Originally posted by: bobrobin

SUMA works great for my servers with access to the internet/9.x.x.x network, but I also have servers on additional networks that cannot reach the internet/9.x.x.x. Is there a way to setup a local SUMA server for those servers without access to the internet/9.x.x.x network?

-Bobby Robins-
bobrobin@us.ibm.com
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Originally posted by: gxw

I'm also interested in setting up a suma satellite which then becomes the "Fix Central" for all my other machines - can this be done. 2 years have passed since Bobby's question so surely there must now be some Best Practice collateral out there for doing this??
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Originally posted by: grukrz1

I use two independent options:

• ssh tunneling through the host having access to the internet
• setting up internet proxy in suma (you have to have internet proxy in your network)

eg.

1. suma -c|grep PROXY

HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy1:8080/
HTTPS_PROXY=http://proxy1:8080/
FTP_PROXY=

you can also use authentication but the password is not hidden on 'suma -c' output, eg.

HTTP_PROXY=http://user:password@proxy1:8080/
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Originally posted by: gxw

Thanks for that - I'm actually using the proxy already.

I was more interested in the creation of a suma "satellite" within my network so that the latest patches can be downloaded once to that, then all the other servers on the network can get them from there rather than flooding the network with duplication.

There are plenty of sources of information on how to set this up in e.g. a RHEL environment, but I can't find any Best Practice docs for this concept in AIX.
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