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rhn_register - Manage Red Hat Network registration using the rhnreg_ks command

Synopsis

Manage registration to the Red Hat Network.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • rhnreg_ks

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
        profilename
        (added in 2.0)
        		 no
          supply an profilename for use with registration
          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
            sslcacert
            (added in 2.1)
            		 no None
              supply a custom ssl CA certificate file for use with registration
              state
              		 no present
              • present
              • absent
              whether to register (present), or unregister (absent) a system
              systemorgid
              (added in 2.1)
              		 no None
                supply an organizational id for use with registration
                username
                		 no
                  Red Hat Network username

                  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 with activationkey (1-222333444) and set a profilename which may differ from the hostname.
- rhn_register: state=present activationkey=1-222333444 profilename=host.example.com.custom

# 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

                  Notes

                  Note

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

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