network Registration Client are almost identical to the screens for the graphical Red Hat Network Registration Client Some of the text in the text mode version is more con...

Page 112: ...102 Chapter 6 Red Hat Network Registration Client...

Page 113: ...nd verify A 1 1 Listing Config Files To list the configuration files for the machine and the labels of the config channels containing them issue the command rhncfg client list You should see output re...

Page 114: ...pm No such file or directory A 1 5 Verifying Config Files To quickly determine if files are different than those associated with it in RHN issue the command rhncfg client verify You should see output...

Page 115: ...cfg manager diff revisions help You can see such a list of options for the add mode at Section A 2 2 1 Add Options A 2 1 Creating a Config Channel To create a config channel for your organization issu...

Page 116: ...entiating between Latest Config Files To obtain a difference between the config files on disk and the latest revisions in a channel issue the command rhncfg manager diff channel channel label dest fil...

Page 117: ...PGP SIGNATURE A 2 5 Downloading All Files in a Channel To download all the files in a channel to disk create a directory and issue the command rhncfg manager download channel channel label topdir You...

Page 118: ...name and password provide them You should see output resembling Red Hat Network username rhn user Password Removing from config channel blah3 tmp dest_path foo txt removed A 2 10 Deleting a Config Cha...

Page 119: ...el dest file path to file txt local path to file You should see output resembling Pushing to channel blah Local file blah tmp dest_path foo txt remote file tmp dest_path foo txt A 2 13 Uploading Multi...

Page 120: ...110 Appendix A Command Line Config Management Tools...

Page 121: ...makes some of the calls B 1 Using the auth Class and Getting the Session It is worth noting you will almost invariably use the auth class first This class offers a single method login Use this to esta...

Page 122: ...make the association B 6 Sample API Script The following sample script depicts how an RHN API client should be constructed Review the com ments and links for a full discussion of the calls made usr b...

Page 123: ...ems client call system list_user_systems session for my system systems print Dumper system print n nCapturing ID of system systems 0 name n n my systemid systems 0 id This next call returns a list of...

Page 124: ...114 Appendix B RHN API Access...

Page 125: ...er package B Base Channel A base channel is a type of Channel that consists of a list of packages based on a specific architecture and Red Hat release For example all the packages in Red Hat Enterpris...

Page 126: ...escription of the Errata and a list of which systems are affected by the report Enhancement Alert An Errata Alert that pertains to a package enhancement request Entitled Server A server that is subscr...

Page 127: ...ion Administrator are sets of users that have the highest level of control over an orga nization s Red Hat Network account Members of this group can add users systems and system groups to the organiza...

Page 128: ...Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool to configure its preferences including whether to install the packages after they are downloaded RPM A software package manager that was developed by Red Hat It ca...

Page 129: ...the organization System ID A unique string of characters and numbers that identifies a registered system It is stored in the system s Digital Certificate System Profile Hardware and software informat...

Page 130: ...120 Glossary...

Page 131: ...fig Channel List 77 config channels details 79 80 global 78 list of 77 Config Channels and Files Config Channel List 77 config management system preparation 78 Configuration Channel List Channel Detai...

Page 132: ...76 overview 76 password change 45 preferences change 46 Provisioning service level 3 proxy server with Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool 38 with Red Hat Network Registration Client 90 with Red...

Page 133: ...s i introduction to the i registering with activation keys 34 Registration 89 as part of an organization 94 Configuration 89 Email notification 93 Hardware System Profile 95 Password 93 RPM Package Li...

Page 134: ...in configuration files 80 W website 41 activation keys 62 All Errata 71 Buy Now 46 Channel List 72 Channels 72 Config Channel List 77 Configuration Channel Details 79 Configuration File Details 80 cu...

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