Chapter 2. Requirements
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When installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 Update 5 via CD or ISO image, select the
following package groups:
•
Web Server
•
Mail Server
•
Development Tools
•
Legacy Software Development
Then after operating system installation, register the system with RHN and use the
Red
Hat Update Agent
to install the outstanding packages with the following command:
up2date perl-CGI perl-libwww-perl perl-URI perl-XML-Parser perl-DateManip \
perl-XML-Dumper perl-libxml-enno perl-Parse-Yapp perl-XML-Encoding ntp
Once updated, delete the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 Update 5 system profile from
RHN, as it will be reregistered during Satellite installation.
When kickstarting Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 Update 5, specify the following pack-
ages and groups:
•
@ Base
•
@ Server
•
@ Development Tools
•
@ Legacy Software Development
•
perl-CGI
•
perl-Time-HiRes
•
ntp
2.2. Hardware Requirements
The following hardware configuration is required for the two types of RHN Satellite
Server:
Stand-Alone Database
Embedded Database
Required - Pentium IV processor, 2.4GHz,
512K cache or equivalent
Required - Pentium IV processor, 2.4GHz,
512K cache or equivalent
