[rhn-users] proxying redhat updates
Hiren Patel
patelhn at telkom.co.za
Mon Jun 4 12:17:04 UTC 2007
ah okay i found the configuration option. sorry for posting too early
before checking up on this.
useNoSSLForPackages[comment]=Use the noSSLServerURL for package, package
list, and header fetching
useNoSSLForPackages=0
thanks.
On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 13:38 +0200, Miroslav Suchý wrote:
> Hiren Patel wrote:
> > would a standard proxy like squid cache update packages from redhat if a
> > machine was pointed to use it as a proxy? we currently use up2date with
> > SSL and i am therefore suspecting that the rpms themselves are getting
> > cached by the proxy, can anyone confirm this?
>
> Yes, you can use normal proxy (like squid) to cache rpms. You can do it
> by editing file /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date and change this options:
> enableProxy[comment]=Use a HTTP Proxy
> enableProxy=0
> enableProxyAuth[comment]=To use an authenticated proxy or not
> enableProxyAuth=0
> httpProxy[comment]=HTTP proxy in host:port format, e.g.
> squid.redhat.com:3128
> httpProxy=
>
> But normal proxy will not cache as much as RHN Proxy.
> E.g: When you use normal proxy, rpms during kickstart is not cached.
>
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Hiren Patel
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