rhn_register - Manage Red Hat Network registration using the rhnreg_ks command

Author:James Laska

Synopsis

New in version 1.2.

Manage registration to the Red Hat Network.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
activationkey no
    supply an activation key for use with registration
    channels no
      Optionally specify a list of comma-separated channels to subscribe to upon successful registration.
      password no
        Red Hat Network password
        server_url no Current value of I(serverURL) from C(/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date) is the default
          Specify an alternative Red Hat Network server URL
          state no present
          • present
          • absent
          whether to register (present), or unregister (absent) a system
          username no
            Red Hat Network username

            Note

            Requires rhnreg_ks

            Examples


            # Unregister system from RHN.
            - rhn_register: state=absent username=joe_user password=somepass
            
            # Register as user (joe_user) with password (somepass) and auto-subscribe to available content.
            - rhn_register: state=present username=joe_user password=somepass
            
            # Register with activationkey (1-222333444) and enable extended update support.
            - rhn_register: state=present activationkey=1-222333444 enable_eus=true
            
            # Register as user (joe_user) with password (somepass) against a satellite
            # server specified by (server_url).
            - rhn_register: >
                state=present
                username=joe_user
                password=somepass
                server_url=https://xmlrpc.my.satellite/XMLRPC
            
            # Register as user (joe_user) with password (somepass) and enable
            # channels (rhel-x86_64-server-6-foo-1) and (rhel-x86_64-server-6-bar-1).
            - rhn_register: state=present username=joe_user
                            password=somepass
                            channels=rhel-x86_64-server-6-foo-1,rhel-x86_64-server-6-bar-1

            Note

            In order to register a system, rhnreg_ks requires either a username and password, or an activationkey.