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rhn_channel - Adds or removes Red Hat software channels

Synopsis

Adds or removes Red Hat software channels

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • none

Options

parameter required default choices comments
name
 yes
    name of the software channel
    password
    		 yes
      the user's password
      state
      		 no present
        whether the channel should be present or not
        sysname
        		 yes
          name of the system as it is known in RHN/Satellite
          url
          		 yes
            The full url to the RHN/Satellite api
            user
            		 yes
              RHN/Satellite user

              Examples

              - rhn_channel: name=rhel-x86_64-server-v2vwin-6 sysname=server01 url=https://rhn.redhat.com/rpc/api user=rhnuser password=guessme

              Notes

              Note

              this module fetches the system id from RHN.

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