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8.3. Working With Your Virtual Systems ............................................................................ 171
8.3.1. Logging into Virtual Systems Directly via SSH ................................................. 171
8.3.2. Gaining Console Access Via the Host ............................................................. 171
8.3.3. Installing Software Via the Satellite Web Interface ............................................ 172
8.3.4. Installing Software Via Yum From the Virtual System ........................................ 172
8.3.5. Deleting Virtual Systems ................................................................................ 172
9. UNIX Support Guide 175
9.1. Introduction .............................................................................................................. 175
9.1.1. Supported UNIX Variants ............................................................................... 175
9.1.2. Prerequisites .................................................................................................. 175
9.1.3. Included Features .......................................................................................... 175
9.1.4. Differences in Functionality ............................................................................. 176
9.1.5. Excluded Features ......................................................................................... 176
9.2. Satellite Server Preparation/Configuration .................................................................. 176
9.3. Client System Preparation ......................................................................................... 178
9.3.1. Download and Install Additional Packages ....................................................... 179
9.3.2. Deploying Client SSL Certificates .................................................................... 182
9.3.3. Configuring the clients .................................................................................... 182
9.4. Registration and Updates .......................................................................................... 183
9.4.1. Registering Systems ...................................................................................... 183
9.4.2. Obtaining Updates ......................................................................................... 184
9.5. Remote Commands .................................................................................................. 187
9.5.1. Enabling Commands ...................................................................................... 187
9.5.2. Issuing Commands ........................................................................................ 188
A. Command Line Config Management Tools 189
A.1.
Red Hat Network Actions Control
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A.1.1. General command line options ....................................................................... 189
A.2.
Red Hat Network Configuration Client
................................................................... 190
A.2.1. Listing Config Files ........................................................................................ 190
A.2.2. Getting a Config File ..................................................................................... 191
A.2.3. Viewing Config Channels ............................................................................... 191
A.2.4. Differentiating between Config Files ................................................................ 191
A.2.5. Verifying Config Files ..................................................................................... 192
A.3.
Red Hat Network Configuration Manager
............................................................... 192
A.3.1. Creating a Config Channel ............................................................................. 193
A.3.2. Adding Files to a Config Channel ................................................................... 193
A.3.3. Differentiating between Latest Config Files ...................................................... 194
A.3.4. Differentiating between Various Versions ......................................................... 194
A.3.5. Downloading All Files in a Channel ................................................................ 195
A.3.6. Getting the Contents of a File ........................................................................ 195
A.3.7. Listing All Files in a Channel .......................................................................... 196
A.3.8. Listing All Config Channels ............................................................................ 196
A.3.9. Removing a File from a Channel .................................................................... 196
A.3.10. Deleting a Config Channel ........................................................................... 197
A.3.11. Determining the Number of File Revisions ..................................................... 197
A.3.12. Updating a File in a Channel ........................................................................ 197
A.3.13. Uploading Multiple Files at Once .................................................................. 198
B. RHN API Access 199
B.1. Using the auth Class and Getting the Session ........................................................... 199
B.2. Obtaining the system_id ........................................................................................... 199