Chapter 4. Configuring automatic registration and management
You can automatically register your systems with Red Hat by using an activation key for the image. You can add an activation key to the image during the image building process. For that, follow the steps to enabling automatic registration with the Red Hat Remote Host Configuration (rhc) client.
Prerequisites
- You must have a Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console account.
- You must have a Remote Host Configuration and Management org ID and activation key for your RHEL subscription. If you have Organization Administrator access for your account, you can set up an activation key at the Activation keys page.
- You started to create a new OSTree image in the Hybrid Cloud Console. See Building a RHEL image with custom repositories.
Procedure
In the Activation Keys page, perform the following steps:
From the Activation key to use for this image dropdown menu, select one activation key to use for the image from your Organization ID.
No activation keys found - If you do not have an activation key from your Organization ID, you can choose the "default activation key", a preset key with the basic configuration, by completing the following step:
Click the Create activation key button. The Select activation key dropdown menu enables the "activation-key-default".
Manage the activation key by accessing Activation keys. You can edit the System Purpose, the Workload, and also add Additional repositories.
- Click Next.
After you register a RHEL for Edge device, it is not automatically removed after a period of inactivity. If you want to unregister and remove the device from the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console, you must unregister your device to remove it. To unregister the device, go to the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console and click Red Hat Insights > Inventory > Images, find your system device, select it, and click Delete.
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