Jump To Close Expand all Collapse all Table of contents Reference Guide Introduction to the Guide Expand section "Introduction to the Guide" Collapse section "Introduction to the Guide" 1. More to Come Expand section "1. More to Come" Collapse section "1. More to Come" 1.1. Send in Your Feedback 1. Red Hat Network Overview Expand section "1. Red Hat Network Overview" Collapse section "1. Red Hat Network Overview" 1.1. Update 1.2. Management 1.3. Provisioning 1.4. Monitoring 1.5. Errata Notifications and Scheduled Package Installations 1.6. Security, Quality Assurance, and Red Hat Network 2. The rhn_register Client Expand section "2. The rhn_register Client" Collapse section "2. The rhn_register Client" 2.1. Using rhn_register Expand section "2.1. Using rhn_register" Collapse section "2.1. Using rhn_register" 2.1.1. Command-line version of rhn_register 3. Package Updater Expand section "3. Package Updater" Collapse section "3. Package Updater" 3.1. Using the Package Updater 3.2. The Package Updater Applet 3.3. Updating Packages from the Command Line with yum Expand section "3.3. Updating Packages from the Command Line with yum" Collapse section "3.3. Updating Packages from the Command Line with yum" 3.3.1. yum Commands 4. Red Hat Update Agent Expand section "4. Red Hat Update Agent" Collapse section "4. Red Hat Update Agent" 4.1. Starting the Red Hat Update Agent 4.2. Registration Expand section "4.2. Registration" Collapse section "4.2. Registration" 4.2.1. Registering a User Account 4.2.2. Activate 4.2.3. Channels 4.2.4. Packages Flagged to be Skipped 4.2.5. Available Package Updates 4.2.6. Retrieving Packages 4.2.7. Installing Packages 4.3. Command Line Version Expand section "4.3. Command Line Version" Collapse section "4.3. Command Line Version" 4.3.1. Installing the Red Hat GPG key 4.3.2. Manual Package Installation 4.3.3. Synchronizing Your System Profile 4.3.4. Log File 4.4. Configuration Expand section "4.4. Configuration" Collapse section "4.4. Configuration" 4.4.1. Using the Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool 4.4.2. Command Line Version 4.5. Registering with Activation Keys 4.6. Registering a System to an Organization 5. Red Hat Network Daemon Expand section "5. Red Hat Network Daemon" Collapse section "5. Red Hat Network Daemon" 5.1. Configuring 5.2. Viewing Status 5.3. Disabling 5.4. Troubleshooting 6. Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool Expand section "6. Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool" Collapse section "6. Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool" 6.1. Configuring the Applet 6.2. Notification Icons 6.3. Viewing Updates 6.4. Applying Updates 6.5. Launching the RHN Website 7. Red Hat Network Website Expand section "7. Red Hat Network Website" Collapse section "7. Red Hat Network Website" 7.1. Navigation Expand section "7.1. Navigation" Collapse section "7.1. Navigation" 7.1.1. Entitlement Views 7.1.2. Categories and Pages 7.1.3. Errata Alert Icons 7.1.4. Quick Search 7.1.5. Systems Selected 7.1.6. Lists 7.2. Logging into the RHN Website 7.3. Overview Expand section "7.3. Overview" Collapse section "7.3. Overview" 7.3.1. Your Account 7.3.2. Your Preferences 7.3.3. Locale Preferences 7.3.4. Subscription Management 7.3.5. Organization Trusts 7.4. Systems Expand section "7.4. Systems" Collapse section "7.4. Systems" 7.4.1. Overview — 7.4.2. Systems 7.4.3. System Groups — 7.4.4. System Set Manager — 7.4.5. Advanced Search — 7.4.6. Activation Keys — 7.4.7. Stored Profiles — 7.4.8. Custom System Info — 7.4.9. Kickstart — 7.5. Errata Expand section "7.5. Errata" Collapse section "7.5. Errata" 7.5.1. Relevant Errata 7.5.2. All Errata 7.5.3. Advanced Search 7.6. Channels Expand section "7.6. Channels" Collapse section "7.6. Channels" 7.6.1. Software Channels 7.6.2. Package Search 7.6.3. Manage Software Channels 7.7. Configuration Expand section "7.7. Configuration" Collapse section "7.7. Configuration" 7.7.1. Preparing Systems for Config Management 7.7.2. Overview 7.7.3. Configuration Channels 7.7.4. Configuration Files 