3.2 FYI, this is standard SSL. We provide it since most people we've come across aren't too familiar with the details of working with it. ----- 3.3 "In order for the RHUA to communicate with the CDS instances, you must create a secure connection" Might want to rephrase this to indicate that the connection has to also allow password-less login from the RHUA to CDS. ----- 3.3 Add a note in there that the SSH configuration on the CDS must allow root logins. I learned that one the hard way trying to do the IBM installation. ----- 3.4 Those URLs in the first step will need to change to be 1.2, for instance: https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/5Server/i386/rhui/1.1/iso/rhel-5.5-rhui-1.1-i386.iso will become https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/5Server/i386/rhui/1.2/iso/rhel-5.5-rhui-1.2-i386.iso Same for the ISO filenames in the following steps. ----- 3.4 Need to add a step that if the customer is using an external load balancer (i.e. not on the RHUA) the install_CDS.sh script will need to be installed on that instance as well. Yes, that's not a typo, you run install_CDS.sh on the load balancer instance. It's a bit wonky.
Added to content spec. Installation. LKB
(In reply to comment #0) > 3.2 FYI, this is standard SSL. We provide it since most people we've come > across aren't too familiar with the details of working with it. > I've made a few edits to this section. > ----- > > 3.3 "In order for the RHUA to communicate with the CDS instances, you must > create a secure connection" > > Might want to rephrase this to indicate that the connection has to also allow > password-less login from the RHUA to CDS. > > ----- > > 3.3 Add a note in there that the SSH configuration on the CDS must allow root > logins. I learned that one the hard way trying to do the IBM installation. > <para> In order for the RHUA to communicate with the CDS instances, you must create a secure connection. The CDS must also be configured to allow root login without requesting a password. &RHEL; contains the OpenSSH communication program to authenticate connections. </para> > ----- > > 3.4 Those URLs in the first step will need to change to be 1.2, for instance: > > https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/5Server/i386/rhui/1.1/iso/rhel-5.5-rhui-1.1-i386.iso > > will become > > https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/5Server/i386/rhui/1.2/iso/rhel-5.5-rhui-1.2-i386.iso > > Same for the ISO filenames in the following steps. > <screen> wget --certificate=<Content Certificate>\ --private-key=<Content Certificate Private Key>\ --ca-certificate=<CA Certificate>\ https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/5Server/i386/rhui/1.1/iso/rhel-5.5-rhui-&RHUIVER;-i386.iso </screen> and <screen> wget --certificate=<Content Certificate>\ --private-key=<Content Certificate Private Key>\ --ca-certificate=<CA Certificate>\ https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/5Server/x86_64/rhui/1.1/iso/rhel-5.5-rhui-&RHUIVER;-x86_64.iso </screen> and <screen> mkdir /mnt/rhuiso mount -o loop -t iso9660 -r rhel-5.5-rhui-&RHUIVER;-i386.iso /mnt/rhuiso/ </screen> and <screen> mkdir /mnt/rhuiso mount -o loop -t iso9660 -r rhel-5.5-rhui-&RHUIVER;-x86_64.iso /mnt/rhuiso/ </screen> <!ENTITY RHUIVER "1.2"> > ----- > > 3.4 Need to add a step that if the customer is using an external load balancer > (i.e. not on the RHUA) the install_CDS.sh script will need to be installed on > that instance as well. Yes, that's not a typo, you run install_CDS.sh on the > load balancer instance. It's a bit wonky. <listitem> <para> If you are using an external load balancer (a load balancer that is not on the RHUA), the <command>install_CDS.sh</command> script will need to be run on the load balancer instance as well. </para> </listitem> LKB
Further proofing and review also undertaken in this chapter. See revision 0-2. LKB
Checking: Red_Hat_Update_Infrastructure-Installation_Guide-1.2-web-en-US-0-8.el5 (In reply to comment #0) > 3.4 Those URLs in the first step will need to change to be 1.2, for instance: > > https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/5Server/i386/rhui/1.1/iso/rhel-5.5-rhui-1.1-i386.iso > > will become > > https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/5Server/i386/rhui/1.2/iso/rhel-5.5-rhui-1.2-i386.iso > > Same for the ISO filenames in the following steps. Paths partly correct. Still contain 1.1: rhui/1.1/iso https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/5Server/i386/rhui/1.1/iso/rhel-5.5-rhui-1.2-i386.iso https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/5Server/x86_64/rhui/1.1/iso/rhel-5.5-rhui-1.2-x86_64.iso
(In reply to comment #4) > Checking: > Red_Hat_Update_Infrastructure-Installation_Guide-1.2-web-en-US-0-8.el5 > > > Paths partly correct. Still contain 1.1: rhui/1.1/iso Fixed. LKB
Published 14 December 2010: http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Update_Infrastructure/1.2/html/Installation_Guide/index.html Please raise any issues as new bugs against this live version. Thanks, LKB