Installation guide

Chapter 4. Installation
This chapter describes the initial installation of the RHN Proxy Server. It presumes the prerequisites
listed in Chapter 2, Requirements have been met. However, if you are upgrading to a newer version of
RHN Proxy Server, contact your Red Hat representative for assistance.
4.1. Base Install
The RHN Proxy Server is designed to run on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system. Therefore,
the first phase is to install the base operating system, either from disc, ISO image, or kickstart. During
and after operating system installation, make sure you:
Allocate sufficient space to the partition that will be used to store packages, according to the
hardware requirements set forth earlier. The default location for cached Red Hat packages is
/var/spool/squid, while custom packages are located in /var/spool/rhn-proxy.
Note
The installation program automatically calcutes the available space on the partition where
/var/spool/squid is mounted and allocates up to 60 percent of the free space for RHN
Proxy Server use.
Install the packages required by RHN Proxy Server.
Note
You must install only the base packages, as others will cause the RHN Proxy Server
installation to fail.
Refer to Section 2.1, “Software Requirements” for the method to obtain the correct package group
needed for each version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Enable Network T ime Protocol (NT P) on the Proxy and select the appropriate time zone. All client
systems should already be running the ntpd daemon and be set to the correct time zone.
Disable the ipchains and iptables services after installation.
4.2. RHN Proxy Server Installation Process
The following instructions describe the RHN Proxy Server installation process:
1. Register the newly-installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux system with Red Hat Network (either the
central RHN Servers or your RHN Satellite Server) using the organizational account containing the
RHN Proxy Server entitlement with the command: rhn_register.
2. T o perform an installation, type the following command:
configure-proxy.sh
The command-line installation program leads users through a series of prompts regarding RHN
Proxy Server installation and initial configuration details such as installation options and SSL
certificate generation. T he following instructions describe the installation process:
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