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5.3. Managing the RHN Certificate with RHN Satellite
Activate
For disconnected Satellites or customers who prefer to work locally, Red Hat provides
a command line tool for managing your RHN Entitlement Certificate and activating the
Satellite using that certificate: RHN Satellite Activate (
rhn-satellite-activate
).
This is included with the Satellite installation as part of the
rhns-satellite-tools
package.
5.3.1. Command Line Entitlement Options
The
rhn-satellite-activate
tool offers a handful of command line options for acti-
vating a Satellite using its RHN Entitlement Certificate:
Option Description
-h
,
--help
Display the help screen with a list of options.
--sanity-only
Confirm certificate sanity. Does not activate the
Satellite locally or remotely.
--disconnected
Activates locally but not on remote RHN
Servers.
--rhn-cert= /PATH/TO/CERT
Uploads new certificate and activates the
Satellite based upon the other options passed (if
any).
--systemid= /PATH/TO/SYSTEMID
For testing only - Provides an alternative system
ID by path and file. The system default is used
if not specified.
--no-ssl
For testing only - Disable SSL.
Table 5-1. RHN Entitlement Certificate Options
To use these options, insert the option and the appropriate value, if needed, after the
rhn-satellite-activate
command. Refer to Section 5.3.2 Activating the Satellite .
5.3.2. Activating the Satellite
You should use the options in Table 5-1 to accomplish the following tasks in this order:
1. Validate the RHN Entitlement Certificate’s sanity (or usefulness).