This appendix contains the default values for the variables in the /etc/rhn/rhn.conf configuration file and whether or not they are required variables. If the variable is listed as not required, the default value is acceptable.
Default Value:
Required: Yes
Default Value: 5
Required: No
Default Value: 15
Required: No
Default Value:
Required: No
Default Value: 5
Required: No
Default Value: 15
Required: No
Default Value: redirect_machine.mycompany.com/XMLRPC_REDIRECT
Required: Yes, if requiring a proper secure connect via an RHN Proxy SSL Redirect Server (strongly encouraged)
Default Value: 127.0.0.1:8080
Required: No, unless the HTTP proxy caching server (Squid) resides on a different machine
Default Value:
Required: No
Default Value:
Required: No
Default Value: 127.0.0.1
Required: No, unless the RHN Authentication Daemon resides on a different machine
Default Value: 9999
Required: No, unless the RHN Authentication Daemon is configured to use a different port
Default Value: /var/up2date/packages
Required: No
Default Value:
Required: No
Default Value: 5
Required: No
Default Value: xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC
Required: No
Default Value:
Required: No, unless the redirect must pass through a corporate http proxy gateway.
Default Value:
Required: No
Default Value:
Required: No
Default Value: /usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT
Required: No
Default Value: xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XP
Required: No
Default Value:
Required: No, unless the package manager must pass through a corporate http proxy gateway.
Default Value:
Required: No
Default Value:
Required: No
Default Value: /usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT
Required: No
Default Value:
Required: No
Default Value: 5
Required: No
Default Value: 9999
Required: No
Default Value: 127.0.0.1, localhost
Required: No, unless the RHN Authentication Daemon is not local to the RHN Proxy Broker Server.
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