7.7.5. Locally-Managed Files 7.7.6. Systems 7.8. Schedule Expand section "7.8. Schedule" Collapse section "7.8. Schedule" 7.8.1. Pending Actions 7.8.2. Failed Actions 7.8.3. Completed Actions 7.8.4. Archived Actions 7.8.5. Actions List 7.9. Users — Expand section "7.9. Users — " Collapse section "7.9. Users — " 7.9.1. User List ⇒ Active — 7.9.2. User List ⇒ Deactivated — 7.9.3. User List ⇒ All — 7.10. Monitoring — Expand section "7.10. Monitoring — " Collapse section "7.10. Monitoring — " 7.10.1. Probe Status — 7.10.2. Notification — 7.10.3. Probe Suites 7.10.4. Scout Config Push — 7.10.5. General Config — 7.11. Admin Expand section "7.11. Admin" Collapse section "7.11. Admin" 7.11.1. Admin ⇒ Organizations 7.11.2. Admin ⇒ RHN Satellite Configuration 7.12. Help Expand section "7.12. Help" Collapse section "7.12. Help" 7.12.1. Reference Guide 7.12.2. Satellite Installation Guide 7.12.3. Proxy Guide 7.12.4. Client Configuration Guide 7.12.5. Channel Management Guide 7.12.6. Release Notes 7.12.7. API 7.12.8. Search 8. Monitoring Expand section "8. Monitoring" Collapse section "8. Monitoring" 8.1. Prerequisites 8.2. Red Hat Network Monitoring Daemon (rhnmd) Expand section "8.2. Red Hat Network Monitoring Daemon (rhnmd)" Collapse section "8.2. Red Hat Network Monitoring Daemon (rhnmd)" 8.2.1. Probes requiring the daemon 8.2.2. Installing the Red Hat Network Monitoring Daemon 8.2.3. Configuring SSH 8.2.4. Installing the SSH key 8.3. mysql package 8.4. Notifications Expand section "8.4. Notifications" Collapse section "8.4. Notifications" 8.4.1. Creating Notification Methods 8.4.2. Receiving Notifications 8.4.3. Redirecting Notifications 8.4.4. Filtering Notifications 8.4.5. Deleting Notification Methods 8.5. Probes Expand section "8.5. Probes" Collapse section "8.5. Probes" 8.5.1. Managing Probes 8.5.2. Establishing Thresholds 8.5.3. Monitoring the RHN Server 8.6. Troubleshooting Expand section "8.6. Troubleshooting" Collapse section "8.6. Troubleshooting" 8.6.1. Examining Probes with rhn-catalog 8.6.2. Viewing the output of rhn-runprobe 9. Multiple Organizations Expand section "9. Multiple Organizations" Collapse section "9. Multiple Organizations" 9.1. Recommended Models for Using Multiple Organizations Expand section "9.1. Recommended Models for Using Multiple Organizations " Collapse section "9.1. Recommended Models for Using Multiple Organizations " 9.1.1. Centrally-Managed Satellite for A Multi-Department Organization 9.1.2. Decentralized Management of Multiple Third Party Organizations 9.1.3. General Tips for Multi-Org Usage 9.2. Admin ⇒ Organizations Expand section "9.2. Admin ⇒ Organizations" Collapse section "9.2. Admin ⇒ Organizations" 9.2.1. Admin ⇒ Organizations ⇒ Details 9.3. Creating an Organization 9.4. Managing Entitlements Expand section "9.4. Managing Entitlements" Collapse section "9.4. Managing Entitlements" 9.4.1. Admin ⇒ Subscriptions ⇒ Software Channel Entitlements 9.4.2. Admin ⇒ Subscriptions ⇒ System Entitlements 9.5. Configuring Systems in an Organization 9.6. Organizational Trusts Expand section "9.6. Organizational Trusts" Collapse section "9.6. Organizational Trusts" 9.6.1. Establishing an Organizational Trust 9.6.2. Sharing Content Channels between Organizations in a Trust 9.6.3. Migrating Systems from One Trusted Organization to Another 9.7. Admin ⇒ Users Expand section "9.7. Admin ⇒ Users" Collapse section "9.7. Admin ⇒ Users" 9.7.1. Admin ⇒ Organizations ⇒ Details ⇒ Users 10. Virtualization Expand section "10. Virtualization" Collapse section "10. Virtualization" 10.1. Setting Up the Host System for Your Virtual Systems Expand section "10.1. Setting Up the Host System for Your Virtual Systems" Collapse section "10.1. Setting Up the Host System for Your Virtual Systems" 10.1.1. Create a Kickstart Profile for the Guest Systems 10.1.2. Kickstart Your Host System 10.1.3. Your Host System Has Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Installed 10.2. Setting Up Your Virtual Systems Expand section "10.2. Setting Up Your Virtual Systems" Collapse section "10.2. Setting Up Your