16.2. Registering your system using the subscription manager
You can register your Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription by using the command line to get software updates and access Red Hat services.
For an improved and simplified experience registering your hosts to Red Hat, use the RHC client. The RHC client registers your system to Red Hat making your system ready for Red Hat Lightspeed data collection and enabling direct issue remediation from Red Hat Lightspeed for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. For more information, see information, see RHC registration.
Prerequisites
- You have an active, non-evaluation Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription.
- Your Red Hat subscription status is verified.
- You have successfully installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux and logged into the system as root.
Procedure
- Open a terminal window as a root user.
Register your Red Hat Enterprise Linux system by using the activation key:
# subscription-manager register --activationkey=<activation_key_name> --org=<organization_ID>When the system is successfully registered, an output similar to the following is displayed:
The system has been registered with ID: 62edc0f8-855b-4184-b1b8-72a9dc793b96