Chapter 4. Managing Subscriptions

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, ensure the context is set to the organization you want to use.
2. Navigate to Content > Subscriptions and click Manage Manifest.
3. In the Manage Manifest window, click Browse.
4. Navigate to the location that contains the Subscription Manifest file, then click Open. If the Manage Manifest window does not close automatically, click Close to return to the Subscriptions window.

For CLI Users

1. Copy the Subscription Manifest file from your client to Satellite Server:

   $ scp ~/manifest_file.zip root@satellite.example.com:~/.

2. Log in to Satellite Server as the root user and import the Subscription Manifest file:

   # hammer subscription upload \
   --file ~/manifest_file.zip \
   --organization "organization_name"

1. In the Satellite web UI, ensure the context is set to the organization you want to use.
2. Navigate to Content > Subscriptions.
3. In the Subscriptions window, click the Search field to view the list of search criteria for building your search query.
4. Select search criteria to display further options.
5. When you have built your search query, click the search icon.

1. In the Satellite web UI, ensure the context is set to the organization you want to use.
2. Navigate to Content > Subscriptions.
3. In the Subscriptions window, click Add Subscriptions.
4. On the row of each subscription you want to add, enter the quantity in the Quantity to Allocate column.
5. Click Submit.

1. In the Satellite web UI, ensure the context is set to the organization you want to use.
2. Navigate to Content > Subscriptions.
3. On the row of each subscription you want to remove, select the corresponding check box.
4. Click Delete, and then confirm deletion.

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, ensure the context is set to the organization you want to use.
2. Navigate to Content > Subscriptions.
3. In the Subscriptions window, click Manage Manifest.
4. In the Manage Manifest window, click Refresh.

1. In the Satellite web UI, ensure the context is set to the organization you want to use.
2. Navigate to Hosts > Content Hosts.
3. On the row of each content host whose subscription you want to change, select the corresponding check box.
4. From the Select Action list, select Manage Subscriptions.
5. Optionally, enter a key and value in the Search field to filter the subscriptions displayed.
6. Select the check box to the left of the subscriptions that you want to add or remove and click Add Selected or Remove Selected as required.
7. Click Done to save the changes.

For CLI Users

1. Connect to Satellite Server as the root user, and then list the available subscriptions:

   # hammer subscription list \
   --organization-id 1

2. Attach a subscription to the host:

   # hammer host subscription attach \
   --host host_name \
   --subscription-id subscription_id

1. In the Satellite web UI, ensure the context is set to the organization you want to use.
2. Navigate to Hosts > Content Hosts.
3. On the row of each content host whose subscription you want to change, select the corresponding check box.
4. From the Select Action list, select Manage Subscriptions.
5. Optionally, enter a key and value in the Search field to filter the subscriptions displayed.
6. Select the check box to the left of the subscriptions to be added or removed and click Add Selected or Remove Selected as required.
7. Click Done to save the changes.