Description of problem: Proposing to augment the documentation http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite/5.3.0/Client_Configuration_Guide/html/index.html specifically either http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite/5.3.0/Client_Configuration_Guide/html/s2-client-config-file.html or http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite/5.3.0/Client_Configuration_Guide/html/s1-certificate-rpms.html with additional info contained in KBase article https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11017 For example, after installing rhn-org-trusted-ssl-cert-VER-REL.noarch.rpm, SSL cert path needs to be updated in up2date configuration on client system. So it would be better to add a note to for editing /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date file to have sslCACert=/usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite 5.3.0 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: See above. Actual results: See above. Expected results: See above. Additional info:
This is slated for inclusion in the Satellite 5.5 documentation. If there is any other source content that is not listed (or linked to) in this bug, please link to it. LKB
Added to content specification for 5.4.1. LKB
<section id="register-clients"> <title>Registering Clients to &RHN; &SAT;</title> <indexterm> <primary><application>registering</application> </primary> </indexterm> <para> To register a system with a &SAT;, you will need the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) and the SSL cert of the &SAT;. </para> <orderedlist> <listitem> <para> Download the SSL certificate to the client: </para> <screen> cd /usr/share/rhn/ wget http://satellite.example.com/pub/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT <screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Edit the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date</filename> file: </para> <screen> serverURL=https://satellite.example.com/XMLRPC noSSLServerURL=http://satellite.example.com/XMLRPC sslCACert=/usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT </screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Register the machine: </para> <screen> rhn_register </screen> </listitem> </orderedlist> </section> Updated in revision 1-7. LKB
Taking this bug for verification.
(In reply to comment #3) > <section id="register-clients"> > <title>Registering Clients to &RHN; &SAT;</title> > <indexterm> > <primary><application>registering</application> > </primary> > </indexterm> > <para> > To register a system with a &SAT;, you will need the fully qualified domain > name (FQDN) and the SSL cert of the &SAT;. > </para> > <orderedlist> > <listitem> > <para> > Download the SSL certificate to the client: > </para> > <screen> > cd /usr/share/rhn/ > wget http://satellite.example.com/pub/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT > <screen> > </listitem> > <listitem> > <para> > Edit the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date</filename> file: > </para> > <screen> > serverURL=https://satellite.example.com/XMLRPC > noSSLServerURL=http://satellite.example.com/XMLRPC > sslCACert=/usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT > </screen> > </listitem> > <listitem> > <para> > Register the machine: > </para> > <screen> > rhn_register > </screen> > </listitem> > </orderedlist> > </section> > > Updated in revision 1-7. > > LKB Verified in Satellite 5.4.1 "Client Configuration Guide", section "2.2. Configuring the Client Applications".
This book has now been dropped to translation (RT#75265). No further updates can be accepted. Please raise a new bug for any changes. LKB
5.4.1 Satellite books are now available on docs.redhat.com. Please raise a new bug for any issues. LKB