Red Hat SummitChapter 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 a system by using the web console
Subscriptions cover products installed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including the operating system itself. If you have not registered the system, you have no access to the RHEL repositories. You cannot install software updates such as security, bug fixes. Even if you have a self-support subscription, it grants access to the knowledge base while more resources remain unavailable in the lack of subscriptions. You can register a newly installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux with account credentials in the Red Hat web console.
Prerequisites
- You have an active subscription of the RHEL system.
You have installed the RHEL 8 web console.
For instructions, see Installing and enabling the web console.
Procedure
- Open https://<ip_address_or_hostname>:9090 in a browser, and log 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 page with your subscription information.
- In the Overview field, click .
In the Register system dialog, select the registration method.
Optional: 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 ID. To get the organization ID, check with your Technical Account Manager at Red Hat.
- If you do not want to connect your system to Red Hat Insights, clear the Insights checkbox.
- Click .
Verification
- Check details of your subscription in the Hybrid Cloud Console.
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 .
