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Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website

Tip

If you are new to the RHN website, it is recommended that you read Section 4.2

Introduction to the

Website

to become familiar with the layout and symbols used throughout the website.

Figure 4-2. Your Red Hat Network

The top of the page shows how many systems need attention, provides a link to quickly view those

systems, and displays a summary of scheduled actions. Refer to Section 4.4.2

Systems

for information

on using the

Systems

pages.

The

System Summary

section of

Your RHN

page provides the following information:

Total Systems

— Number of total systems that you have registered for your organization.

Out of Date Systems

— Number of registered systems that have applicable Errata Alerts that have

not been applied.

Unentitled Systems

— Number of systems that are not entitled.

Ungrouped Systems

— Each registered system must be a member of at least one system group.

The number of ungrouped systems refers to systems that are not yet members of any system group.

Inactive Systems

— Number of systems that have not checked into RHN for 24 hours or more.

Refer to Section 4.4.2.5

Inactive

for details.

Содержание NETWORK 2.9 - MANAGEMENT

Страница 1: ...Red Hat Network 2 9 Management Reference Guide...

Страница 2: ...Rough Cuts Rawhide and all Red Hat based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries Linux is a registered trademark of Linus...

Страница 3: ...Command Line Version 25 2 4 Configuration 29 2 4 1 Using the Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool 29 2 4 2 Command Line Version 32 2 5 Registering with Activation Keys 33 3 Red Hat Network Alert No...

Страница 4: ...8 1 User List 67 5 Red Hat Network Daemon 71 5 1 Configuring 71 5 2 Viewing Status 71 5 3 Disabling 71 5 4 Troubleshooting 71 6 Using Red Hat Network with Red Hat Linux 6 2 73 7 Red Hat Network Regis...

Страница 5: ...Hat Network please refer to the whitepapers available at http www redhat com docs wp For an interactive demo of RHN go to http rhn redhat com demo rhn_demo html It requires the Macromedia Flash playe...

Страница 6: ...checkbox if you would like your screensaver to require a password before stopping top level of a menu on a GUI screen or window A word in this style indicates that the word is the top level of a pulld...

Страница 7: ...displayed in this style In the following example version number is displayed in this style The directory for the kernel source is usr src version number where version number is the version of the ker...

Страница 8: ...could result in data loss or a corrupted system environment 2 More to Come The Red Hat Network Management Reference Guide is constantly expanding as new Red Hat Network features and service plans are...

Страница 9: ...ning Red Hat Linux 6 2 7 3 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 1 only The Red Hat Update Agent provides your initial connection to the Red Hat Network Once regis tered it enables channel subscription packa...

Страница 10: ...e full repository of RPMs available to Red Hat Network users Search Errata Search through the collection of all errata ever released through Red Hat Network 1 2 Update The RHN Update service is ideal...

Страница 11: ...e the package set on a system with the package sets of similar systems with one click Search Systems Search through systems based on a number of criteria packages networking information even hardware...

Страница 12: ...Red Hat Errata list and Red Hat Network Tip Refer to https rhn redhat com help faq for a list of Frequently Asked Questions 1 6 Before You Begin Red Hat Network is available for Red Hat Linux 6 2 and...

Страница 13: ...or the Red Hat Update Agent runs if the X Window System is available Table 1 1 Red Hat Network Packages If the packages are not installed they can be found on the Red Hat Linux 7 or higher CD ROM 1 in...

Страница 14: ...6 Chapter 1 What is Red Hat Network...

Страница 15: ...Hat Update Agent Important You must use Red Hat Update Agent Version 2 5 4 or higher to upgrade your kernel automatically It will install the updated kernel and configure LILO or GRUB to boot the new...

Страница 16: ...ault location is var spool 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 dir Specify...

Страница 17: ...this message again Figure 2 2 Install GPG Key 2 2 Registration Before you begin using Red Hat Network you need to create a username password and System Profile Upon launch the Red Hat Update Agent sen...

Страница 18: ...e you start the Red Hat Update Agent Click Forward to continue Figure 2 3 Welcome Screen After clicking through the Welcome Screen the Red Hat Privacy Statement appears See Figure 2 4 Red Hat is commi...

Страница 19: ...nd password Once logged in to Red Hat Network you can modify your preferences view your existing System Profile or obtain the latest Red Hat software packages Note If you are already a member of redha...

Страница 20: ...er Account You must choose a unique username If you enter one already in use you will see an error message see Figure 2 6 Try different usernames until you find one that has not been used Warning Be s...

Страница 21: ...you can log into Red Hat Network with your username and password to view all your systems simultaneously In the Create Account screen click Forward to continue If you are a new user to RHN the Red Hat...

