What is the Red Hat Network Proxy?

The Red Hat Network (RHN) Proxy allows computers running UBLinux and Red Hat Linux to retrieve software updates over the University's network. To enable your computer to use the RHN Proxy to retrieve updates, register with UB's RHN proxy.

UB's RHN Proxy is dependent on the RHN servers running at RedHat. These servers occasionally are taken offline for maintenance, and during that time updates through RHN will be unavailable. You can subscribe to the RHN outage mailing list to receive notices when an outage is scheduled to occur.

NOTE: This page is for users running Red Hat Enterprise Linux at UB.

Capabilities of Red Hat Network

Besides individual system updates, Red Hat Network can be used to remotely update and administer systems registered with Red Hat Network. Systems are placed in groups with a unique activiation key so the system administrator(s) can log in to the RHN Website to schedule updates and other tasks.

For a more detailed description of Red Hat Network features and services.

System Requirements

Your computer must be running Red Hat Enterprise Linux and have an on-campus network (128.205.x.x) or UBVPN connection to use the RHN Proxy.

Additional Information

• Registering with UB's Red Hat Network Proxy
• Request UB RHN Entitlement Activation Key