Chapter 2. What are the benefits and limitations of simple content access?
The foundational benefit of simple content access is that it offers a less restrictive and more flexible way to consume your Red Hat subscriptions. However, this flexibility does include some limitations.
2.1. Benefits
Simple content access enables a better experience with the tools that help you manage subscriptions. By removing the need to attach subscriptions at the system level, simple content access streamlines the process of registering systems, enabling repositories, and consuming content so that you can more easily install the products that you want where you want them.
2.2. Limitations
Although simple content access allows much more freedom in the consumption of your subscriptions, you should note the following limitations for content access:
Simple content access does not provide access to repositories that you have not previously purchased.
- For example, if you have subscriptions for RHEL only, simple content access does not provide access to any other Red Hat product subscription, such as a Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform subscription.
Simple content access does not provide access within Satellite to repositories that are not included in the subscription manifest. The subscription manifest contains the following information:
- A list of subscriptions and attached quantities.
- Metadata and certificates that Satellite uses to synchronize the repositories.
