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To develop a new key/certificate, click the
create new stored key/cert
link in the upper-right corner of
the page. Enter a description, select the type, upload the file, and click the
Update Key
button. Note
that a unique description is required.
Important
The GPG key you upload to RHN must be in ASCII format. Using a GPG key in binary
format causes anaconda, and therefore the kickstart process, to fail.
6.4.9.6. Kickstart � Distributions —
Enables you to identify custom installation trees that may be used for kickstarting. (Satellite users
should note that this does not display Red Hat distributions provided to them. They can be found
within the
Distribution
dropdown menu of the
Kickstart Details
page.) Before creating a distribution,
you must make an installation tree available, as described in the
Kickstart Installations
chapter of the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administration Guide
. This tree must be located in a public directory
on an HTTP or FTP server.
Important
RHN Satellite Server users should note that channels imported with
satellite-
sync
are made available automatically and do not require the creation of a separate
installation tree. These trees are available to client systems that kickstart through the
Satellite. While you may be able to access the files from a non-kickstarting client, this
functionality is not supported and may be removed at any time in the future.
To create a new distribution, enter an intuitive label (without spaces) in the
Distribution Label
field,
such as
my-orgs-rhel-as-5
. In the
External Location
field, paste the URL to the base of the
installation tree. (You can test this by appending "README" to the URL in a Web browser, pressing
Enter
, and ensuring that the distribution's readme file appears.)
In the
Kickstart RPM
field, enter the auto-ks kernel image for the distribution. You can find all of the
available packages by searching packages for "auto-kickstart". Identify the appropriate package based
upon the distribution to be kickstarted. It should look something like, "auto-kickstart-ks-rhel-i386-as-5".
Strip everything preceding the "ks" to derive the boot image. For instance, in the above example, you
would enter "ks-rhel-i386-as-5" in the
Kickstart RPM
field.
Select the matching distribution from the
Base Channel
and
Installer Generation
dropdown menus,
such as
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v.4 for x86)
and
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4
, respectively. When finished, click the
Create
button.
6.4.9.7. Kickstart � File Preservation —
Collects lists of files to be protected and re-deployed on systems during kickstart. For instance, if you
have many custom configuration files located on a system to be kickstarted, enter them here as a list
and associate that list with the kickstart profile to be used.