Virtual Systems" 10.2.1. Create a Kickstart Profile for the Guest Systems 10.2.2. Provision Your Guest Systems 10.2.3. Managing your Virtual Guest Entitlements 10.3. Working With Your Virtual Systems Expand section "10.3. Working With Your Virtual Systems" Collapse section "10.3. Working With Your Virtual Systems" 10.3.1. Logging into Virtual Systems Directly via SSH 10.3.2. Gaining Console Access Via the Host 10.3.3. Installing Software Via the Satellite Web Interface 10.3.4. Installing Software Via Yum From the Virtual System 10.3.5. Restarting Guests when Host Reboots 10.3.6. Deleting Virtual Systems 11. Cobbler Expand section "11. Cobbler" Collapse section "11. Cobbler" 11.1. Cobbler Requirements Expand section "11.1. Cobbler Requirements" Collapse section "11.1. Cobbler Requirements" 11.1.1. Configuring Cobbler with /etc/cobbler/settings 11.1.2. Cobbler and DHCP 11.1.3. Xinetd and TFTP 11.1.4. Configuring SELinux and IPTables for Cobbler Support 11.1.5. Syncing and Starting the Cobbler Service 11.2. Adding a Distribution to Cobbler 11.3. Adding a Profile to Cobbler 11.4. Adding a System to Cobbler 11.5. Cobbler Templates Expand section "11.5. Cobbler Templates" Collapse section "11.5. Cobbler Templates" 11.5.1. Using Templates 11.5.2. Kickstart Snippets 11.6. Using Koan Expand section "11.6. Using Koan" Collapse section "11.6. Using Koan" 11.6.1. Using Koan to Provision Virtual Systems 11.6.2. Using Koan to Re-install Running Systems 12. UNIX Support Guide Expand section "12. UNIX Support Guide" Collapse section "12. UNIX Support Guide" 12.1. Introduction Expand section "12.1. Introduction" Collapse section "12.1. Introduction" 12.1.1. Supported UNIX Variants 12.1.2. Prerequisites 12.1.3. Included Features 12.1.4. Differences in Functionality 12.1.5. Excluded Features 12.2. Satellite Server Preparation/Configuration 12.3. Client System Preparation Expand section "12.3. Client System Preparation" Collapse section "12.3. Client System Preparation" 12.3.1. Download and Install Additional Packages 12.3.2. Deploying Client SSL Certificates 12.3.3. Configuring the clients 12.4. Registration and Updates Expand section "12.4. Registration and Updates" Collapse section "12.4. Registration and Updates" 12.4.1. Registering Systems 12.4.2. Obtaining Updates 12.5. Remote Commands Expand section "12.5. Remote Commands" Collapse section "12.5. Remote Commands" 12.5.1. Enabling Commands 12.5.2. Issuing Commands A. Red Hat Network Registration Client Expand section "A. Red Hat Network Registration Client" Collapse section "A. Red Hat Network Registration Client" A.1. Configuring the Red Hat Network Registration Client A.2. Starting the Red Hat Network Registration Client A.3. Registering a User Account A.4. Registering a System Profile Expand section "A.4. Registering a System Profile" Collapse section "A.4. Registering a System Profile" A.4.1. Hardware System Profile A.4.2. Software System Profile A.5. Finishing Registration A.6. Entitling Your System A.7. Text Mode RHN Registration Client B. Command Line Config Management Tools Expand section "B. Command Line Config Management Tools" Collapse section "B. Command Line Config Management Tools" B.1. Red Hat Network Actions Control Expand section "B.1. Red Hat Network Actions Control" Collapse section "B.1. Red Hat Network Actions Control" B.1.1. General command line options B.2. Red Hat Network Configuration Client Expand section "B.2. Red Hat Network Configuration Client" Collapse section "B.2. Red Hat Network Configuration Client" B.2.1. Listing Config Files B.2.2. Getting a Config File B.2.3. Viewing Config Channels B.2.4. Differentiating between Config Files B.2.5. Verifying Config Files B.3. Red Hat Network Configuration Manager Expand section "B.3. Red Hat Network Configuration Manager" Collapse section "B.3. Red Hat Network Configuration Manager" B.3.1. Creating a Config Channel B.3.2. Adding Files to a Config Channel B.3.3. Differentiating between Latest Config Files B.3.4. Differentiating between Various Versions B.3.5. Downloading All Files in a Channel