5.2. Upgrading Your Proxy Installation

  1. Back up your existing Proxy server. If applicable, restore the SSL build direction from the backup to the directory /root/ssl-build.
  2. Register the Proxy to the parent Satellite. Make sure that the Proxy is subscribed to both the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server base channel and the Red Hat Network Tools child channel.
  3. Install the spacewalk-proxy-installer package from the Red Hat Network Tools child channel: 
    # yum install spacewalk-proxy-installer
  4. Install the latest version of Proxy, as documented in Section 3.2, “Red Hat Satellite Proxy Server Installation Process”.

    Note

    If the Proxy server is registered to Red Hat Satellite, and the Proxy previously managed custom channels, restore the custom package repository from the pre-upgrade backup. The permissions and ownership will also need to be set up properly. 
    # chmod 0750 /var/spool/rhn-proxy
# chown apache:apache /var/spool/rhn-proxy
# mkdir -m 0750 -p /var/spool/rhn-proxy/list
# chown apache:apache /var/spool/rhn-proxy/list
    The default custom package repository is usually /var/spool/rhn-proxy.
  5. After the installation, update the server to the latest errata updates: 
    # yum update
  6. Restart the Proxy Server services and test the Proxy Server's functionality: 
    # /usr/sbin/rhn-proxy restart