Страница 22: ...of hardware and software information about your Red Hat Linux system The System Profile information is used by Red Hat Network to determine what software update notifications you receive 2 2 2 1 Hardw...

Страница 23: ...e information about hardware and network see Figure 2 8 Figure 2 8 System Profile Hardware Click Forward to continue with the registration process 2 2 2 2 Software System Profile The software System P...

Страница 24: ...e progress bar you will see while the Red Hat Update Agent gathers a list of the RPM packages installed on your system This operation may take some time depending on your system installation Figure 2...

Страница 25: ...hat the Canna devel and Canna libs packages have been omitted from the package list Choose which packages to exclude if any from the System Profile and click Forward to continue with the registration...

Страница 26: ...Red Hat Network You will know your System Profile has been successfully sent when you see the Channels screen Figure 2 14 appear Refer to Section 2 3 1 Choosing a Channel for continued instructions 2...

Страница 27: ...ion 4 6 Software for more information on channels and how channels are used to determine which packages are installed Figure 2 14 Channels 2 3 2 Choosing Packages to Update After clicking Forward the...

Страница 28: ...stering your System Profile these are displayed in Figure 2 17 You may override these settings and include any of these packages in the update by selecting the checkboxes next to them To see a summary...

Страница 29: ...date Agent 21 Figure 2 18 View Advisory The Available Package Updates screen is the next to appear If your system is not up to date your customized list of available updated packages is displayed as s...

Страница 30: ...ests for RPM dependencies and prompts you if you have chosen to omit packages that are required for software updates that you did choose The dialog box in Figure 2 20 is shown while it is testing for...

Страница 31: ...have the packages installed via the Red Hat Update Agent skip to Section 2 3 5 2 Manual Package Installation for further instructions If you configured it to install the packages the default setting...

Страница 32: ...tion Finished 2 3 4 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 Fig...

Страница 33: ...of the Red Hat Update Agent allows you to perform advanced functions or to perform actions with little or no interaction For example the following command updates your system with no interaction It w...

Страница 34: ...atabase and do not install them k packagedir Specify a colon separated path of directories to look for packages in before trying to download them l list List packages relevant to the system nodownload...

Страница 35: ...u start Red Hat Update Agent you need to install the Red Hat GPG key manually If you do not have it installed you will see the following message Your GPG keyring does not contain the Red Hat Inc publi...

Страница 36: ...2wk OZoaEtcubsNMquuLCMWijYhGBBgRAgAGBQI36lRyAAoJECGRgM3bQqYOhyYAnj7h VDY FJAGqmtZpwVp9IlitW5tAJ4xQApr jNFZCTksnI 4O1765F7tA 3AHZ END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK 2 At the shell prompt import the key with the...

Страница 37: ...rs various options to configure its settings If you are not running the X Window System or prefer the command line version skip to Section 2 4 2 Command Line Version 2 4 1 Using the Red Hat Update Age...

Страница 38: ...for detailed instructions 2 4 1 2 Retrieval Installation Settings The Retrieval Installation tab allows you to customize your software package retrieval and package installation preferences Warning Y...

Страница 39: ...e rpm files The following installation options are configurable see Figure 2 25 Use GPG to verify package integrity before installing the packages verify Red Hat s GPG signature highly recommended for...

Страница 40: ...Update Agent will not display any packages beginning with kernel To exclude packages by file name follow the same rules except click the Add button next to the File Names to Skip section Figure 2 26 P...

Страница 41: ...save your changes and exit Press q and then Enter to quit without saving your changes Important Although this isn t configurable users should still make note that the port used by the Red Hat Update...

Страница 42: ...cribed to the RHN channels and system groups selected during key generation The system will not be sub scribed to channels that contain packages not suitable for the system For example a Red Hat Linux...

Страница 43: ...Red Hat Linux 7 3 the Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool appears on the panel by default as shown in Figure 3 1 Figure 3 1 GNOME Panel with Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool If it does not...

Страница 44: ...t click on the applet and select Configuration Your preferences are written to the file rhn applet conf in your home directory The Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool also uses the system wide con...

Страница 45: ...l displays a list of available updates To alter your list of excluded packages click the Ignored Packages tab and make your modifications Figure 3 3 Available Updates 3 4 Applying Updates If the syste...

Страница 46: ...38 Chapter 3 Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool...

Страница 47: ...HN Refer to Chapter 2 Red Hat Update Agent for step by step instructions After registering your system with Red Hat Network go back to http rhn redhat com and complete the username and password fields...

Страница 48: ...selected systems System Entitlements Change the entitlement levels of systems Advanced Search Quickly search all of your systems by specific criteria such as name hardware devices system info network...

