Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE SERVER 3.6, Installation Manual

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16 Chapter 4. Installation
5. Ensure the RHN Entitlement Certificate has been loaded onto the Satellite. It can be named
anything and located in any directory. The installation program will ask you for its contents or
location. Also, make sure your account has been granted the necessary entitlements to conduct
the installation. For instance, a new Satellite will require both a Management or Provisioning
entitlement for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS and an RHN Satellite Server entitlement.
Warning
Users should note that the
RHN Satellite Server Installation Program
updates the kernel, as
well as all required packages.
6. Launch the
RHN Satellite Server Installation Program
as root with the command:
/mnt/cdrom/install.sh
This script runs through the pre-installation process without user intervention. See Figure 4-1
This takes between 20 and 30 minutes.
Figure 4-1. Pre-Installation
It will first update the system and then install the RHN Satellite Server packages, GPG keys,
database, and default configuration. It will then restart key services, such as
httpd
.
7. After the system is back up, open a Web browser and go to the fully qualified domain name
(FQDN) of the RHN Satellite Server. The
Administrator Email Address
page appears.