```ruby
require 'date'

require 'xmlrpc/client'
require 'rhn_satellite/common/misc'
require 'rhn_satellite/common/debug'
require 'rhn_satellite/connection/handler'
require 'rhn_satellite/connection/base'
require 'rhn_satellite/common/collection'

require 'rhn_satellite/activation_key'
require 'rhn_satellite/api'
require 'rhn_satellite/channel'
require 'rhn_satellite/channel_software'
require 'rhn_satellite/channel_access'
require 'rhn_satellite/system'
require 'rhn_satellite/systemgroup'
require 'rhn_satellite/packages'

if File.exists?(file=File.expand_path('~/.satellite.yaml')) || File.exists?(file='/etc/satellite.yaml')
  require 'yaml'
  global_options = YAML.load_file(file)
  RhnSatellite::Connection::Handler.default_hostname = global_options['hostname']
  RhnSatellite::Connection::Handler.default_username = global_options['username']
  RhnSatellite::Connection::Handler.default_password = global_options['password']
end
```

Introduce default_https. This gives us the possibility to configure if https should be used to connect to the satellite.
user
```ruby
require 'date'

require 'xmlrpc/client'
require 'rhn_satellite/common/misc'
require 'rhn_satellite/common/debug'
require 'rhn_satellite/connection/handler'
require 'rhn_satellite/connection/base'
require 'rhn_satellite/common/collection'

require 'rhn_satellite/activation_key'
require 'rhn_satellite/api'
require 'rhn_satellite/channel'
require 'rhn_satellite/channel_software'
require 'rhn_satellite/channel_access'
require 'rhn_satellite/system'
require 'rhn_satellite/systemgroup'
require 'rhn_satellite/packages'

if File.exists?(file=File.expand_path('~/.satellite.yaml')) || File.exists?(file='/etc/satellite.yaml')
  require 'yaml'
  global_options = YAML.load_file(file)
  RhnSatellite::Connection::Handler.default_hostname = global_options['hostname']
  RhnSatellite::Connection::Handler.default_username = global_options['username']
  RhnSatellite::Connection::Handler.default_password = global_options['password']
  RhnSatellite::Connection::Handler.default_https = global_options['https']  
end
```
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