Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.1.0 - CHANNEL MANAGEMENT, Reference Manual

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upper right of the resulting screen. Provide a name and label for your new channel, and
select either Sparc Solaris or i386 Solaris as the architecture, depending on the
architecture of your client.
3. Client System Preparation
Before your UNIX-based client systems benefit from Red Hat Network, they must be prepared
for connection:
1. Download and install
gzip
and required third-party libraries.
2. Download the RHN application tarball from the Satellite to the client and install the contents.
3. Next, deploy the SSL certificates required for a secure connection.
4. Configure the client applications to connect to the RHN Satellite Server.
Once finished, your systems will be ready to begin receiving RHN updates. The following three
section explain these steps in detail.
3.1. Download and Install Additional Packages
This section steps you through the process of downloading and installing third-party applications
and the RHN applications from the Satellite onto the UNIX client.
Of primary importance is the Red Hat Update Agent for UNIX (
up2date
), which provides the
link between your client systems and Red Hat Network. The UNIX-specific version of the Red
Hat Update Agent is limited in functionality compared to its Linux counterpart but still enables
system registration and facilitates package installs and patches. Refer to Section 4,
“Registration and Updates” for a full description of the tool's options.
Note
It may be useful to enter the command
bash
when first logging into the Solaris
client. If the BASH shell is available, it will make the system's behavior as
Linux-like as possible.
3.1.1. Install Third-Party Packages
Installation of the RHN applications cannot proceed unless the following utility and libraries are
present:
•
gzip
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