[ale] RHEL and Satellite

[Damon Chesser]

Thanks for that detailed explanation.


Damon Chesser
dchesser at acsi2000.com
damon at damtek.com

From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Wade
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 1:44 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] RHEL and Satellite

For Red Hat Satellite you need to know the following things:

On the local server (not satellite)

/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date   -> You main client config for red hat satellite

serverURL[comment]=Remote server URL
serverURL=https://rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC   -> If you just want to register to rhn.redhat.com<http://rhn.redhat.com> && set the CERT accordingly
serverURL=https://disconnectedsatellite.your.domain/XMLRPC    -> If you want to register to your own hosted Red Hat Satellite serverURL


sslCACert[comment]=The CA cert used to verify the ssl server
sslCACert=/usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT    -> This cert comes from your local satellite server when you generate its ssl key.  You have to scp it from your local satellite server over to this server
sslCACert=/usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT      -> This cert is the one that is on rhn.redhat.com<http://rhn.redhat.com>


So, when you run rhn_register, it'll go out to the satellite listed in serverURL above then, check the sslCACert to make sure its the SSL cert for that Satellite.


When you configure activation keys to autosubscripe server to a particular custom channel, you use the syntax:
  rhnreg_ks --activationkey=1-xxx --force





Also, fyi I scripted the entire registration process including creation of my ssl cert for my local satellite:


(I simplified it to the below for the this thread)

SNIP

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