Страница 49: ...ted for use in the System Set Manager It identifies the number selected at all times and provides the means to work with them Clicking the Clear button deselects all systems while clicking the Manage...

Страница 50: ...Systems pages The System Summary section of Your RHN page provides the following information Total Systems Number of total systems that you have registered for your organization Out of Date Systems Nu...

Страница 51: ...ork password the one used to log into RHN and red hat com you will not see your new one as you type it for security reasons Also for security your password is represented by 12 asterisks no matter how...

Страница 52: ...f items that will appear in a list on a single page If more items are in the list clicking the Next button will display the next group of items This preference applies to system lists Errata lists pac...

Страница 53: ...address handles billing and purchasing questions while the rhn users list en ables customers to help one another The rhn feedback address collects customer input and provides an auto response but noth...

Страница 54: ...nformation for each system Select Only Management entitled systems can be selected To select systems mark the appro priate checkboxes and click the Update List button below the column Selected systems...

Страница 55: ...chedule a package list update or remove the packages from the Package Exceptions list for the Red Hat Update Agent Refer to Section 4 4 2 6 System Details or Section 2 4 1 3 Package Exceptions Setting...

Страница 56: ...service System Profiles that remain unentitled for 180 days 6 months are removed The system is entitled but the Red Hat Network Daemon has been disabled on the system Refer to Chapter 5 Red Hat Networ...

Страница 57: ...s affecting packages such as scheduled Errata Up dates and system reboots or failures to check in In addition to including the system here you must choose to receive email notifications in the Your Pr...

Страница 58: ...m from the available channels Click on the package name to view its Package Details page To install packages select them and click the Install Selected Packages button Profiles Gives you the ability t...

Страница 59: ...ed but have not begun To unschedule a pending event select the event and click the Cancel Events button at the bottom of the page Package Event Errata Event Preferences Event System Event 4 4 3 System...

Страница 60: ...ab of its System Group Details page Refer to Section 4 4 3 3 System Group Details for more information The status icons call for differing degrees of attention All systems within group are up to date...

Страница 61: ...m Group Details page contains five tabs Details Basic information about the system group the group name and group description To change this information make your changes in the appropriate fields and...

Страница 62: ...now selected To delete systems from this particular set select them and click the Remove button Errata List of Errata Updates applicable to the current system set To apply updates select the Errata an...

Страница 63: ...ed in the summary These are actions affecting packages such as scheduled Errata Updates and system reboots or failures to check in In addition to including the systems here you must choose to receive...

Страница 64: ...ms according to specific criteria These criteria include system details hardware devices interface networking packages and loca tion The activity selections Days Since Last Checkin for instance can be...

Страница 65: ...m right hand corner of the page 4 5 Errata If you click the Errata tab on the top navigation bar the Errata category and links appear The pages in the Errata category allow you to track and manage Err...

Страница 66: ...rata Details for more information 4 5 2 1 Apply Errata Updates Errata Alerts include a list of updated packages that are required to apply the Errata Update To apply Errata Updates to a system the sys...

Страница 67: ...el containing the package the package will not be installed on that system If a newer version of the package is already on the system the package will not be installed on that system If an older versi...

Страница 68: ...cture that contains extra packages needed only for the organization such as a custom engineering application A system must be subscribed to one base channel only This base channel is assigned automati...

Страница 69: ...ssential information about the channel such as summary description and architecture In addition a Globally Subscribable checkbox can be seen by Organization Administrators and Channel Administrators T...

Страница 70: ...stems List of entitled systems subscribed to the channel The list displays system names base channels and their levels of entitlement Clicking on a system name takes you to its System Details page Ref...

Страница 71: ...t navigation bar It works identically to the Relevant button with one exception It displays all ISOs available to you through Red Hat Network regardless of whether you have systems associated with the...

Страница 72: ...the packages you must install them manually To download packages through the Systems category refer to Section 4 4 2 6 System Details To download individual RPMs and SRPMs through the Software categor...

Страница 73: ...lace within your systems An action is a scheduled RHN task that is to be performed on one or more client systems For example an action can be scheduled to apply all Errata Updates to a system Red Hat...

Страница 74: ...ns that you have selected to store for review 4 7 5 Actions List In each page each row in the list represents a single scheduled event or action that might affect multiple systems and involve various...

Страница 75: ...more information In Progress Systems List of systems on which the action is now being undertaken To cancel an action select the system using the appropriate checkbox and click the Unschedule Action b...

Страница 76: ...etion Unless you are an RHN Satellite Server customer you must contact rhn support redhat com to have users removed RHN Satellite Server customers may use the button on the User Details page 4 8 1 2 U...

