[deployment-guide: 141/185] Added references to Deon's Product Subscriptions and Entitlements.
Jaromir Hradilek
jhradile at fedoraproject.org
Sun May 15 21:23:05 UTC 2011
commit 4121e7db3a70a73c638b7c2fa66ef553b756ff44
Author: Jaromir Hradilek <jhradile at redhat.com>
Date: Wed Mar 23 19:10:04 2011 +0100
Added references to Deon's Product Subscriptions and Entitlements.
en-US/Book_Info.xml | 2 +-
en-US/Yum.xml | 20 +++++++++++++-------
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Book_Info.xml b/en-US/Book_Info.xml
index 7f6ce53..96a0c8f 100644
--- a/en-US/Book_Info.xml
+++ b/en-US/Book_Info.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
<productname>Red Hat Enterprise Linux</productname>
<productnumber>6</productnumber>
<edition>1</edition>
- <pubsnumber>106</pubsnumber>
+ <pubsnumber>107</pubsnumber>
<abstract>
<para>
The <citetitle pubwork="book">Deployment Guide</citetitle> documents relevant information regarding the deployment, configuration and administration of &MAJOROSVER;. It is oriented towards system administrators with a basic understanding of the system.
diff --git a/en-US/Yum.xml b/en-US/Yum.xml
index 044f1f8..3eafb5b 100644
--- a/en-US/Yum.xml
+++ b/en-US/Yum.xml
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ installonly_limit=3
<important
id="important-Disabling_plugins_is_not_advised-main_options">
<title>Disabling plugins is not advised</title>
- <para>Disabling all plugins is not advised because certain plugins provide important <command>Yum</command> services. In particular, <application>rhnplugin</application> enables connecting to <systemitem class="systemname">RHN Classic</systemitem>, and <application>product-id</application> and <application>subscription-manager</application> plugins enable connecting to certificate-based <systemitem class="systemname">Content Delivery Network</systemitem> (<acronym>CDN</acronym>). Disabling plugins globally is provided as a convenience option, and is generally only recommended when diagnosing a potential problem with <command>Yum</command>.</para>
+ <para>Disabling all plugins is not advised because certain plugins provide important <command>Yum</command> services. In particular, <application>rhnplugin</application> enables connecting to <systemitem class="systemname">RHN Classic</systemitem>, and <application>product-id</application> and <application>subscription-manager</application> plugins enable connecting to the certificate-based <systemitem class="systemname">Content Delivery Network</systemitem> (<acronym>CDN</acronym>). Disabling plugins globally is provided as a convenience option, and is generally only recommended when diagnosing a potential problem with <command>Yum</command>.</para>
</important>
<para>
<constant>1</constant> — Enable all <application>Yum</application> plugins globally. With <literal>plugins=1</literal>, you can still disable a specific <application>Yum</application> plugin by setting <literal>enabled=0</literal> in that plugin's configuration file. Refer to <xref
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ Loaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin, subscription-manager
<important
id="important-Disabling_plugins_is_not_advised-plugins">
<title>Disabling plugins is not advised</title>
- <para>Disabling all plugins is not advised because certain plugins provide important <command>Yum</command> services. In particular, <application>rhnplugin</application> enables connecting to <systemitem class="systemname">RHN Classic</systemitem>, and <application>product-id</application> and <application>subscription-manager</application> plugins enable connecting to certificate-based <systemitem class="systemname">Content Delivery Network</systemitem> (<acronym>CDN</acronym>). Disabling plugins globally is provided as a convenience option, and is generally only recommended when diagnosing a potential problem with <command>Yum</command>.</para>
+ <para>Disabling all plugins is not advised because certain plugins provide important <command>Yum</command> services. In particular, <application>rhnplugin</application> enables connecting to <systemitem class="systemname">RHN Classic</systemitem>, and <application>product-id</application> and <application>subscription-manager</application> plugins enable connecting to the certificate-based <systemitem class="systemname">Content Delivery Network</systemitem> (<acronym>CDN</acronym>). Disabling plugins globally is provided as a convenience option, and is generally only recommended when diagnosing a potential problem with <command>Yum</command>.</para>
</important>
<para>Every installed plugin has its own configuration file in the <filename>/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/</filename> directory. You can set plugin-specific options in these files. For example, here is the <application>security</application> plugin's <filename>security.conf</filename> configuration file:</para>
<example
@@ -1147,7 +1147,10 @@ whitelists=/lib/modules/kabi
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- This plugin manages product certificates for products installed from the Content Delivery Network. The <application>product-id</application> plugin is installed by default.
+ The <application>product-id</application> plugin manages product identity certificates for products installed from the Content Delivery Network. The <application>product-id</application> plugin is installed by default.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Refer to <xref linkend="structure-of-product-certificates" /> for more information about product certificates.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1180,7 +1183,7 @@ whitelists=/lib/modules/kabi
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- This plugin updates metadata for <application>PackageKit</application> whenever <command>yum</command> is run. The <application>refresh-packagekit</application> plugin is installed by default.
+ The <application>refresh-packagekit</application> plugin updates metadata for <application>PackageKit</application> whenever <command>yum</command> is run. The <application>refresh-packagekit</application> plugin is installed by default.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1195,10 +1198,10 @@ whitelists=/lib/modules/kabi
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- This plugin provides support for connecting to <systemitem class="systemname">RHN Classic</systemitem>. This allows systems registered with <systemitem class="systemname">RHN Classic</systemitem> to update and install packages from this system. The <application>rhnplugin</application> is installed by default.
+ The <application>rhnplugin</application> provides support for connecting to <systemitem class="systemname">RHN Classic</systemitem>. This allows systems registered with <systemitem class="systemname">RHN Classic</systemitem> to update and install packages from this system. Note that <systemitem class="systemname">RHN Classic</systemitem> is only provided for older &MAJOROS; systems (that is, &MAJOROS; 4.x, &MAJOROS; 5.x, and Satellite 5.x) in order to migrate them over to &MAJOROS; 6. The <application>rhnplugin</application> is installed by default.
</para>
<para>
- Refer to <command>man rhnplugin</command> for more information.
+ Refer to <command>man rhnplugin</command> for more information about the plugin. For more information about <systemitem class="systemname">RHN Classic</systemitem>, see <xref linkend="rhn-v-rhnclassic" />.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1270,7 +1273,10 @@ kernel-headers.x86_64 2.6.30.8-64.el6 rhel</screen>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- This plugin provides support for connecting to <systemitem class="systemname">Red Hat Network</systemitem>. This allows systems registered with <systemitem class="systemname">Red Hat Network</systemitem> to update and install packages from the certificate-based Content Delivery Network. The <application>subscription-manager</application> plugin is installed by default.
+ The <application>subscription-manager</application> plugin provides support for connecting to <systemitem class="systemname">Red Hat Network</systemitem>. This allows systems registered with <systemitem class="systemname">Red Hat Network</systemitem> to update and install packages from the certificate-based Content Delivery Network. The <application>subscription-manager</application> plugin is installed by default.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Refer to <xref linkend="entitlements" /> for more information how to manage product subscriptions and entitlements.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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