Installation guide

Press Enter to use the default path for the Certificate Authority (CA) Chain.
If the Satellite Proxy is communicating with Red Hat Satellite, then this value is usually
/usr/share/rhn/R HN-O R G -T R UST ED -SSL-C ER T . Otherwise, custom SSL certificates
must be located in the /usr/share/rhn/ directory.
⁠Satellit e Pro xy version t o act ivate
Request for confirmation of the version of Satellite Proxy to install.
⁠HT T P Pro xy
If the Satellite Proxy server connects through an HTTP proxy, enter the proxy host name
and port number, for example, corporate.proxy.example.com:3128
⁠T raceb ack email
A comma-separated list of email addresses to which error-related traceback messages are
sent, usually the email of the Satellite Proxy administrator.
⁠Use SSL
Press Enter or type y to configure the Satellite Proxy to use SSL.
SSL Cert ificat e
Enter the details necessary to generate a valid SSL server certificate. Example 3.1, “ Example
Generation of an SSL Certificate” demonstrates generating such a certificate.
Examp le 3.1. Examp le G en eratio n o f an SSL Cert ificat e
Regardless of whether you enabled SSL for the connection to the
Satellite Proxy Parent
Server, you will be prompted to generate an SSL certificate.
This SSL certificate will allow client systems to connect to
this Satellite Proxy
securely. See the Satellite Proxy Installation Guide for more
information.
Organization: Example Company
Organization Unit [proxy1.example.com]:
Common Name: proxy1.example.com
City: New York
State: New York
Country code: US
Email [admin@ example.com]:
The installation script installs multiple sets of packages and will ask for your permission to install
them. Select Y at each prompt.
3.7. Performing Post -inst allat ion T asks
After the main Satellite Proxy installation tasks have been completed, the installation program
performs a number of additional tasks, such as prompting for installation of monitoring support,
creating configuration channels, and restarting modified daemons.
⁠Install Mon it o rin g sup p o rt
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