syspurpose

The syspurpose Kickstart command is optional. Use it to set the system purpose which describes how the system will be used after installation. This information helps apply the correct subscription entitlement to the system. Use this command only once.

Note
In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 and later you can manage and display system purpose attributes with the subscription-manager syspurpose module. The module includes the role, service-level, usage, and addons subcommands. Previously, system administrators used one of four standalone syspurpose commands to manage each attribute. This standalone syspurpose command is deprecated starting with RHEL 9.0 and is planned to be removed in post RHEL 9. Red Hat provides bug fixes and support for this feature during the current release lifecycle, but this feature does not receive enhancements. Starting with RHEL 9, the single subscription-manager syspurpose command and its associated subcommands is the only way to use system purpose. These changes only apply to the command line tools for system purpose configuration used on installed systems and do not influence the functionality of the syspurpose kickstart command.
Syntax

              syspurpose [OPTIONS]
Options
  • --role= - Set the intended system role. Available values are:
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node
  • --sla= - Set the Service Level Agreement. Available values are:
    • Premium
    • Standard
    • Self-Support
  • --usage= - The intended usage of the system. Available values are:
    • Production
    • Disaster Recovery
    • Development/Test
Notes
  • Enter the values with spaces and enclose them in double quotes: 
    syspurpose --role="Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server"
  • While it is strongly recommended that you configure System Purpose, it is an optional feature of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation program.
  • Additional values might be used based on how subscriptions are configured for the given account