Страница 77: ...anagement Identifies channels the user may manage To change these select or unselect the appropriate checkboxes and click the Update Permissions button This status does not enable the user to create n...

Страница 78: ...70 Chapter 4 Red Hat Network Website...

Страница 79: ...dify the configuration file you must as root restart the daemon with the command service rhnsd restart or etc rc d init d rhnsd restart Important The minimum time interval allowed is one hour 60 minut...

Страница 80: ...Daemon is activated and running You may ensure this by running the follow ing commands chkconfig level 345 rhnsd on service rhnsd start If these are correct and your systems still indicate they are no...

Страница 81: ...l prompt execute the command cd rhnpackages to change to the new direc tory 3 Go to http rhn redhat com help rh62 pxt and download the necessary packages 4 Go back to the shell prompt in the rhnpackag...

Страница 82: ...74 Chapter 6 Using Red Hat Network with Red Hat Linux 6 2...

Страница 83: ...tion functionality built into the Red Hat Update Agent After registering your system refer to Chapter 2 Red Hat Update Agent for instructions on starting the Red Hat Update Agent and begin steps liste...

Страница 84: ...the number of the item that you want to modify and enter a new value for the option When you finish changing your configuration press Enter to save your changes and exit Press q and then Enter to quit...

Страница 85: ...al console or remote terminal Refer to Section 7 7 Text Mode RHN Registration Client for further details Caution You must use Python 1 5 2 24 or later with Secure Sockets Layer SSL support If not the...

Страница 86: ...stration process If you click Cancel the registration process will end and no information will be sent Figure 7 4 Welcome Screen Red Hat is committed to protecting your privacy see Figure 7 5 The info...

Страница 87: ...nd a valid email address In the screen shown in Figure 7 7 you must choose a username and password Once logged in to Red Hat Network you can modify your preferences view your existing System Profile o...

Страница 88: ...created a System Profile you can add a new 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 username and...

Страница 89: ...stem Profile After creating a username 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 Host...

Страница 90: ...you will only receive notifications about the packages in your System Profile Thus if you use an older version of a package and deselect it from the list it will not be replaced with a newer version T...

Страница 91: ...ncluded in your System Profile to be up dated by Red Hat Network To exclude a package uncheck the package from the list by clicking the checkbox beside the package name For example Figure 7 11 shows t...

Страница 92: ...de from System Profile 7 5 Finishing Registration As seen in Figure 7 12 the last step of registration is to confirm that you want to send your System Profile to the Red Hat Network If you choose Canc...

Страница 93: ...me time depending on your connection speed Figure 7 13 Send System Profile to Red Hat Network You will know your System Profile has been successfully sent when you see the Registration Fin ished scree...

Страница 94: ...ction from the dropdown menu under the Entitlement column beside the name of the system you just registered Only increases in entitlement levels are allowed Systems cannot be re entitled to a lower en...

Страница 95: ...s for the text mode Red Hat Network Registration Client are almost identical to the screens for the graphical Red Hat Network Registration Client Some of the text in the text mode version is more conc...

Страница 96: ...88 Chapter 7 Red Hat Network Registration Client...

Страница 97: ...ackage B Base Channel A base channel is a type of Channel that consists of a list of packages based on a specific architecture and Red Hat Linux release For example all the packages in Red Hat Linux 9...

Страница 98: ...he Errata description of the Errata and a list of which systems are affected by the report Enhancement Alert An Errata Alert that pertains to a package enhancement request Entitled Server A server tha...

Страница 99: ...em details O Organization Administrator Organization Administrator are sets of users that have the highest level of control over an orga nization s Red Hat Network account Members of this group can ad...

Страница 100: ...ether to install the packages after they are downloaded RPM A software package manager that was developed by Red Hat It can be used to build install query verify update and uninstall software packages...

Страница 101: ...characters and numbers that identifies a registered system It is stored in the system s Digital Certificate System Profile Hardware and software information about the client system It is created duri...

Страница 102: ...94 Glossary...

Страница 103: ...annel List 60 child channel 60 conventions document i D daemon 71 deleting a system 48 Demo 2 Digital Certificate 4 download ISO images 62 E email address change 43 changing 68 entitlement with activa...

Страница 104: ...1 71 configuring 71 disabling 71 troubleshooting 71 using to apply Errata Updates 49 59 63 viewing status 71 Red Hat Network Registration Client See Registration Red Hat Update Agent 1 7 37 activatio...

Страница 105: ...up2date See Red Hat Update Agent Update 2 user account 11 79 user details modifying 68 user roles 68 users 67 billing address 69 changing email address 68 changing password 68 creating 68 general add...

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