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 string | Supply an activation key for use with registration. | |
ca_cert path added in 2.1 | Supply a custom ssl CA certificate file for use with registration. aliases: sslcacert | |
channels list | Default: [] | Optionally specify a list of channels to subscribe to upon successful registration. |
enable_eus boolean |
| If no , extended update support will be requested. |
nopackages boolean added in 2.5 |
| If yes , the registered node will not upload its installed packages information to Satellite server. |
password string | Red Hat Network password. | |
profilename string added in 2.0 | Supply an profilename for use with registration. | |
server_url string | Specify an alternative Red Hat Network server URL. The default is the current value of serverURL from /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date . | |
state string |
| Whether to register ( present ), or unregister (absent ) a system. |
systemorgid string added in 2.1 | Supply an organizational id for use with registration. | |
username string | Red Hat Network username. |
Notes
Note
- This is for older Red Hat products. You probably want the redhat_subscription module instead.
- In order to register a system,
rhnreg_ks
requires either a username and password, or an activationkey.
Examples
- name: Unregister system from RHN rhn_register: state: absent username: joe_user password: somepass - name: Register as user with password and auto-subscribe to available content rhn_register: state: present username: joe_user password: somepass - name: Register with activationkey and enable extended update support rhn_register: state: present activationkey: 1-222333444 enable_eus: yes - name: Register with activationkey and set a profilename which may differ from the hostname rhn_register: state: present activationkey: 1-222333444 profilename: host.example.com.custom - name: Register as user with password against a satellite server rhn_register: state: present username: joe_user password: somepass server_url: https://xmlrpc.my.satellite/XMLRPC - name: Register as user with password and enable channels 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 not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors
- James Laska (@jlaska)
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