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3.8. Automating Satellite Proxy Server Installation

To automate some of the process of installing Satellite Proxy on your systems, the configure-proxy.sh script allows administrators to create answer files that contain predetermined responses to prompts in the installation program.
The following is an example answer file that contains predetermined answers related to version number, the Satellite Server that serves as the parent server, SSL, and other configuration parameters. See the configure-proxy.sh manual page (man configure-proxy.sh) for more information about creating and using answer files. 
# example of answer file for configure-proxy.sh
# for full list of possible option see
# man configure-proxy.sh

VERSION=5.8
RHN_PARENT=satellite.example.com
TRACEBACK_EMAIL=jsmith@example.com
USE_SSL=1
SSL_ORG="Red Hat"
SSL_ORGUNIT="Satellite"
SSL_CITY=Raleigh
SSL_STATE=NC
SSL_COUNTRY=US
ENABLE_SCOUT=N
CA_CHAIN=/usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT
POPULATE_CONFIG_CHANNEL=Y
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Use the --answer-file option with the configure-proxy.sh script to use an answer file to help automate your Satellite Proxy installation, as shown in the following example. Replace the example answers_file.txt file name with the path to your answer file. 
# configure-proxy.sh --answer-file=/path/to/answers_file.txt
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