User's Manual

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Table of Contents

Introduction to the Guide....................................................................................................................i

1. Document Conventions..........................................................................................................i

2. More to Come ...................................................................................................................... iv

2.1. Send in Your Feedback ......................................................................................... iv

1. Red Hat Network Overview........................................................................................................... 1

1.1. Demo.................................................................................................................................. 2

1.2. Update................................................................................................................................ 2

1.3. Management....................................................................................................................... 2

1.4. Provisioning ....................................................................................................................... 3

1.5. Monitoring ......................................................................................................................... 4

1.6. Errata Notiﬁcations and Scheduled Package Installations................................................. 4

1.7. Security, Quality Assurance, and Red Hat Network.......................................................... 4

1.8. Before You Begin............................................................................................................... 5

2. Red Hat Update Agent.................................................................................................................... 7

2.1. Starting the Red Hat Update Agent ................................................................................. 7

2.2. Registration........................................................................................................................ 9

2.2.1. Registering a User Account .............................................................................. 11

2.2.2. Registering a System Proﬁle............................................................................. 14

2.3. Setup and Use .................................................................................................................. 18

2.3.1. Choosing a Software Channel........................................................................... 19

2.3.2. Choosing Packages to Update........................................................................... 19

2.3.3. Installing Updated Packages ............................................................................. 24

2.3.4. Update Agent Finished ..................................................................................... 25

2.3.5. Command Line Version .................................................................................... 26

2.4. Conﬁguration ................................................................................................................... 30

2.4.1. Using the Red Hat Update Agent Conﬁguration Tool.................................. 30

2.4.2. Command Line Version .................................................................................... 33

2.5. Registering with Activation Keys .................................................................................... 34

3. Red Hat Network Daemon ........................................................................................................... 37

3.1. Conﬁguring ...................................................................................................................... 37

3.2. Viewing Status ................................................................................................................. 37

3.3. Disabling.......................................................................................................................... 37

3.4. Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................... 37

4. Red Hat Network Alert Notiﬁcation Tool ................................................................................... 39

4.1. Conﬁguring the Applet .................................................................................................... 39

4.2. Notiﬁcation Icons............................................................................................................. 40

4.3. Viewing Updates .............................................................................................................. 41

4.4. Applying Updates ............................................................................................................ 41

4.5. Launching the RHN Website ........................................................................................... 41

5. Red Hat Network Registration Client......................................................................................... 43

5.1. Conﬁguring the Red Hat Network Registration Client................................................ 43

5.2. Starting the Red Hat Network Registration Client ...................................................... 44

5.3. Registering a User Account ............................................................................................. 47

5.4. Registering a System Proﬁle............................................................................................ 49

5.4.1. Hardware System Proﬁle .................................................................................. 49

5.4.2. Software System Proﬁle.................................................................................... 50

5.5. Finishing Registration...................................................................................................... 52

5.6. Entitling Your System ...................................................................................................... 54

5.7. Text Mode RHN Registration Client ............................................................................... 54