MTU Red Hat Network Proxy















 

Configuring an MTU RHN Proxy client during Kickstart

Include the following in the initial section of your Kickstart configuration file (Client example key used).

key fa0c1c86fa405c1d

Include the following in the %post section of your Kickstart configuration file.

echo "Installing organizational CA certificate"

wget -q -O /usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT \
   http://punt.cecn.mtu.edu/kickstart/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT

perl -pi -e \
   's,^serverURL=.*$,serverURL=https://rhn.mtu.edu/XMLRPC,; \
   s,^sslCACert=.*$,sslCACert=/usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT,' \
   /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date

echo "Registering with RHN"
rhnreg_ks --force --activationkey=a01acbe8a38bcec7f184ba02fc000000

Substitute your actual activation key for the one shown.

Following registration and configuration, you can use up2date as usual in your %post section (for example, running up2date -u, installing additional packages, etc.).

For additions or corrections to this page, email jamyles@mtu.edu.