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. The Update Module 1.2. The Management Module 1.3. The Provisioning Module 1.4. The Monitoring Module 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. The Red Hat Network Website Expand section "4. The Red Hat Network Website" Collapse section "4. The Red Hat Network Website" 4.1. Navigation Expand section "4.1. Navigation" Collapse section "4.1. Navigation" 4.1.1. Categories and Pages 4.1.2. Errata Alert Icons 4.1.3. Quick Search 4.1.4. Systems Selected 4.1.5. Lists 4.2. Logging into the RHN Website 4.3. The RHN Overview Page Expand section "4.3. The RHN Overview Page" Collapse section "4.3. The RHN Overview Page" 4.3.1. The "Your Account" Page 4.3.2. The "Your Preferences" Page 4.3.3. Locale Preferences 4.3.4. Subscription Management 4.3.5. Organization Trusts 4.4. Systems Expand section "4.4. Systems" Collapse section "4.4. Systems" 4.4.1. Overview 4.4.2. The "Systems" Page 4.4.3. System Groups 4.4.4. System Set Manager 4.4.5. Advanced Search 4.4.6. Activation Keys 4.4.7. Stored Profiles 4.4.8. Custom System Info 4.4.9. Kickstart 4.5. Errata Expand section "4.5. Errata" Collapse section "4.5. Errata" 4.5.1. Relevant Errata 4.5.2. All Errata 4.5.3. Advanced Search 4.6. Channels Expand section "4.6. Channels" Collapse section "4.6. Channels" 4.6.1. Software Channels 4.6.2. Package Search 4.6.3. Manage Software Channels 4.7. Configuration Expand section "4.7. Configuration" Collapse section "4.7. Configuration" 4.7.1. Preparing Systems for Config Management 4.7.2. Overview 4.7.3. Configuration Channels 4.7.4. Configuration Files 4.7.5. Locally-Managed Files 4.7.6. Systems 4.8. Schedule Expand section "4.8. Schedule" Collapse section "4.8. Schedule" 4.8.1. Pending Actions 4.8.2. Failed Actions 4.8.3. Completed Actions 4.8.4. Archived Actions 4.8.5. Actions List 4.9. Users Expand section "4.9. Users " Collapse section "4.9. Users " 4.9.1. User List ⇒ Active 4.9.2. User List ⇒ Deactivated 4.9.3. User List ⇒ All 4.10. Monitoring Expand section "4.10. Monitoring " Collapse section "4.10. Monitoring " 4.10.1. Probe Status> 4.10.2. Notification 4.10.3. Probe Suites 4.10.4. Scout Config Push 4.10.5. General Config 4.11. The "Admin" Page Expand section "4.11. The "Admin" Page" Collapse section "4.11. The "Admin" Page" 4.11.1. Admin ⇒ Organizations 4.11.2. Admin ⇒ RHN Satellite Configuration 4.12. The "Help" Page Expand section "4.12. The "Help" Page" Collapse section "4.12. The "Help" Page" 4.12.1. Reference Guide 4.12.2. Satellite Installation Guide 4.12.3. Proxy Guide 4.12.4. Client Configuration Guide 4.12.5. Channel Management Guide 4.12.6. Release Notes 4.12.7. API 4.12.8. Search 5. Monitoring Expand section "5. Monitoring" Collapse section "5. Monitoring" 5.1. Prerequisites 5.2. Red Hat Network Monitoring Daemon (rhnmd) Expand section "5.2. Red Hat Network Monitoring Daemon (rhnmd)" Collapse section "5.2. Red Hat Network Monitoring Daemon (rhnmd)" 5.2.1. Probes requiring the daemon 5.2.2. Installing the Red Hat Network Monitoring Daemon 5.2.3. Configuring SSH 5.2.4. Installing the SSH key 5.3. mysql package 5.4. Notifications Expand section "5.4. Notifications" Collapse section "5.4. Notifications" 5.4.1. Creating Notification Methods 5.4.2. Receiving Notifications 5.4.3. Redirecting Notifications 5.4.4. Filtering Notifications 5.4.5. Deleting Notification Methods 5.5. Probes Expand section "5.5. Probes" Collapse section "5.5. Probes" 5.5.1. Managing Probes 5.5.2. Establishing Thresholds 5.5.3. Monitoring the RHN Server 5.6. Troubleshooting Expand section "5.6. Troubleshooting" Collapse section "5.6. Troubleshooting" 5.6.1. Examining Probes with rhn-catalog 5.6.2. Viewing the output of rhn-runprobe 6. Multiple Organizations Expand section "6. Multiple Organizations" Collapse section "6. Multiple Organizations" 6.1. Modelling your Satellite for Multi-Organization Use Expand section "6.1. Modelling your Satellite for Multi-Organization Use" Collapse section "6.1. Modelling your Satellite for Multi-Organization Use" 6.1.1. Centrally-Managed Satellite for A Multi-Department Organization 6.1.2. Decentralized Management of Multiple Third Party Organizations 6.1.3. General Tips for Multi-Org Usage 6.2. Admin ⇒ Organizations Expand section "6.2. Admin ⇒ Organizations" Collapse section "6.2. Admin ⇒ Organizations" 6.2.1. Admin ⇒ Organizations ⇒ Details 6.3. Creating an Organization 6.4. Managing Entitlements Expand section "6.4. Managing Entitlements" Collapse section "6.4. Managing Entitlements" 6.4.1. Admin ⇒ Subscriptions ⇒ Software Channel Entitlements 6.4.2. Admin ⇒ Subscriptions ⇒ System Entitlements 6.5. Configuring Systems in an Organization 6.6. Organizational Trusts Expand section "6.6. Organizational Trusts" Collapse section "6.6. Organizational Trusts" 6.6.1. Establishing an Organizational Trust 6.6.2. Sharing Content Channels between Organizations in a Trust 6.6.3. Migrating Systems from One Trusted Organization to Another 6.7. Admin ⇒ Users Expand section "6.7. Admin ⇒ Users" Collapse section "6.7. Admin ⇒ Users" 6.7.1. Admin ⇒ Organizations ⇒ Details ⇒ Users 7. RHN Satellite and Virtualized Client Systems Expand section "7. RHN Satellite and Virtualized Client Systems" Collapse section "7. RHN Satellite and Virtualized Client Systems" 7.1. Setting Up the Host System for Your Virtual Systems Expand section "7.1. Setting Up the Host System for Your Virtual Systems" Collapse section "7.1. Setting Up the Host System for Your Virtual Systems" 7.1.1. Creating a Kickstart Profile for the Guest Systems 7.1.2. Kickstarting Your Host System 7.1.3. Your Host System Has Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Installed 7.2. Setting Up Your Virtual Systems Expand section "7.2. Setting Up Your Virtual Systems" Collapse section "7.2. Setting Up Your Virtual Systems" 7.2.1. Create a Kickstart Profile for the Guest Systems 7.2.2. Provisioning Your Guest Systems 7.2.3. Managing your Virtual Guest Entitlements 7.3. Working With Your Virtual Systems Expand section "7.3. Working With Your Virtual Systems" Collapse section "7.3. Working With Your Virtual Systems" 7.3.1. Logging into Virtual Systems Directly via SSH 7.3.2. Gaining Console Access Via the Host 7.3.3. Installing Software Via the Satellite Web Interface 7.3.4. Installing Software Via Yum From the Virtual System 7.3.5. Restarting Guests when Host Reboots 7.3.6. Deleting Virtual Systems 8. Cobbler Expand section "8. Cobbler" Collapse section "8. Cobbler" 8.1. Cobbler Requirements Expand section "8.1. Cobbler Requirements" Collapse section "8.1. Cobbler Requirements" 8.1.1. Configuring Cobbler with /etc/cobbler/settings 8.1.2. Required Services for Cobbler 8.2. Syncing and Starting the Cobbler Service 8.3. Adding a Distribution to Cobbler 8.4. Adding a Profile to Cobbler 8.5. Adding a System to Cobbler 8.6. Cobbler Templates Expand section "8.6. Cobbler Templates" Collapse section "8.6. Cobbler Templates" 8.6.1. Using Templates 8.6.2. Kickstart Snippets 8.7. Using Koan Expand section "8.7. Using Koan" Collapse section "8.7. Using Koan" 8.7.1. Using Koan to Provision Virtual Systems 8.7.2. Using Koan to Re-install Running Systems 9. UNIX Support Guide Expand section "9. UNIX Support Guide" Collapse section "9. UNIX Support Guide" 9.1. Introduction Expand section "9.1. Introduction" Collapse section "9.1. Introduction" 9.1.1. Supported UNIX Variants 9.1.2. Prerequisites 9.1.3. Included Features 9.1.4. Differences in Functionality 9.1.5. Excluded Features 9.2. Satellite Server Preparation/Configuration 9.3. Unix Client System Preparation Expand section "9.3. Unix Client System Preparation" Collapse section "9.3. Unix Client System Preparation" 9.3.1. Downloading and Installing Additional Packages 9.3.2. Deployinging Client SSL Certificates 9.3.3. Configuring the clients 9.4. Unix Client Registration and Updates Expand section "9.4. Unix Client Registration and Updates" Collapse section "9.4. Unix Client Registration and Updates" 9.4.1. Registering Unix Systems 9.4.2. Obtaining Updates 9.5. Remote Commands Expand section "9.5. Remote Commands" Collapse section "9.5. Remote Commands" 9.5.1. Enabling Commands 9.5.2. Issuing Commands A. RHN Registration Client Expand section "A. RHN Registration Client" Collapse section "A. RHN Registration Client" A.1. Configuring the RHN Registration Client A.2. Starting the RHN 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. 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