Installation guide

Preface

Red Hat Network (https://access.redhat.com/home) provides system-level support and management of

Red Hat systems and networks. It brings together the tools, services, and information repositories

needed to maximize the reliability, security, and performance of Red Hat systems. T o use Red Hat

Network, system administrators register software and hardware profiles, known as System Profiles, of

their client systems with Red Hat Network. When a client system requests package updates, only the

applicable packages for the client are returned.

Red Hat Satellite allows organizations to use the benefits of Red Hat Network without having to provide

public Internet access to their servers or other client systems. System profiles are stored locally on the

Satellite server. T he Satellite website is served from a local web server and is only accessible to

systems that can reach the Satellite server. All package management tasks, including errata updates,

are performed through the Satellite server.

Red Hat Satellite provides a solution for organizations that require absolute control over and privacy of

the maintenance and package deployment of their servers. It allows Red Hat Network customers the

greatest flexibility and power in keeping systems secure and updated. Modules can be added to the

Satellite server to provide extra functionality.

This document provides guidance on how to configure your Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems to stay

up to date using Red Hat Satellite.

1. Document Conventions

This manual uses several conventions to highlight certain words and phrases and draw attention to

specific pieces of information.

In PDF and paper editions, this manual uses typefaces drawn from the Liberation Fonts set. The

Liberation Fonts set is also used in HTML editions if the set is installed on your system. If not, alternative

but equivalent typefaces are displayed. Note: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and later include the Liberation

Fonts set by default.

1.1. Typographic Conventions

Four typographic conventions are used to call attention to specific words and phrases. T hese

conventions, and the circumstances they apply to, are as follows.

Mono-spaced Bold

Used to highlight system input, including shell commands, file names and paths. Also used to highlight

keys and key combinations. For example:

To see the contents of the file my_next_bestselling_novel in your current working

directory, enter the cat m y_next_bestselling_novel command at the shell prompt

and press Enter to execute the command.

The above includes a file name, a shell command and a key, all presented in mono-spaced bold and all

distinguishable thanks to context.

Key combinations can be distinguished from an individual key by the plus sign that connects each part of

a key combination. For example:

Press Enter to execute the command.

Press Ctrl+Alt+F2 to switch to a virtual terminal.

Preface