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Red Hat Network

User Reference Guide 3.0

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Page 1: ...Red Hat Network User Reference Guide 3 0...

Page 2: ...Hat Shadow Man logo RPM Maximum RPM the RPM logo Linux Library PowerTools Linux Undercover RHmember RHmember More Rough Cuts Rawhide and all Red Hat based trademarks and logos are trademarks or regis...

Page 3: ...d Hat Network Registration Client 16 2 3 Registering a User Account 18 2 4 Registering a System Profile 21 2 5 Finishing Registration 24 2 6 Entitling Your System 26 2 7 Text Mode RHN Registration Cli...

Page 4: ...ing Your System Profile 48 4 9 Log File 48 Chapter 5 Software Manager 49 5 1 Logging into Software Manager 49 5 2 Introduction to the Web Interface 50 5 3 Your RHN 53 5 4 Systems 55 5 5 Channels and P...

Page 5: ...words are represented in different fonts type faces sizes and weights This highlighting is systematic different words are represented in the same style to indicate their inclusion in a specific catego...

Page 6: ...yle When you see text shown in this style it is being used to identify a particular GUI screen or an element on a GUI screen e g text associated with a checkbox or field Examples On the GNOME Control...

Page 7: ...that it is ready for you to input something will be shown in this style Examples stephen maturin stephen leopard login user input Text that the user has to type either on the command line or into a te...

Page 8: ...ine tasks as root use a regular user account unless you need to use the root account to administer your system WARNING If you choose not to partition manually a server installation will remove all exi...

Page 9: ...Section 0 2 More to Come ix rhn feedback redhat com...

Page 10: ...x Introduction...

Page 11: ...n be downloaded directly from Red Hat You can even have updates automatically delivered directly to your system as soon as they are released The three main components of Red Hat Network are as follows...

Page 12: ...nd Enhancement Alerts are issued for all the systems in your network through the Software Manager interface Automatic email notifications receive an email notification when an Errata Alert is issued f...

Page 13: ...are encrypted using a Secure Sockets Layer SSL connection 5 All packages are tested and verified by the Red Hat Quality Assurance Team before they are added to the Red Hat errata list and Red Hat Net...

Page 14: ...rovides the Red Hat Update Agent command line version and the Red Hat Network Daemon up2date gnome Provides the GNOME interface graphical version for the Red Hat Update Agent runs if the X Window Syst...

Page 15: ...s 0 enableProxyAuth No 1 noSSLServerURL http www rhns redhat com XMLRPC 2 enableProxy No 3 httpProxy 4 proxyUser 5 serverURL https www rhns redhat com XMLRPC 6 proxyPassword 7 debug No Enter number of...

Page 16: ...e GNOME desktop go to the Main Menu Button on the Panel Programs System Red Hat Network 2 On the KDE desktop go to the Main Menu Button on the Panel Red Hat System Red Hat Network 3 Type the command r...

Page 17: ...tion process If you click Cancel the registration process will end and no information will be sent Figure 2 2 Welcome Screen Red Hat is committed to protecting your privacy see Figure 2 3 Red Hat Priv...

Page 18: ...r name and password and a valid email address In the screen shown in Figure 2 6 Create a Unique User Name and Password you must choose a user name and password Once logged into Red Hat Network you can...

Page 19: ...ers long Are case insentitive Can not contain any spaces Can not contain any tabs Can not contain any line feeds Can not contain the characters or If you have already registered your system and try to...

Page 20: ...ew machine to your account Run the Red Hat Network Registration Client on the new machine you wish to add and enter your existing Red Hat Network user name and password The new machine will be added t...

Page 21: ...creating a user name and password for your Red Hat Network account the Red Hat Network Registration Client probes your system for the following information Red Hat Linux version Hostname IP address C...

Page 22: ...selecting packages Gathering RPM Database Information Only those packages you choose during this part of the registration will be included in in your System Profile and you will only receive notificat...

Page 23: ...stem Profile will omit this information from your System Profile Figure 2 9 RPM Package Information Choosing Which RPM Packages to Exclude from the System Profile By default all RPM packages in your R...

Page 24: ...o continue with the regis tration process Figure 2 10 Choose which RPM Packages to Exclude from System Profile 2 5 Finishing Registration As seen in Figure 2 11 Finished Collecting Information for Sys...

Page 25: ...s process may take some time depending on your connection speed Figure 2 12 Send System Profile to Red Hat Network You will know your System Profile has been successfully sent when you see the Registr...

