Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.2 - CHANNEL MANAGEMENT, Installation Manual

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A standard grace period of seven (7) days exists between the date of Satellite certificate expiration
and when the Satellite becomes inactive. This grace period is provided in order for customers to
contact Red Hat Support and obtain a new certificate. During the grace period, the following things
happen:
• The Satellite remains active.
• Each user that logs into the Satellite sees a banner on their
Your RHN
page that explains that the
Satellite certificate has expired.
• Once a day, for all seven days, the Satellite Administrator's email receives notification that the
certificate has expired.
When the grace period is over, the Satellite becomes unavailable: users will be unable to login to the
web UI and all client-side tools will present an
Expired Certificate
message.
Finally, the Satellite Administrator receives a daily email alerting them that the certificate has expired.