2.2.2. Activate

The Activation screen allows you to select various details of your registration. If you have a subscription number, enter it in the appropriate field. If not, select the Use one of my existing, active subscriptions radio button.

In the Connect Your System option group, select whether to send a hardware or software profile.

After creating a username and password for your Red Hat Network account, the Red Hat Update Agent probes your system for the following information:

The software System Profile consists of a list of RPM packages for which you wish to receive notifications. The Red Hat Update Agent displays a list of all RPM packages listed in the RPM database on your system and then allows you to customize the list by deselecting packages.

To see the details of the information gathered from your system, click the Details button next to the profile. When finished, click OK. If you uncheck the box to the left of the profile, that information is not sent to RHN.

Click Forward to send the information to RHN.

Figure 2.7, “Sending System Profile to Red Hat Network” shows the progress bar displayed as the System Profile is sent.