Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.1.1 - RELEASE NOTES, Reference Manual

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Command Line Version
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2.4.2. Command Line Version
The command line version of this tool performs the same function as the graphical version. It allows
you to configure the settings used by the
Red Hat Update Agent
and store them in the configuration
file
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date
.
To run the command line version of the
Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool
, use the
following command:
up2date --nox --configure
You are presented with a list of options and their current values:
0. debug No 1. isatty Yes 2. depslist [] 3. networkSetup Yes 4.
retrieveOnly No 5. enableRollbacks No 6. pkgSkipList ['kernel*'] 7.
storageDir /var/spool/up2date 8. adminAddress ['root@localhost'] 9.
noBootLoader No 10. serverURL https://xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC
11. fileSkipList [] 12. sslCACert /usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT 13.
noReplaceConfig Yes 14. useNoSSLForPackage No 15. systemIdPath /
etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid 16. enableProxyAuth No 17. retrieveSource
No 18. versionOverride 19. headerFetchCount 10 20. networkRetries
5 21. enableProxy No 22. proxyPassword 23. noSSLServerURL http://
xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC 24. keepAfterInstall No 25. proxyUser
26. removeSkipList ['kernel*'] 27. useGPG Yes 28. gpgKeyRing /etc/
sysconfig/rhn/up2date-keyring.gpg 29. httpProxy 30. headerCacheSize 40
31. forceInstall No Enter number of item to edit <return to exit, q to
quit without saving>:
Enter the number of the item to modify and enter a new value for the option. When you finish changing
your configuration, press
Enter
to save your changes and exit. Press
q
and then
Enter
to quit
without saving your changes.
Important
Although this is not configurable, users should still make note that the port used by
the
Red Hat Update Agent
is 443 for SSL (HTTPS) and 80 for non-SSL (HTTP).
By default,
up2date
uses SSL only. For this reason, users should ensure that their
firewalls allow connections over port 443. To bypass SSL, change the protocol for
serverURL from
https
to
http
in the
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date
configuration
file.
2.5. Registering with Activation Keys
In addition to the standard
Red Hat Update Agent
interface,
up2date
offers a utility aimed at batch
processing system registrations: activation keys. Each unique key can be used to register Red
Hat Enterprise Linux systems, entitle them to an RHN service level, and subscribe them to specific
channels and system groups, all in one action. This automation bypasses entitlement and registration
via Red Hat Network Registration Client and Red Hat Update Agent.
Alternatively, both the Red Hat Network Registration Client and Red Hat Update Agent offer the
activation keys utility
rhnreg_ks
as part of their packages.