Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE SERVER 4.1.0, Installation Manual

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction....................................................................................................................1
1.1. Red Hat Network ..............................................................................................1
1.2. RHN Satellite Server.........................................................................................2
1.3. Terms to Understand .........................................................................................2
1.4. How it Works ....................................................................................................3
1.5. Summary of Steps.............................................................................................5
2. Requirements..................................................................................................................9
2.1. Software Requirements .....................................................................................9
2.2. Hardware Requirements..................................................................................10
2.3. Database Requirements...................................................................................11
2.4. Additional Requirements ................................................................................13
3. Example Topologies .....................................................................................................17
3.1. Single Satellite Topology ................................................................................17
3.2. Multiple Satellite Horizontally Tiered Topology............................................18
3.3. Satellite-Proxy Vertically Tiered Topology ....................................................19
4. Installation ....................................................................................................................21
4.1. Base Install......................................................................................................21
4.2. RHN Satellite Server Installation Program ................................................21
4.2.1. Options to the Satellite Installation Program ...................................30
4.3. Automated RHN Satellite Server Installation .................................................32
4.4. Sendmail Configuration ..................................................................................32
4.5. MySQL Installation ........................................................................................33
5. Entitlements..................................................................................................................35
5.1. Receiving the Certificate .................................................................................35
5.2. Uploading the RHN Entitlement Certificate ...................................................36
5.3. Managing the RHN Certificate with RHN Satellite Activate .......................36
5.3.1. Command Line Entitlement Options ...............................................37
5.3.2. Activating the Satellite .....................................................................37
6. Importing and Synchronizing .....................................................................................39
6.1. Exporting with RHN Satellite Exporter .......................................................39
6.1.1.
rhn-satellite-exporter
..........................................................39
6.1.2. Exporting..........................................................................................41
6.2. Importing with RHN Satellite Synchronization Tool ..................................41
6.2.1.
satellite-sync
...........................................................................42
6.2.2. Preparing for Import from Local Media ..........................................44
6.2.3. Running the Import ..........................................................................46
6.3. Synchronizing .................................................................................................47
6.3.1. Synchronizing Errata and Packages Directly via RHN ...................48
6.3.2. Synchronizing Errata and Packages via Local Media......................48