4.13.4. Changing the Subscription Server

The Subscription Manager usually connects to the subscription service, and the public server is configured in the rhsm.conf file. The subscription service connection settings are in the [server] section of the configuration file.

Open the Subscription Manager configuration file.
```
vim /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf
```
Change the settings in the [server] section that relate to the subscription service connection. All parameters are described in Table 4.7, “rhsm.conf Parameters”. There are three parameters directly related to the connection:
- hostname for the IP address or fully-qualified domain name of the machine
- prefix for the subscription service directory
- port for the subscription service port
```
[server]
hostname=entitlements.server.example.com
prefix=/candlepin
port=8443
```