[rhn-users] Various RHN config options

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On 6/19/07, jef e <jef_umd at umd.umich.edu> wrote:
> So, the question is, is there any advantage to running a Proxy server
> over just using basic RHN, other than bandwidth issue (which is not an
> issue for us)? Does the proxy give you any more control over managing
> servers at all? What about Push updating? Can that be done with a Proxy?
> Is the management still handled on the RHN side or at the proxy?

Proxy servers work well for their main intended purpose, caching packages.

As far as I know they have no "pushing" capabilities. In addition to
what you get with RHN hosted a proxy server does support custom
channels for making non-RHEL packages available to your users via
up2date/yum and managing those packages within the RHN framework. This
has worked well for us until recently.

Normal management of machines and users is still all done via RHN at Red Hat.

One other often missed feature of a proxy server at an edu is the
included site subscription which to me is worth more than anything
else, but this must be weighed against your needs and inclination to
support systems not owned by your university. Some perhaps aren't even
allowed to do this by local regulations.

John