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_ksrequires 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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