Page 26: ...Network Registration Client On the left navigation bar click Entitlements under the Your RHN category The Entitlement Manager tells you how many entitlements you have left If you have one or more lef...

Page 27: ...re almost identical to the screens for the graphical version of Red Hat Network Registration Client Some of the text in the text mode version is more concise due to lack of space in the interface Howe...

Page 28: ...28 Chapter 2 Red Hat Network Registration Client...

Page 29: ...one of the following methods On the GNOME desktop go to the Main Menu Button on the Panel Programs System Update Agent Configuration On the KDE desktop go to the Main Menu Button on the Panel Red Hat...

Page 30: ...llation tab allows you to customize your software package retrieval and package installation preferences Note You must use Red Hat Update Agent Version 2 5 4 or higher to upgrade your kernel automatic...

Page 31: ...been modified for a package such as Apache or Squid do not display them in the list of available packages Retrieve source RPM along with binary package download both the source src rpm and the binary...

Page 32: ...set of packages to be excluded according to the package name click the Add button next to the Package Names to Skip section and enter a character string including wild cards A wild card at the end of...

Page 33: ...as the graphical version It allows you to configure the settings used by the Red Hat Update Agent and store them in the configuration file etc sysconfig rhn up2date To run the command line version of...

Page 34: ...7 noBootLoader No 18 systemIdPath etc sysconfig rhn systemid 19 serverURL https beta rhns redhat com XMLRPC 20 pkgSkipList kernel 21 adminAddress root localhost 22 forceInstall No 23 fileSkipList 24 r...

Page 35: ...pdate Agent as a standard user you will be prompted to enter the root password before proceeding The Red Hat Update Agent can be started using one of the following methods On the GNOME desktop go to t...

Page 36: ...l up2date This option is useful if you do not have enough space in the configured location justdb Only add packages to the database and do not install them dbpath Specify a path where an alternate RPM...

Page 37: ...The first step is to select the channel s from which you want the updated packages to be retreived Select one or more channels and click Next Refer to Section 5 5 Channels and Packages for more inform...

Page 38: ...to Red Hat Network is being established and that your customized list of updates is being retreived This might take some time depending on the speed of your connection and the number of packages you...

Page 39: ...st of available updated packages is displayed as shown in Figure 4 6 List of Available Updates Figure 4 6 List of Available Updates By default no packages are selected for download If you highlight ea...

Page 40: ...you are finished selecting packages Figure 4 7 View Advisory After choosing which packages to update the Red Hat Update Agent tests for RPM dependencies and prompt you if you have chosen to omit pack...

Page 41: ...trieval Finished 4 4 Installing Updated Packages After downloading the packages through the Red Hat Update Agent they must be installed If you chose not to have the packages installed automatically sk...

Page 42: ...hed 4 5 Update Agent Finished When the Red Hat Update Agent has finished downloading the desired packages and installing them if you chose the install option you will see the screen in Figure 4 11 Upd...

Page 43: ...ou are not running X you can still run the Red Hat Update Agent from a virtual console or remote terminal If you are running X but want to use the command line version you can force it not to display...

Page 44: ...argument will override the configuraton option Do not install packages after retrieval l list Display the list of updated packages that are available for the system showall Show a list of all package...

Page 45: ...database to use is found version Display which version of Red Hat Update Agent you are running usage Briefly describe the options for up2date packagename Specify a package name to download and instal...

Page 46: ...the Red Hat GPG key use the command it displays usr bin gpg import usr share rhn RPM GPG KEY or use the following steps Note GPG keys must be installed for each user To install the key to use with Re...

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Page 48: ...System Profile on Red Hat Network will reflect the latest software versions installed on your system 4 9 Log File The Red Hat Update Agent keeps a log of all the actions that it peforms on your syste...

Page 49: ...dates through Software Manager 5 1 Logging into Software Manager In a Web browser go to http rhn redhat com The page shown in Figure 5 1 Logging into Red Hat Network will be displayed If you have not...

Page 50: ...k overview of your account It notifies you if systems need attention provides a quick link to go directly to them and displays the most recent Errata Alerts for your account Your Account Update your p...

Page 51: ...lable through Red Hat Network Errata All Errata List of all released Errata Alerts Applicable Errata List of all applicable Errata Alerts for all of your systems Errata Search Search Errata Alerts bas...

Page 52: ...ber of systems affected to view a list of systems affected by the Errata Alert 5 2 2 Selection List Before performing actions such as applying errata updates you must select the packages and systems y...

