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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1. Red Hat Network ............................................................................................................... 1
1.2. RHN Proxy Server ............................................................................................................. 1
1.3. Terms to Understand.......................................................................................................... 2
1.4. How it Works ..................................................................................................................... 2
2. Requirements................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1. Software Requirements...................................................................................................... 5
2.2. Hardware Requirements..................................................................................................... 5
2.3. Disk Space Requirements .................................................................................................. 6
2.4. Additional Requirements ................................................................................................... 6
3. Example Topologies ........................................................................................................................ 9
3.1. Single Proxy Topology ...................................................................................................... 9
3.2. Multiple Proxy Horizontally Tiered Topology .................................................................. 9
3.3. Multiple Proxy Vertically Tiered Topology ..................................................................... 10
3.4. Proxies with RHN Satellite Server .................................................................................. 11
4. Installation..................................................................................................................................... 13
4.1. Base Install....................................................................................................................... 13
4.2. RHN Proxy Server Installation Process........................................................................... 13
5. RHN Package Manager................................................................................................................ 21
5.1. Creating a Private Channel .............................................................................................. 21
5.2. Uploading Packages......................................................................................................... 21
5.3. Command Line Options................................................................................................... 22
6. Troubleshooting............................................................................................................................. 25
6.1. Managing the Proxy Service............................................................................................ 25
6.2. Log Files .......................................................................................................................... 25
6.3. Questions and Answers.................................................................................................... 25
6.4. General Problems............................................................................................................. 26
6.5. Host Not Found/Could Not Determine FQDN ................................................................ 26
6.6. Connection Errors ............................................................................................................ 27
6.7. Caching Issues ................................................................................................................. 27
6.8. Proxy Debugging by Red Hat .......................................................................................... 28
A. Sample RHN Proxy Server Configuration File ......................................................................... 31
Index................................................................................................................................................... 33