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2.2. Registering Clients with Red Hat Satellite Server
The following procedure describes how to use the
rhn_register command to register a system with Red Hat Satellite. Ensure you replace the example host names and domain names with those that apply to your configuration.
Procedure 2.1. To Use rhn_register to Register a System with Red Hat Satellite:
- Change into the
/usr/share/rhn/directory and download the SSL certificate to the client:# cd /usr/share/rhn/# wget http://satellite.example.com/pub/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT - Edit the
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2datefile and ensure that it contains the following entries:serverURL=https://satellite.example.com/XMLRPC noSSLServerURL=http://satellite.example.com/XMLRPC sslCACert=/usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT
- Use the
rhn_registercommand to register the machine:# rhn_register

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