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 ....................................................................................................3
2. Requirements..................................................................................................................7
2.1. Software Requirements .....................................................................................7
2.2. Hardware Requirements....................................................................................8
2.3. Disk Space Requirements .................................................................................8
2.4. Additional Requirements ..................................................................................9
3. Example Topologies .....................................................................................................11
3.1. Single Proxy Topology ...................................................................................11
3.2. Multiple Proxy Horizontally Tiered Topology ...............................................12
3.3. Multiple Proxy Vertically Tiered Topology ....................................................12
3.4. Proxies with RHN Satellite Server .................................................................13
4. Installation ....................................................................................................................15
4.1. Base Install......................................................................................................15
4.2. RHN Proxy Server Installation Process..........................................................16
5. RHN Package Manager...............................................................................................27
5.1. Creating a Private Channel .............................................................................27
5.2. Uploading Packages........................................................................................27
5.3. Command Line Options..................................................................................29
6. Troubleshooting............................................................................................................31
6.1. Managing the Proxy Service ...........................................................................31
6.2. Log Files .........................................................................................................31
6.3. Questions and Answers...................................................................................32
6.4. General Problems............................................................................................32
6.5. Host Not Found/Could Not Determine FQDN ...............................................33
6.6. Connection Errors ...........................................................................................34
6.7. Caching Issues ................................................................................................34
6.8. Proxy Debugging by Red Hat .........................................................................35
A. Sample RHN Proxy Server Configuration File ........................................................37
Index..................................................................................................................................39
