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After logging into the website of Red Hat Network, the first page to appear is Your RHN. This page contains important information about your systems, including summaries of system status, actions, and Errata Alerts.
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If you are new to the RHN website, it is recommended that you read Section 6.1 Navigation to become familiar with the layout and symbols used throughout the website. |
The top of the page shows how many systems need attention, provides a link to quickly view those systems, and displays a summary of scheduled actions. Refer to Section 6.4.2 Systems for information on using the Systems pages.
The System Summary section of Your RHN page provides the following information:
Total Systems — Number of total systems that you have registered for your organization.
Out of Date Systems — Number of registered systems that have applicable Errata Alerts that have not been applied.
Unentitled Systems — Number of systems that are not entitled.
Ungrouped Systems — Each system may be a member of one or more groups. The number of ungrouped systems refers to systems that are not yet members of any system group.
Inactive Systems — Number of systems that have not checked into RHN for 24 hours or more. Refer to Section 6.4.2.5 Inactive for details.
The Action Summary section provides the following information about events scheduled in the past week:
Recently Failed Actions — Number of scheduled actions that did not succeed.
Pending Actions — Number of scheduled actions that have not yet been completed.
Recently Completed Actions — Number of scheduled actions that succeeded.
The System Groups section gives you
access to the groups of systems you establish. Clicking on the
links in this section takes you to the System Group
Details pages. Refer to Section 6.4.3.3 System Group Details — 
for more information.
The Errata section lists all and relevant Errata Alerts. You may toggle between All and Relevant by clicking the View All or View Relevant link at the top of the table. This view is retained until you toggle it by again clicking the link.
Relevant Errata are those derived from software channels to which your systems are subscribed. They refer to versions of packages that are newer than those installed on the systems. To go to a complete list of applicable Errata Alerts for your systems stored in the Errata category, click View All Relevant Errata in the bottom right-hand corner.
You can return to this page by clicking Your RHN on the left navigation bar.
The Your Account page allows you to modify your personal information, such as name, password, and title. To modify any of this information, make the changes in the appropriate text fields and click the Update button in the bottom right-hand corner.
Remember, if you change your Red Hat Network password (the one used to log into RHN and redhat.com), you will not see your new one as you type it for security reasons. Also for security, your password is represented by 12 asterisks no matter how many characters it actually contains. Replace the asterisks in the Password and Password Confirmation text fields with your new password.
The Addresses page allows you to manage your mailing, billing and shipping addresses, as well as the associated phone numbers. Just click Edit this address below the address to be modified, make the changes, and click Update Address.
The email address listed in the Your Account page is the address to which Red Hat Network sends email notifications if you select to receive Errata Alerts or daily summaries for your systems on the Your Preferences page.
To change your preferred email address, click Change Email in the left navigation bar. You are then asked for the new email address. Enter it and click the Update button. A confirmation email is sent to the new email address; responding to the confirmation email validates the new email address. Note that false email addresses such as those ending in "@localhost" are filtered and rejected.
The Account Deactivation page provides a means to cancel your Red Hat Network service. Click the Deactivate Account button to disable your account. The web interface returns you to the login screen. If you attempt to log back in, an error message advises you to contact the Organization Administrator for your organization. Note that if you are the only Organization Administrator for your organization, you are unable to deactivate your account.
The Your Preferences page allows you to configure Red Hat Network options, including:
Email Notifications — Determine whether you want to receive email every time an Errata Alert is applicable to one or more systems in your RHN account.
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This setting also enables Management and Provisioning customers to receive a daily summary of system events. These include actions affecting packages, such as scheduled Errata Updates, system reboots, or failures to check in. In addition to selecting this checkbox, you must identify each system to be included in this summary email. (By default, all Management and Provisioning systems are included in the summary.) This can be done either individually through the System Details page or for multiple systems at once through the System Set Manager interface. Note that RHN sends these summaries only to verified email addresses. To disable all messages, simply deselect this checkbox. |
RHN List Page Size — Maximum number of items that appear in a list on a single page. If more items are in the list, clicking the Next button displays the next group of items. This preference applies to system lists, Errata lists, package lists, and so on.
Time Zone — Set your time zone so that scheduled actions are scheduled according to the time in your time zone.
Red Hat Contact Options — Identify what ways (email, phone, fax, or mail) Red Hat may contact you.
After making changes to any of these options, click the Save Preferences button in the bottom right-hand corner.
The Purchase History page provides a link to the main Red Hat site, where you can view your subscription status, contract numbers for purchases, pricing information, subscription purchase and expiration dates.
