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Red Hat Network Satellite 5.3

Deployment Guide

Red Hat Network Satellite

Edition 1


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Abstract
Welcome to the RHN Satellite Deployment Guide.

Introduction
1. More to Come
1.1. Send in Your Feedback
I. Satellite Administration
1. Users
1.1. Adding Users
1.2. Deleting and Deactivating Users
1.2.1. Deactivating Users
1.2.2. Deleting Users
1.3. User Management
1.3.1. Assigning User Roles
2. Satellite Operation Guidance
2.1. Automating Synchronization
2.2. Backup and Restore Routines
2.2.1. Backing up the Embedded Database
2.2.2. Backing up System Files
2.2.3. Restoring the Embedded Database
2.2.4. Backup Automation
2.3. Monitoring the Satellite
2.4. Implementing PAM Authentication
2.5. RPM Building
2.5.1. rpmbuild
2.5.2. GPG Key for Signing RPMs
2.5.3. RPM Spec File Example
2.6. Kickstart
2.6.1. Preparing Custom Boot Media
2.6.2. Creating CD Boot Media
2.6.3. Preparing PXE Boot Directory
2.6.4. Creating USB Boot Media
2.6.5. Kickstart Boot Menu Example
3. Multiple Organizations
3.1. Admin -> Organizations
3.1.1. Admin -> Organizations -> Details
3.2. Creating an Organization
3.3. Managing Entitlements
3.3.1. Admin -> Subscriptions -> Software Channel Entitlements
3.3.2. Admin -> Subscriptions -> System Entitlements
3.4. Configuring Systems in an Organization
3.5. Admin -> Users
3.5.1. Admin -> Organizations -> Details -> Users
4. Organizational Trusts
4.1. Establishing an Organizational Trust
4.2. Organization Trust Relationships
4.3. Sharing Custom Channels
4.4. System Migration
II. Satellite Provisioning
5. Provisioning with Satellite
5.1. Requirements
5.2. Definitions and Terms
5.3. Provisioning Scenarios Supported
5.4. Overview of Preparing a Satellite for Provisioning
5.5. Kickstart Trees And Software Content
5.5.1. Automatically Installed Kickstart Trees
5.5.2. Manually Installed Kickstart Trees
5.5.3. Required Distribution Files
5.5.4. Required Packages
5.6. Kickstart Profiles
5.6.1. Virtualization Types
5.6.2. Creating Kickstart Profiles
5.7. Templating
5.7.1. Use Cases
5.7.2. Variables
5.7.3. Snippets
5.8. Kickstarting a Machine
5.8.1. Bare Metal
5.8.2. Re-Provisioning
5.8.3. Virtualized Guest Provisioning
5.8.4. Provisioning Through an RHN Proxy
5.9. Advanced Topics
5.9.1. API
5.9.2. Cobbler On the Command Line
5.9.3. Cobbler Command Line: Next Steps
5.9.4. Naming Conventions
5.9.5. Other Cobbler settings
5.9.6. Using Koan directly
5.10. Troubleshooting
5.10.1. Web Interface errors
5.10.2. Anaconda Startup errors
5.10.3. Anaconda content errors
5.10.4. Cobbler log files
5.10.5. Tracebacks from Taskomatic
5.10.6. Registration Issues
5.10.7. Directory structure for Kickstarts and Snippets
III. Working with multiple Satellites
6. Inter-Satellite Sync (ISS)
6.1. Required Environment for ISS
6.2. Recommended Models for Inter-Satellite Sync
6.3. Configuring the Master RHN Satellite Server
6.4. Configuring the Slave RHN Satellite Servers
6.5. Using Inter-Satellite Sync
6.5.1. Syncing between a Development Staging Server and a Production Satellite
6.5.2. Bi-directional sync
6.6. Synchronizing by Organization
A. Revision History
Index