Chapter 4. Setting up the test environment

Procedure

1. Use your RHN credentials to register your system using Red Hat Subscription Management:

   # subscription-manager register

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2. Display the list of available subscriptions for your system:

   # subscription-manager list --available*

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   Search for the subscription that provides the Red Hat Certification (for RHEL Server) repository and make a note of the subscription and its Pool ID.

3. Attach the subscription to your system:

   # subscription-manager attach --pool=<pool_ID>

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   Replace the pool_ID with the Pool ID of the subscription.

4. Subscribe to the Red Hat Certification channel:

   • On RHEL 8:

     # subscription-manager repos --enable=cert-1-for-rhel-8-<HOSTTYPE>-rpms

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     Replace HOSTTYPE with the system architecture. To find out the system architecture, run

     uname -m

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     Example:

     # subscription-manager repos --enable=cert-1-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms

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   • On RHEL 9:

     # subscription-manager repos --enable=cert-1-for-rhel-9-<HOSTTYPE>-rpms

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     Replace HOSTTYPE with the system architecture. To find out the system architecture, run

     uname -m

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     Example:

     # subscription-manager repos --enable=cert-1-for-rhel-9-x86_64-rpms

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5. Install the certification RPMs.

   • Only on RHEL 9

     # yum install redhat-certification

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6. Install OpenStack test suite package:

   yum install redhat-certification-baremetal

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