Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE SERVER 4.1.0, Installation Manual

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22 Chapter 4. Installation
If you are installing from an ISO, mount the file from within the directory containing
it using the command:
mount -o loop iso_filename /media/cdrom
The remaining instructions assume it is mounted in
/media/cdrom/
.
4. Ensure that 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 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.
5. From the
/media/cdrom/
directory, enter the following command to start the RHN
Satellite Server Installation Program :
./install.pl
This script has several options to assist with your installation process. To view these
options, enter the following command:
./install.pl --help
6. The script first runs through a pre-requisite check. These checks make certain that
all prerequisites from Chapter 2 Requirements are met before proceeding with the
installation.
* Performing pre-install checks.
* Pre-install checks complete. Beginning installation.
7. At the prompt, enter the email address to which you would like notifications from the
Satellite to be sent. It may be a good idea to choose a general email address rather
than the address of an individual, as there can be a large volume of emails.
? Admin email address? sat-admin@example.com
8. The Satellite is then registered with your RHN Hosted account, and all required
packages are installed and updated.
* RHN Registration
* Installing updates.
* Installing RHN packages.
9. Next, the RHN Satellite Server Installation Program downloads and installs the RHN
GPG key, including setting up the
/root/.gnupg/
directory, if required.
* Setting up environment and users
** GPG: Initializing GPG and importing RHN key.
** GPG: Creating /root/.gnupg directory