- Copyright
- Bruce Perens’ Open Source Series
- About the Author
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Patch Management Systems
- 1.1. Basic Patch Concepts
- 1.2. Distribution-Specific Repositories
- 1.2.1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Updates
- Register with the Red Hat Network
- Examine Available Red Hat Enterprise Linux Distributions
- Purchase One or More Subscriptions for RHEL
- Activate Your Subscription
- Download the CDs for RHEL
- Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- The Update Agent
- Updating Red Hat Enterprise Linux Using the Update Agent
- Configuring the Update Agent Settings
- Update Agent Command Line Options
- Aggregating Red Hat Enterprise Linux Updates
- 1.2.2. Novell/SUSE
- 1.2.3. Debian
- 1.2.4. Other Linux Distributions
- 1.2.1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Updates
- 1.3. Community-Based Sources
- 1.4. Configuring Your Lan
- 1.5. Summary
- 2. Consolidating Patches on a Red Hat/Fedora Network
- 2.1. Creating Your Own Fedora Repository
- 2.2. Configuring a Red Hat Network Proxy
- 2.2.1. Configuring the Proxy Server
- Specialized Installation Requirements
- Configuration Suggestions
- Firewall Provisions
- Synchronizing Time
- Configuring the Proxy as a Router
- Registration Required
- Getting to the Right Channel
- Installing Proxy Packages
- Provisioning a Proxy Subscription
- Configuring the Proxy Server
- Creating the Certificate Keys
- 2.2.2. Configuring the Proxy Client
- 2.2.1. Configuring the Proxy Server
- 2.3. Configuring Red Hat Rebuilds
- 2.4. Summary
- 3. SUSE’s Update Systems and rsync Mirrors
- 3.1. The YaST Update System
- 3.2. Configuring YaST Patch Management for a LAN
- 3.3. ZENworks Linux Management
- 3.4. Summary
- 4. Making apt Work for You
- 4.1. Fundamentals of APT
- 4.2. Creating Your APT Repository
- 4.3. Summary
- 5. Configuring apt for RPM Distributions
- 6. Configuring a yum Client
- 6.1. The Basic yum Process
- 6.2. Sample yum Clients
- 6.3. Special yum Commands
- 6.3.1. Caching Available Packages by yum
- 6.3.2. Checking Available Updates by yum
- 6.3.3. Finding a Needed File
- 6.3.4. Identifying a Needed Package
- 6.3.5. Listing Available Packages
- 6.3.6. Getting More Information
- 6.3.7. Updates or Installations by yum
- 6.3.8. Deletions by yum
- 6.3.9. Cleaning yum Caches
- 6.3.10. Group Management by yum
- 6.3.11. The yum Command Options
- 6.4. Configuring Automatic Updates
- 6.5. A yum GUI Tool
- 6.6. Summary
- 7. Setting Up a yum Repository
- 7.1. Getting the Packages
- 7.2. Managing Headers
- 7.3. Configuring a Local yum Server
- 7.4. Adding Other Repositories
- 7.5. Maintaining the Repository
- 7.6. Creating an Enterprise Repository
- 7.7. Summary
Michael Jang holds RHCE, SAIR Linux Certified Professional, CompTIA Linux+ Professional, and MCP certifications, and has written books on four Linux certifications. A full-time writer specializing in networks and operating systems, his most recent book is Mastering Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (Sybex, 2004).
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