1.3.6. Enabling Configuration Management on Systems

The following requirements need to be met before configuration management can be enabled on systems:

Target systems need a provisioning entitlement. See the Systems chapter for the procedure on how to add a provisioning entitlement to a system.
A subscription to the Red Hat Satellite Tools channel. See the Systems chapter for the procedure on how to change a child channel.

Log in as Channel Administrator or Satellite Administrator.
Click on Configuration.
On the right-hand frame marked as Configuration Actions, click Enable Configuration Management on Systems.
Select systems to enable.
Schedule the package installation of the rhcfg-* packages. Select a time for these configuration packages to be installed.
Click Enable Red Hat Satellite Configuration Management.
Open a terminal console on the individual systems or remotely login as root. The following actions need to be performed:
1. Run this command to complete the pending rhncfg-* package installation:
```
# rhn_check
```
2. Run the following command to enable Red Hat Network actions:
```
# rhn-actions-control --enable-all
```