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2. Move the client SSL certificate to the Red Hat Network-specific directory for your UNIX variant.
For Solaris, this can be accomplished with a command similar to:
mv /path/to /R HN-O R G -T R UST ED -SSL-C ER T
/o pt/red hat/rhn/so l ari s/usr/share/rhn/
When finished, the new client certificate will be installed in the appropriate directory for your UNIX
system. If you have a large number of systems to prepare for Red Hat Network management, you may
script this entire process.
Now you must reconfigure the Red Hat Network client applications to refer to the newly installed SSL
certificate. See Section 4.1.7.3, “ Configuring the Clients” for instructions.
4.1.7 .3. Co nfiguring t he Clie nt s
The final step before registering your client systems with Red Hat Network is to reconfigure their Red
Hat Network applications to use the new SSL certificate and obtain updates from the Red Hat
Satellite. Both of these changes can be made by editing the configuration file of the Red Hat
Up d at e Ag ent , which provides registration and update functionality.
Follow these steps on each client system:
1. As root, change to the Red Hat Network configuration directory for the system. For Solaris, the
full path is /o pt/red hat/rhn/so l ari s/etc/sysco nfi g /rhn/.
2. Open the up2d ate configuration file in a text editor.
3. Find the serverURL entry and set its value to the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of
your Red Hat Satellite:
serverURL[comment]=Remote server URL
serverURL=https://your-satellite.example.com/XMLRPC
4. Ensure the application refers to the Red Hat Satellite even when SSL is turned off by also
setting the noSSLServerURL value to the Satellite:
noSSLServerURL[comment]=Remote server URL without SSL
noSSLServerURL=http://your-satellite.example.com/XMLRPC
5. With the up2d ate configuration file still open, find the sslCACert entry and set its value to
the name and location of the SSL certificate described in Section 4.1.7.2, “ D eploying Client
SSL Certificates” , for example:
sslCACert[comment]=The CA cert used to verify the ssl server
sslCACert=/opt/redhat/rhn/solaris/usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-
SSL-CERT
Your client systems are now ready for registration with Red Hat Network and management by your
Satellite.
4 .1.8. UNIX Client Registrat ion and Updat es
Now that you have installed Red Hat Network-specific packages, implemented SSL, and reconfigured
your client systems to connect to the Red Hat Satellite, you are ready to begin registering systems
and obtaining updates.
Red Hat Sat ellit e 5.7 Client Configurat ion G u ide
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