
When packages are initially uploaded, they can be assigned to a custom channel, multiple
custom channels, or no channel at all. Refer to Chapter 6, Uploading and Maintaining Custom
Packages for instructions. Once uploaded, packages may be reassigned between custom
channels and the No Channels repository.
These functions are made available by clicking the Channels tab in the top navigation bar and
then Manage Software Channels on the left navigation bar. In the Software Channel
Management page, click the name of the channel to receive packages.
In the Managed Software Channel Details page, click the Packages tab and then the Add
subtab. To associate packages with the channel being edited, select the option now containing
the packages from the View dropdown menu and click View. Packages already associated with
the channel being edited are not displayed. Packages not assigned to a specific channel are
found in the Packages in no channels menu item. Selecting All managed packages presents
all available packages.
After clicking View, the package list for the selected option appears. Note that the page header
still lists the channel being edited. In the package list, select the checkboxes of the packages to
be assigned to the edited channel and click Add Packages at the bottom-right corner of the
page. A confirmation page appears with the packages listed. Click Confirm to associate the
packages with the channel. The List/Remove subtab of the Managed Software Channel
Details page then appears with the new packages listed.
Once packages are assigned to a channel, the errata cache is updated to reflect the changes.
This update is delayed briefly so that users may finish editing a channel before all of the
changes are made available. To initiate your changes to the cache manually, click the commit
your changes immediately link within the text at the top of the List/Remove subtab.
7. Cloning Software Channels
RHN Satellite Server Channel Administrators also have the ability to clone software channels for
easy package association. Cloning offers you a complete replica of another channel, enabling
you to immediately associate appropriate packages and errata with a custom software channel.
To access this functionality, click the Channels tab on the top navigation bar, then the Manage
Software Channels on the left navigation bar. This takes you to the Software Channel
Management page. To begin cloning, click clone channel at the top-right corner.
You are immediately presented with three cloning options: current state of the channel, original
state of the channel, or select errata. These options are described fully on the webpage itself
but are summarized as:
• Current state of the channel — All of the errata and all of the latest packages now in the
target channel.
• Original state of the channel — All of the original packages from the target channel but
none of the errata or associated update packages.
• Select Errata — All of the original packages from the target channel with the ability to
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