B.3.6. Getting the Contents of a File B.3.7. Listing All Files in a Channel B.3.8. Listing All Config Channels B.3.9. Removing a File from a Channel B.3.10. Deleting a Config Channel B.3.11. Determining the Number of File Revisions B.3.12. Updating a File in a Channel B.3.13. Uploading Multiple Files at Once C. RHN API Access Expand section "C. RHN API Access" Collapse section "C. RHN API Access" C.1. Using the auth Class and Getting the Session C.2. Obtaining the system_id C.3. Determining the sid C.4. Viewing the cid C.5. Getting the sgid C.6. Channel Labels C.7. Sample API Script D. Probes Expand section "D. Probes" Collapse section "D. Probes" D.1. Probe Guidelines D.2. Apache 1.3.x and 2.0.x Expand section "D.2. Apache 1.3.x and 2.0.x" Collapse section "D.2. Apache 1.3.x and 2.0.x" D.2.1. Apache::Processes D.2.2. Apache::Traffic D.2.3. Apache::Uptime D.3. BEA WebLogic 6.x and higher Expand section "D.3. BEA WebLogic 6.x and higher" Collapse section "D.3. BEA WebLogic 6.x and higher" D.3.1. BEA WebLogic::Execute Queue D.3.2. BEA WebLogic::Heap Free D.3.3. BEA WebLogic::JDBC Connection Pool D.3.4. BEA WebLogic::Server State D.3.5. BEA WebLogic::Servlet D.4. General Expand section "D.4. General" Collapse section "D.4. General" D.4.1. General::Remote Program D.4.2. General::Remote Program with Data D.4.3. General::SNMP Check D.4.4. General::TCP Check D.4.5. General::UDP Check D.4.6. General::Uptime (SNMP) D.5. Linux Expand section "D.5. Linux" Collapse section "D.5. Linux" D.5.1. Linux::CPU Usage D.5.2. Linux::Disk IO Throughput D.5.3. Linux::Disk Usage D.5.4. Linux::Inodes D.5.5. Linux::Interface Traffic D.5.6. Linux::Load D.5.7. Linux::Memory Usage D.5.8. Linux::Process Counts by State D.5.9. Linux::Process Count Total D.5.10. Linux::Process Health D.5.11. Linux::Process Running D.5.12. Linux::Swap Usage D.5.13. Linux::TCP Connections by State D.5.14. Linux::Users D.5.15. Linux::Virtual Memory D.6. LogAgent Expand section "D.6. LogAgent" Collapse section "D.6. LogAgent" D.6.1. LogAgent::Log Pattern Match D.6.2. LogAgent::Log Size D.7. MySQL 3.23 - 3.33 Expand section "D.7. MySQL 3.23 - 3.33" Collapse section "D.7. MySQL 3.23 - 3.33" D.7.1. MySQL::Database Accessibility D.7.2. MySQL::Opened Tables D.7.3. MySQL::Open Tables D.7.4. MySQL::Query Rate D.7.5. MySQL::Threads Running D.8. Network Services Expand section "D.8. Network Services" Collapse section "D.8. Network Services" D.8.1. Network Services::DNS Lookup D.8.2. Network Services::FTP D.8.3. Network Services::IMAP Mail D.8.4. Network Services::Mail Transfer (SMTP) D.8.5. Network Services::Ping D.8.6. Network Services::POP Mail D.8.7. Network Services::Remote Ping D.8.8. Network Services::RPCService D.8.9. Network Services::Secure Web Server (HTTPS) D.8.10. Network Services::SSH D.8.11. Network Services::Web Server (HTTP) D.9. Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g, and 11g Expand section "D.9. Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g, and 11g" Collapse section "D.9. Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g, and 11g" D.9.1. Oracle::Active Sessions D.9.2. Oracle::Availability D.9.3. Oracle::Blocking Sessions D.9.4. Oracle::Buffer Cache D.9.5. Oracle::Client Connectivity D.9.6. Oracle::Data Dictionary Cache D.9.7. Oracle::Disk Sort Ratio D.9.8. Oracle::Idle Sessions D.9.9. Oracle::Index Extents D.9.10. Oracle::Library Cache D.9.11. Oracle::Locks D.9.12. Oracle::Redo Log D.9.13. Oracle::Table Extents D.9.14. Oracle::Tablespace Usage D.9.15. Oracle::TNS Ping D.10. RHN Satellite Expand section "D.10. RHN Satellite" Collapse section "D.10. RHN Satellite" D.10.1. RHN Satellite::Disk Space D.10.2. RHN Satellite::Execution Time D.10.3. RHN Satellite::Interface Traffic D.10.4. RHN Satellite::Latency D.10.5. RHN Satellite::Load D.10.6. RHN Satellite::Probe Count D.10.7. RHN Satellite::Process Counts D.10.8. RHN Satellite::Processes D.10.9. RHN Satellite::Process Health D.10.10. RHN Satellite::Process Running D.10.11. RHN Satellite::Swap D.10.12. RHN Satellite::Users E. 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