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Appendix A. Sample Satellite Proxy Server Configuration File

The /etc/rhn/rhn.conf configuration file for the Satellite Proxy provides a means for administrators to establish key settings. Take care when making any changes, however, because any configuration errors in this file may cause Satellite Proxy failures.
Pay close attention to the traceback_mail and proxy.rhn_parent parameters. Review the sample and its comments (comments are identified by a hash mark (#) in column 1), for additional details.

Important

You can add the use_ssl option to rhn.conf for testing purposes. Set its value to 0 to turn off SSL between the Satellite Proxy and the Satellite server. Be aware that this greatly compromises security. Reset this option to its default value of 1 to re-enable SSL, or remove the line from the configuration file. 
# Automatically generated RHN Management Proxy Server configuration file.
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------

# SSL CA certificate location
proxy.ca_chain = /usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT

# Corporate HTTP proxy, format: corp_gateway.example.com:8080
proxy.http_proxy =

# Password for that corporate HTTP proxy
proxy.http_proxy_password =

# Username for that corporate HTTP proxy
proxy.http_proxy_username =

# Location of locally built, custom packages
proxy.pkg_dir = /var/spool/rhn-proxy

# Hostname of RHN Server or RHN Satellite
proxy.rhn_parent = satellite.example.com

# Destination of all tracebacks, etc.
traceback_mail = user0@domain.com, user1@domain.com