I heard that yum server will only work with RHN subscription. I am planning to buy 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Self-support (up to 1 guest) $349/socket-pair' as I need something to install more software through yum. I am aiming for RHCE exam and that's why need this.The current evaluation version does not allow yum updates.Is it worth spending this much money and will the above subscription help me? (I have got training for RHEL 5). I have to use RHEL 6 to train for the RHCE exam.

You can always set up your own yum repository using mrepo or satellite if you just want to learn. If you're not going to pick up the phone and use their tech support I wouldn't pay.


Home or for work?

Personally I would use CentOS (free of charge to use) to study for the exam.

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I would test that assumption that you really do have to pay $349 for a software product to take some exam ... that there is not some "educational" alternative.

As for whether-or-not an RHN subscription is "worth it," yeah, I think that it is. Red Hat took the approach that customers need a high level of packaging-support and bug-fixing support (and so on), and that a revenue-based model was necessary in order to provide that. They certainly appear to have been successful, both at providing that level of service and at (thereby...) attracting and retaining a large number of customers.

Even though "$349" sounds like a gulp! price ... it's much less money than I get paid in one day. For a service that could easily (and profitless-ly) consume many days of my time.

Can you tell me how to set-up mrepo or satellite in RHEL6?

Path names,file-names in CentOS would be different from RHEL 6, wouldn't they? I need to use RHEL 6 for preparing for the RHCE exam.

I downloaded RHEL 6 evaluation version from the redhat website, but the yum-server which gets the updates does not work with the eval. version. Are you aware of any educational version of RHEL 6? I can't see anything on the website....

No, they are the same. CentOS is a pure RHEL clone, down the the MD5 of most of the non artwork packages. All they do is remove the name "RedHat" and the logo. It is indented to be 100% compatible in everyway with RHEL.

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the desktop
https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/desktop/
there is a $49
but the server ( headless desktop mostly ) is $349

CentOS 6 is free ( no 6.1 )
ScientificLinux 6.1 and 6.x( rolling) is free

I have not set up either in RHEL6 but here is some documentation to get you started.


http://sysadkodigo.blogspot.com/2010...ith-mrepo.html


And I got the name wrong. Its spacewalk.

https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToInstall

Thanks, you are right. I installed CentOS and Yum server is working fine with that and I can use yum install through the internet without subscribing to RHN.

Thanks, you are right. I installed CentOS and Yum server is working fine with that and I can use yum install through the internet without subscribing to RHN. I can use it to study for RHCE exam.