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Configuration Summary
This panel provides quick reference information about your configuration files. Clicking on
any of the blue text to the right displays an appropriate list of either relevant systems,
channel details, or configuration files.
Configuration Actions
This panel offers direct access to the most common configuration management tasks. You
can view or create files or channels, or enable configuration management on your systems.
Recently Modified Configuration Files
The list displayed here indicates which files have changed, to which channel they belong,
and when they were changed. If no files have been recently changed, no list appears. Click
on the name of the file to be taken to that file's Details page. Click on the channel name to
be taken to the Channel Details page for that channel.
Recently Scheduled Configuration Deployments
Each action that has been scheduled is listed here along with the status of the action. Any
configuration task that is scheduled, from enabling configuration management on a system
to deploying a specific configuration file, is displayed here. This allows you to quickly assess
if your tasks have succeeded, and to take action to correct any issues. Clicking on any blue
text displays the System Details # Schedule page for the specified system.
7.3. Configuration Channels
As mentioned above, RHN manages both central and local configuration channels and files.
Central configuration management allows you to deploy configuration files to multiple systems.
Local configuration management allows you to specify overrides, or configuration files that are
not changed by subscribing the system to a central channel.
Central configuration channels must be created via the link on this page. Local configuration
channels are not created here; they automatically exist for each system to which a Provisioning
entitlement has been applied.
Click on the name of the configuration channel to be taken to the details page for that channel.
If you click on the number of files in the channel, you are taken to the List/Remove Files page
of that channel. If you click on the number of systems subscribed to the configuration channel,
you are taken to the Systems # Subscribed Systems page for that channel.
To create a new central configuration channel:
1. Click the create new config channel link in the upper right of this screen.
2. Enter a name for the channel.
3. Enter a label for the channel. This field must contain only alphanumeric characters, "-", "_",
and "."
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