Chapter 5. Managing subscriptions in the web console
You can manage your Red Hat product subscriptions in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 web console.
Prerequisites
- Your Red Hat Customer Portal or a subscription activation key.
5.1. Subscription management in the web console
The RHEL 8 web console provides an interface for using Red Hat Subscription Manager installed on your local system.
The Subscription Manager connects to the Red Hat Customer Portal and verifies available:
- Active subscriptions
- Expired subscriptions
- Renewed subscriptions
If you want to renew the subscription or get a different one on the Red Hat Customer Portal, you do not have to update the Subscription Manager data manually.
The Subscription Manager synchronizes data with the Red Hat Customer Portal automatically.
5.2. Registering subscriptions with credentials in the web console
You can register a newly installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux with your account credentials in the RHEL web console.
Prerequisites
A valid user account on the Red Hat Customer Portal.
See the Create a Red Hat Login page.
- An active subscription for your RHEL system.
You have installed the RHEL 8 web console.
For instructions, see Installing and enabling the web console.
Procedure
Log in to the RHEL 8 web console.
For details, see Logging in to the web console.
In the Health filed in the Overview page, click the Not registered warning, or click Subscriptions in the main menu to move to page with your subscription information.
- In the Overview field, click .
In the Register system dialog box, select Account to register by using your account credentials.
- Enter your username.
- Enter your password.
Optionally, enter your organization’s name or ID.
If your account belongs to more than one organization on the Red Hat Customer Portal, you must add the organization name or organization ID. To get the org ID, go to your Red Hat contact point.
- If you do not want to connect your system to Red Hat Insights, clear the Insights check box.
- Click .
5.3. Registering subscriptions with activation keys in the web console
You can register a newly installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux with an activation key in the RHEL web console.
Prerequisites
- An activation key of your Red Hat product subscription.
You have installed the RHEL 8 web console.
For instructions, see Installing and enabling the web console.
Procedure
Log in to the RHEL 8 web console.
For details, see Logging in to the web console.
In the Health field on the Overview page, click the Not registered warning, or click Subscriptions in the main menu to move to the page with your subscription information.
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- In the Overview filed, click .
In the Register system dialog box, select Activation key to register using an activation key.
- Enter your key or keys.
Enter your organization’s name or ID.
To get the organization ID, go to your Red Hat contact point.
- If you do not want to connect your system to Red Hat Insights, clear the Insights check box.
- Click .
