Architecture

The system architecture of the ZENworks Linux management server is shown in 

Figure A 25. The server consists of an application running on top of a database 

and using a http/https interface to communicate. The http/https interface runs the 

Web interface for management on one side and is used by the client to 

communicate with the server. The server can also be managed through the 

rcman

 command line interface.

The client runs the 

rcd

 daemon. This daemon can be controlled by either the 

rug

command line interface or the 

red carpet

 GUI application.

Figure A 25   ZENworks Linux management architecture

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Concepts

In this section we describe some of the concepts used in the RHN/satellite 

server. These concepts include:

Machine

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Reproduced with permission from  

ZENworks Linux Management 6.5 Administrator's 

Guide

  (

http://www.novell.com/products/zenworks/linuxmanagement/

)

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