Installation guide

14 Chapter 4. Installation
4. Install all the rhncfg packages by navigating to the System System Details Packages
Install subtab and searching for rhncfg using the Filter by Package Name text search box.
In the resulting list, select all the packages and install them.
5. If you will be enabling secure sockets layer (SSL) encryption on the Proxy and connecting to the
central RHN Servers, install the rhns-certs-tools package from the same Red Hat Network
Tools channel and use the RHN SSL Maintenance Tool to generate the tar file required later.
Refer to the SSL Certificates chapter of the RHN Client Configuration Guide for instructions.
If you will be enabling SSL encryption on the Proxy and connecting to an RHN Satellite Server
or another RHN Proxy Server with SSL, you will also need the CA certificate password used for
the parent system.
6. Log into the system through a terminal as root and run the rhn_check command to immediately
initiate the scheduled package installation.
7. Once the packages have been installed, as confirmed through the System Details
Events
tab, prepare the system to accept remote commands and configuration management with the
following command:
/usr/bin/rhn-actions-control --enable-all
8. Within the RHN website, navigate to the System Details
Proxy subtab.
Warning
Please note the RHN Proxy Server installation may replace the squid.conf and httpd.conf
configuration files on the system to ease upgrades later. If you have edited these files and want
to preserve them, they are rotated in place and can be retrieved after installation.
Figure 4-1. System Details Proxy
9. In the System Details Proxy subtab, the pulldown menu should indicate your ability to
activate the system as an RHN Proxy Server. Ensure the version is properly selected and click
the Activate Proxy button. The Welcome page of the installation appears.