Activate your subscription

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform uses available subscriptions or a subscription manifest to allow the use of Ansible Automation Platform.

To obtain a subscription, you can do either of the following:

  1. Use your Red Hat username and password, service account credentials, or Satellite credentials when you launch Ansible Automation Platform.
  2. Upload a subscriptions manifest file either using the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform interface or manually in an Ansible Playbook.

Activate with credentials
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Activate your Ansible Automation Platform subscription at first launch using Red Hat service account credentials or a personal login. This retrieves and imports the license, granting access to Red Hat content and entitlement services.

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Note

You are opted in for Automation Analytics by default when you activate the platform on first login. This helps Red Hat improve the product by delivering you a much better user experience. You can opt out after activating Ansible Automation Platform by taking the following steps:

  1. From the navigation panel, select Settings > Automation Execution > System.
  2. Clear the Gather data for Automation Analytics option.
  3. Click Save.

Procedure
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  1. Log in to Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
  2. Select the Service Account tab in the subscription wizard.
  3. Enter your Client ID and Client secret.
  4. Select your subscription from the Subscription list.
    Note

    You can also enter your Satellite username and password in the Satellite tab if your cluster nodes are registered to Satellite through Subscription Manager.
  5. Review the End User License Agreement and select I agree to the End User License Agreement.
  6. Click Finish.

Results
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After your subscription has been accepted, subscription details are displayed. A status of Compliant indicates your subscription is in compliance with the number of hosts you have automated within your subscription count. Otherwise, your status shows as Out of Compliance, indicating you have exceeded the number of hosts in your subscription. Other important information displayed include the following:

Hosts automated
Host count automated by the job, which consumes the license count
Hosts imported
Host count considering all inventory sources (does not impact hosts remaining)
Hosts remaining
Total host count minus hosts automated

Activate with a manifest file
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If you have a subscriptions manifest, you can upload the manifest file by using the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform interface.

Before you begin
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You must have a Red Hat subscription manifest file exported from the Red Hat Customer Portal. For more information, see Obtaining a manifest file.

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Note

You are opted in for Automation Analytics by default when you activate the platform on first login. This helps Red Hat improve the product by delivering you a much better user experience. You can opt out after activating Ansible Automation Platform by taking the following steps:

  1. From the navigation panel, select Settings > Automation Execution > System.
  2. Clear the Gather data for Automation Analytics option.
  3. Click Save.

Procedure
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  1. Log in to Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
    1. If you are not immediately taken to the subscription wizard, go to Settings > Subscription.
  2. Select the Subscription manifest tab.
  3. Click Browse and select your manifest file.
  4. Review the End User License Agreement and select I agree to the End User License Agreement.
  5. Click Finish.
    Note

    If the BROWSE button is disabled on the subscription wizard page, clear the USERNAME and PASSWORD fields.

Results
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After your subscription has been accepted, subscription details are displayed. A status of Compliant indicates your subscription is in compliance with the number of hosts you have automated within your subscription count. Otherwise, your status shows as Out of Compliance, indicating you have exceeded the number of hosts in your subscription. Other important information displayed include the following:

Hosts automated
Host count automated by the job, which uses the subscription count
Hosts imported
Host count considering all inventory sources (does not impact hosts remaining)
Hosts remaining
Total host count minus hosts automated

What to do next
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  • You can return to the subscription wizard by selecting Settings > Subscription from the navigation panel and clicking Edit subscription.