Page 53: ...e first page you see is the main page or the Your Red Hat Network page This page displays important information about your systems including Recent Errata Alerts for your systems under the title Recen...

Page 54: ...eturn to this page by click Your RHN on the left navigation bar 5 3 1 Your Account The Your Account page under the Your RHN category allows you to modify your personal information as well as set some...

Page 55: ...are Manager your systems must be entitled they must be sub scribed to the Software Manager subscription service Every user receives one free entitlement slot The Entitlement Manager page displays the...

Page 56: ...nd click Number of Security Alerts for the system Number of Bug Fix Alerts for the system Number of Enhancement Alerts for the system Total number of package updates for the system Includes packages f...

Page 57: ...ou will receive email notifications when Errata Alerts are issued for any of your registered systems Automatic Download of New Packages If you select this packages will be automatically downloaded to...

Page 58: ...dd to your selection list from here Clicking on the Synposis displays the Errata Details page for the Errata Alert Refer to Section 5 6 5 Errata Details for more information about the Errata Details p...

Page 59: ...engineering application 5 5 1 Channel List The Channel List page provides a list of all base channels and their child channels To view a list of individual packages in a channel click on the name of...

Page 60: ...n RPM package or the name of the Newer Package in the Outdated Packages section of the System Details page the Package Details page for the package will appear This page contains the following tabbed...

Page 61: ...e an email when Errata Alerts are issued for your system go to Systems System Preferences and select Receive Notifications of Updates 5 6 1 All Errata The All Errata page displays a list of all Errata...

Page 62: ...ta Updates on the system To view a list of the Errata click the Errata tab on the system details page for the system 2 To apply a specific Errata Update to one or more systems click on Errata on the l...

Page 63: ...not started or are in progress Completed Actions are actions that have been completed Archived Actions are actions that you have selected to archive In each tabbed page each row in the list represent...

Page 64: ...64 Chapter 5 Software Manager currently performing the Errata Update which systems have completed the action and which systems tried the action but failed to complete it Figure 5 5 Scheduled Actions...

Page 65: ...s one hour 60 minutes If you set the interval below one hour it will default to two hours 120 minutes You can view the status of the rhnsd by typing the command service rhnsd status or etc rc d init d...

Page 66: ...66 Chapter 6 Red Hat Network Daemon...

Page 67: ...ll prompt execute the command cd rhnpackages to change to the new direc tory 3 In a Web browser download the necessary packages from http rhn redhat com help rh62 pxt 4 Go back to the shell prompt in...

Page 68: ...68 Chapter 7 Using Red Hat Network with Red Hat Linux 6 2...

Page 69: ...ptions contact Customer Service at 888 RedHat1 Q Do I need to use Red Hat Linux to benefit from Red Hat Network A Yes Currently you must be running Red Hat Linux 6 2 or higher to utilize Red Hat Netwo...

Page 70: ...nux CD Red Hat PowerTools CD and the Red Hat Linux Applications CD Q What version of Red Hat Linux do I have to run to be able to use Red Hat Network and Software Manager A You must be running Red Hat...

Page 71: ...attempting to access Red Hat Network through a proxy server Proxy server settings can be configured in the newest version of up2date available at http www redhat com support errata RHBA 2000 138 html...

Page 72: ...72 Chapter 8 Frequently Asked Questions...

Page 73: ...is a base channel Bug Fix Alert An Errata Alert that pertains to a bug fix Bugzilla Bugzilla is an online application http www redhat com bugzilla that allows users to com municate directly with the...

Page 74: ...rt that pertains to a package enhancement request Entitled Server A server that is subscribed to Software Manager Because the server is entitled the Software Manager interface can be used to manage it...

Page 75: ...ows users to retreive and install all updated packages for the client system on which the application is run Use the Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool to configure its preferences including whet...

Page 76: ...ng for Red Hat Network Software Manager also refers to the Web interface for RHN System ID A unique string of characters and numbers that identifies a registered system It is stored in the system s Di...

Page 77: ...searching 62 viewing details 63 viewing list of all errata 61 viewing list of applicable errata 61 F FAQs 69 Frequently Asked Questions 69 G Getting started 13 GNU Privacy Guard 13 H hardware profile...

Page 78: ...ackage List 22 Software System Profile 22 System Profile 18 21 through the Web 49 User name 18 with a proxy server 15 rhn_register 16 See also Registration rhnsd 65 S Secure Sockets Layer 13 Security...

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