rhn_register - Manage Red Hat Network registration using the rhnreg_ks command
Synopsis
- Manage registration to the Red Hat Network.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- rhnreg_ks
- either libxml2 or lxml
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
activationkey | Default: None | supply an activation key for use with registration |
channels | Default: [] | Optionally specify a list of comma-separated channels to subscribe to upon successful registration. |
enable_eus | Default: no | If true, extended update support will be requested. |
nopackages (added in 2.5) | Default: no | If true, the registered node will not upload its installed packages information to Satellite server |
password | Default: None | Red Hat Network password |
profilename (added in 2.0) | Default: None | supply an profilename for use with registration |
server_url | Default: Current value of I(serverURL) from C(/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date) is the default | Specify an alternative Red Hat Network server URL |
sslcacert (added in 2.1) | Default: None | supply a custom ssl CA certificate file for use with registration |
state |
| whether to register ( present ), or unregister (absent ) a system |
systemorgid (added in 2.1) | Default: None | supply an organizational id for use with registration |
username | Default: None | Red Hat Network username |
Notes
Note
- In order to register a system, rhnreg_ks requires either a username and password, or an activationkey.
Examples
# Unregister system from RHN. - rhn_register: state: absent username: joe_user password: somepass # Register as user (joe_user) with password (somepass) and auto-subscribe to available content. - rhn_register: state: present username: joe_user password: somepass # Register with activationkey (1-222333444) and enable extended update support. - rhn_register: state: present activationkey: 1-222333444 enable_eus: true # Register with activationkey (1-222333444) and set a profilename which may differ from the hostname. - rhn_register: state: present activationkey: 1-222333444 profilename: host.example.com.custom # Register as user (joe_user) with password (somepass) against a satellite # server specified by (server_url). - rhn_register: state: present username: joe_user password: somepass' server_url: https://xmlrpc.my.satellite/XMLRPC # Register as user (joe_user) with password (somepass) and enable # channels (rhel-x86_64-server-6-foo-1) and (rhel-x86_64-server-6-bar-1). - rhn_register: state: present username: joe_user password: somepass channels: rhel-x86_64-server-6-foo-1,rhel-x86_64-server-6-bar-1
Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Author
- James Laska
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