The software described in this documentation is either no longer supported or is in extended support.
Oracle recommends that you upgrade to a current supported release.
A Spacewalk proxy acts as an intermediary between Spacewalk clients and a Spacewalk server. The main purposes of a Spacewalk proxy are to mitigate the loading on the Spacewalk server and to reduce the download times for Spacewalk clients.
This chapter describes how to install or upgrade a Spacewalk proxy.