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Chapter 4. Custom Channel and Package Management
4. On the
New Channel
page, define the details of the channel following the instruc-
tions on the page. For most channel management actions, the
Channel Label
is used
to identify the channel, so select a meaningful label. View the details of existing
channels for ideas.
The
GPG key URL
must be the location of the key on the server, as defined during
the client configuration process. Refer to the
Red Hat Network Client Configuration
Guide
. The GPG key ID is the unique identifier, such as "DB42A60E", while the
GPG key fingerprint is similar to "CA20 8686 2BD6 9DFC 65F6 ECC4 2191 80CD
DB42 A60E". Notice that the key ID is the same as the last pair of quartets in the
key fingerprint.
5. When finished, click
Create Channel
at the bottom of the page.
4.6. Assigning Packages to Software Channels
When packages are initially uploaded, they can be assigned to a custom
channel, multiple custom channels, or no channel at all. Refer to
Chapter 6
Uploading and Maintaining Custom Packages
for instructions. Once uploaded,
packages may be reassigned between custom channels and the No Channels repository.
These functions are made available by clicking the
Channels
tab in the top navigation bar
and then
Manage Software Channels
on the left navigation bar. In the
Software Channel
Management
page, click the name of the channel to receive packages.
In the
Managed Software Channel Details
page, click the
Packages
tab and then the
Add
subtab. To associate packages with the channel being edited, select the option now
containing the packages from the
View
dropdown menu and click
View
. Packages already
associated with the channel being edited are not displayed. Packages not assigned to a spe-
cific channel are found in the
Packages in no channels
menu item. Selecting
All managed
packages
presents all available packages.
After clicking
View
, the package list for the selected option appears. Note that the page
header still lists the channel being edited. In the package list, select the checkboxes of the
packages to be assigned to the edited channel and click
Add Packages
at the bottom-right
corner of the page. A confirmation page appears with the packages listed. Click
Confirm
to associate the packages with the channel. The
List/Remove
subtab of the
Managed
Software Channel Details
page then appears with the new packages listed.
Once packages are assigned to a channel, the errata cache is updated to reflect the changes.
This update is delayed briefly so that users may finish editing a channel before all of the
changes are made available. To initiate your changes to the cache manually, click the
com-
mit your changes immediately
link within the text at the top of the
List/Remove
subtab.