Chapter 2. Registering the system and managing subscriptions
Subscriptions cover products installed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including the operating system itself.
You can use a subscription to Red Hat Content Delivery Network to track:
- Registered systems
- Products installed on your systems
- Subscriptions attached to the installed products
2.1. Registering the system after the installation
Use the following procedure to register your system if you have not registered it during the installation process already.
Prerequisites
- A valid user account in the Red Hat Customer Portal.
- See the Create a Red Hat Login page.
- An active subscription for the RHEL system.
- For more information about the installation process, see Interactively installing RHEL from installation media.
Procedure
Register and automatically subscribe your system in one step:
# subscription-manager register --username <username> --password <password> --auto-attach Registering to: subscription.rhsm.redhat.com:443/subscription The system has been registered with ID: 37to907c-ece6-49ea-9174-20b87ajk9ee7 The registered system name is: client1.idm.example.com Installed Product Current Status: Product Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 Status: Subscribed
The command prompts you to enter your Red Hat Customer Portal user name and password.
If the registration process fails, you can register your system with a specific pool. For guidance on how to do it, proceed with the following steps:
Determine the pool ID of a subscription that you require:
# subscription-manager list --available
This command displays all available subscriptions for your Red Hat account. For every subscription, various characteristics are displayed, including the pool ID.
Attach the appropriate subscription to your system by replacing pool_id with the pool ID determined in the previous step:
# subscription-manager attach --pool=pool_id
To register the system with Red Hat Insights, you can use the rhc connect
utility. See Setting up remote host configuration.
2.2. 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 9 web console.
For instructions, see Installing and enabling the web console.
Procedure
Log in to the RHEL 9 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.
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 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 .
2.3. Registering a system using Red Hat account on GNOME
Follow the steps in this procedure to enroll your system with your Red Hat account.
Prerequisites
A valid account on Red Hat customer portal.
See the Create a Red Hat Login page for new user registration.
Procedure
Open the system menu, which is accessible from the upper-right screen corner, and click Settings.
-
Go to
. If you are not using the Red Hat server:
- In the Registration Server section, select Custom Address.
- Enter the server address in the URL field.
- In the Registration Type section, select Red Hat Account.
In the Registration Details section:
- Enter your Red Hat account user name in the Login field.
- Enter your Red Hat account password in the Password field.
- Enter the name of your organization in the Organization field.
- Click .
2.4. Registering a system using an activation key on GNOME
Follow the steps in this procedure to register your system with an activation key. You can get the activation key from your organization administrator.
Prerequisites
Activation key or keys.
See the Activation Keys page for creating new activation keys.
Procedure
Open the system menu, which is accessible from the upper-right screen corner, and click Settings.
-
Go to
. If you are not using the Red Hat server:
- In the Registration Server section, select Custom Address.
- Enter the server address in the URL field.
- In the Registration Type section, select Activation Keys.
Under Registration Details:
Enter your activation keys in the Activation Keys field.
Separate your keys by a comma (
,
).- Enter the name or ID of your organization in the Organization field.
- Click .