Installation guide

Sample RHN Proxy Server Configuration File
The /etc/rhn/rhn.conf configuration file for the RHN Proxy Server provides a means for you to
establish key settings. Be warned, however, that errors inserted into this file may cause Proxy failures.
Make configuration changes with caution.
If you are also using an RHN Satellite Server, you should be particularly concerned with the following
parameters: traceback_mail and proxy.rhn_parent. Review the sample and its comments (beginning with
a hash mark #), for additional details.
Note
You may add the use_ssl setting to rhn.conf for testing purposes only. Set its value to 0 to
turn off SSL between the Proxy and the upstream server temporarily. Note that this greatly
compromises security. Return the setting to its default value of 1 to re-enable SSL, or simply
remove the line from the configuration file.
# Automatically generated RHN Managem ent Proxy Server configuration file.
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
# SSL CA certificate location
proxy.ca_chain = /usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT
# Corporate HTTP proxy, format: corp_gateway.example.com :8080
proxy.http_proxy =
# Password for that corporate HTTP proxy
proxy.http_proxy_password =
# Username for that corporate HTTP proxy
proxy.http_proxy_username =
# Location of locally built, custom packages
proxy.pkg_dir = /var/spool/rhn-proxy
# Hostname of RHN Server or RHN Satellite
proxy.rhn_parent = rhn.redhat.com
# Destination of all tracebacks, etc.
traceback_mail = [e-mail], [e-mail]
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