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ISSUE
- How to register a new
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
system to the Customer Portal usingRed Hat Subscription-Manager
- How to un-register a system using
Red Hat Subscription-Manager
- How to register a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
server to a specific subscription using its pool-id - How to update or migrate registered server from
RHN Classic
toRHSM
? - What is Subscription-Manager and how do I register a RHEL system so that I can install packages or updates with yum?
- How do I register my system to
RHSM
using Subscription-Manager, to be able to install packages usingyum
? - We are not able to install the packges from yum, how to register a system to
RHSM
to access the packages? - I'm trying to find
rhn_register
with RHEL 7.0 but it's missing. How do I register a RHEL7 server for updates? - How to register with rhsm
ENVIRONMENT
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 5.7 and newer
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 6.1 and newer
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 7.0 and newer
- Red Hat Subscription Management
- Red Hat Subscription-Manager
- Red Hat Customer Portal
RESOLUTION
Red Hat Subscription Management allows users to track their subscription quantity and consumption.
NOTE: With Red Hat Subscription-Manager, registration and utilization of a subscription is actually a two-part process.
First register a system, then apply a subscription.
First register a system, then apply a subscription.
Register and automatically subscribe in one step
Use the following command to register the system, then automatically associate any available subscription matching that system:
# subscription-manager register --username <username> --password <password> --auto-attach
If the command is unable to attach a subscription, it will indicate that in the output. Then, you can attach the subscription from the Customer Portal, instead (see the next section).
Register first, then attach a subscription in the Customer Portal
Use the following command to register a system without immediately attaching a subscription:
# subscription-manager register
Attach a specific subscription through the Customer Portal
After registration, you can to assign a subscription to the registered system from the Customer Portal by referring this article.
- After this, refresh the information on your machine using the following command. Be sure to run this any time you add or change the attached subscription from the Customer Portal:
# subscription-manager refresh
Attach a subscription from any available that match the system
After registration, use the following command to attach any available subscription that matches the current system.
# subscription-manager attach --auto
Register with a specific pool
After registration, use the following command to attach a subscription from a specific pool:
# subscription-manager attach --pool=<POOL_ID>
Note: With subscription-manager-1.1.9-1 or later, attach option has been replacing the
subscribe
option. For more information, please refer to following article: RHBA-2013-0350
If you are not sure of the pool ID needed, these and details such as expiration dates can be viewed using the following command:
# subscription-manager list --available --all
Registration via GUI
# subscription-manager-gui
- Systems can also be registered with Customer Portal Subscription Management during the firstboot process or as part of the kickstart setup (both described in the Installation Guide)
Unregistering a system
# subscription-manager remove --all
# subscription-manager unregister
# subscription-manager clean
- For additional instructions on registering, unregistering, and reregistering a system using Red Hat Subscription Management, for more information please refer to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Deployment Guide and Red Hat Subscription Management documentation.