Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.1.1 - RELEASE NOTES, Installation Manual

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1. Introduction 1
1.1. Red Hat Network ......................................................................................................... 1
1.2. RHN Satellite Server .................................................................................................... 1
1.3. Terms to Understand .................................................................................................... 2
1.4. How it Works ............................................................................................................... 3
1.5. Summary of Steps ....................................................................................................... 4
1.6. Upgrades ..................................................................................................................... 6
2. Requirements 7
2.1. Software Requirements ................................................................................................ 7
2.2. Hardware Requirements ............................................................................................... 7
2.3. Database Requirements ............................................................................................... 9
2.4. Additional Requirements ............................................................................................. 10
3. Example Topologies 15
3.1. Single Satellite Topology ............................................................................................ 15
3.2. Multiple Satellite Horizontally Tiered Topology .............................................................. 15
3.3. Satellite-Proxy Vertically Tiered Topology .................................................................... 16
4. Installation 19
4.1. Base Install ................................................................................................................ 19
4.2.
RHN Satellite Server Installation Program
................................................................ 19
4.2.1. Options to the Satellite Installation Program ...................................................... 28
4.3. Automated RHN Satellite Server Installation ................................................................. 29
4.4. Sendmail Configuration ............................................................................................... 30
4.5. MySQL Installation ..................................................................................................... 31
5. Entitlements 33
5.1. Receiving the Certificate ............................................................................................. 33
5.2. Uploading the RHN Entitlement Certificate ................................................................... 34
5.3. Managing the RHN Certificate with
RHN Satellite Activate
.......................................... 34
5.3.1. Command Line Entitlement Options .................................................................. 34
5.3.2. Activating the Satellite ...................................................................................... 35
5.4. Satellite Entitlement Certificate Expiration .................................................................... 35
6. Importing and Synchronizing 37
6.1. Exporting with
RHN Satellite Exporter
........................................................................ 37
6.1.1.
rhn-satellite-exporter
........................................................................... 37
6.1.2. Exporting ......................................................................................................... 38
6.2. Importing with
RHN Satellite Synchronization Tool
.................................................... 39
6.2.1.
satellite-sync
........................................................................................... 39
6.2.2. Preparing for Import from Local Media .............................................................. 41
6.2.3. Running the Import .......................................................................................... 43
6.3. Synchronizing ............................................................................................................. 44
6.3.1. Synchronizing Errata and Packages Directly via RHN ........................................ 45
6.3.2. Synchronizing Errata and Packages via Local Media .......................................... 45
7. Troubleshooting 47
7.1. Log Files .................................................................................................................... 47
7.2. General Problems ...................................................................................................... 47
7.3. Host Not Found/Could Not Determine FQDN ............................................................... 49
7.4. Connection Errors ...................................................................................................... 49
7.5. Updated Software Components ................................................................................... 50
7.6. Satellite Debugging by Red Hat .................................................................................. 51