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rhel-common
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This element contains the common installation steps between RHEL os releases.
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RHEL Registration
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This element provides functionality for registering RHEL images during the
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image build process with the disk-image-create script from diskimage-builder.
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The RHEL image will register itself with either the hosted Red Hat Customer
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Portal or Satellite to enable software installation from official
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repositories. After the end of the image creation process, the image will
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unregister itself so an entitlement will not be decremented from the account.
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SECURITY WARNING:
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While the image building workflow will allow you to register with a username
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and password combination, that feature is deprecated in the boot process via
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Heat as it will expose your username and password in clear text for anyone
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that has rights to run heat stack-show. A compromised username and password
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can be used to login to the Red Hat Customer Portal or an instance of
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Satellite. An activation key can only be used for registration purposes using
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the subscription-manager command line tool and is considered a lower security
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risk.
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IMPORTANT NOTE:
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The 00-rhsm script is specific to RHEL6. If you use the REG_ variables to
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use with RHEL7, you do not need to set any DIB_RHSM variables. The scripts
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named with "rhel-registration" have not been developed or tested for RHEL6.
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For information on building RHEL6 images, please see the rhel element README.
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Environment Variables For Image Creation
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The following environment variables are used for registering a RHEL instance
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with either the Red Hat Customer Portal or Satellite 6.
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#### REG\_ACTIVATION\_KEY
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Attaches existing subscriptions as part of the registration process. The
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subscriptions are pre-assigned by a vendor or by a systems administrator
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using Subscription Asset Manager.
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#### REG\_AUTO\_ATTACH
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Automatically attaches the best-matched compatible subscription. This is
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good for automated setup operations, since the system can be configured
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in a single step.
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#### REG\_BASE\_URL
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Gives the hostname of the content delivery server to use to receive updates.
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Both Customer Portal Subscription Management and Subscription Asset Manager
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use Red Hat's hosted content delivery services, with the URL
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https://cdn.redhat.com. Since Satellite 6 hosts its own content, the URL
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must be used for systems registered with Satellite 6.
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#### REG\_ENVIRONMENT
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Registers the system to an environment within an organization.
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#### REG\_FORCE
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Registers the system even if it is already registered. Normally, any register
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operations will fail if the machine is already registered.
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#### REG\_HALT\_UNREGISTER
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At the end of the image build process, the element runs a cleanup script that
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will unregister it from the system it registered with. There are some cases
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when building an image where you may want to stop this from happening so you
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can verify the registration or to build a one off-image where the boot-time
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registration will not be enabled. Set this value to '1' to stop the
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unregistration process.
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#### REG\_MACHINE\_NAME
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Sets the name of the system to be registered. This defaults to be the same as
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the hostname.
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#### REG\_METHOD
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Sets the method of registration. Use "portal" to register a system with the
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Red Hat Customer Portal. Use "satellite" to register a system with Red
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Hat Satellite 6. Use "disable" to skip the registration process.
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#### REG\_ORG
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Gives the organization to which to join the system.
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#### REG\_POOL\_ID
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The pool ID is listed with the product subscription information, which is
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available from running the list subcommand of subscription-manager.
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#### REG\_PASSWORD
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Gives the password for the user account.
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#### REG\_RELEASE
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Sets the operating system minor release to use for subscriptions for the
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system. Products and updates are limited to that specific minor release
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version. This is used only used with the REG_AUTO_ATTACH option. Possible
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values for this include 5Server, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 6.1,...6.6, 7.0.
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It will change over time as new releases come out. There are also variants
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6Server, 6Client, 6Workstation, 7Server, etc.
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#### REG\_REPOS
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A single string representing a list of repository names separated by a
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comma (No spaces). Each of the repositories in this string are enabled
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through subscription manager. Once you've attached a subscription, you can
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find available repositories by running subscription-manager repos --list.
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#### REG\_SERVER\_URL
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Gives the hostname of the subscription service to use. The default is
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for Customer Portal Subscription Management, subscription.rhn.redhat.com.
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If this option is not used, the system is registered with Customer Portal
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Subscription Management.
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#### REG\_SERVICE\_LEVEL
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Sets the service level to use for subscriptions on that machine. This
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is only used with the REG_AUTO_ATTACH option.
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#### REG\_USER
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Gives the content server user account name.
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#### REG\_TYPE
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Sets what type of consumer is being registered. The default is system, which
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is applicable to both physical systems and virtual guests. Other types include
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hypervisor for virtual hosts, person, domain, rhui, and candlepin for some
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subscription management applications.
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Image Build Registration Examples
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To register with Satellite 6, a common example would be to set the following
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variables:
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REG_SAT_URL='http://my-sat06.server.org'
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REG_ORG='tripleo'
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REG_ENV='Library'
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REG_USER='tripleo'
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REG_PASSWORD='tripleo'
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REG_METHOD=satellite
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To register with the Red Hat Customer Portal, a common example would be to
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set the following variables:
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REG_REPOS='rhel-7-server-optional-rpms,rhel-7-server-extras-rpms'
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REG_AUTO_ATTACH=true
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REG_USER='tripleo'
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REG_PASSWORD='tripleo'
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REG_METHOD=portal
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Configuration
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Heat metadata can be used to configure the rhel-common element.
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rh_registration:
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activation_key:
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# Attaches existing subscriptions as part of the registration
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# process. The subscriptions are pre-assigned by a vendor or by
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# a systems administrator using Subscription Asset Manager.
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auto_attach: 'true'
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# Automatically attaches the best-matched compatible subscription.
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# This is good for automated setup operations, since the system can
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# be configured in a single step.
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base_url:
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# Gives the hostname of the content delivery server to use to
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# receive updates. Both Customer Portal Subscription Management
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# and Subscription Asset Manager use Red Hat's hosted content
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# delivery services, with the URL https://cdn.redhat.com. Since
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# Satellite 6 hosts its own content, the URL must be used for
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# systems registered with Satellite 6.
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environment:
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# Registers the system to an environment within an organization.
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force:
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# Registers the system even if it is already registered. Normally,
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# any register operations will fail if the machine is already
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# registered.
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machine_name:
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# Sets the name of the system to be registered. This defaults to be
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# the same as the hostname.
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org:
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# Gives the organization to which to join the system.
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password:
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# DEPRECATED
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# Gives the password for the user account.
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release:
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# Sets the operating system minor release to use for subscriptions
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# for the system. Products and updates are limited to that specific
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# minor release version. This is only used with the auto_attach
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# option.
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repos:
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# A single string representing a list of repository names separated by a
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# comma (No spaces). Each of the repositories in this string are enabled
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# through subscription manager.
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satellite_url:
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# The url of the Satellite instance to register with. Required for
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# Satellite registration.
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server_url:
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# Gives the hostname of the subscription service to use. The default
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# is for Customer Portal Subscription Management,
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# subscription.rhn.redhat.com. If this option is not used, the system
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# is registered with Customer Portal Subscription Management.
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service_level:
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# Sets the service level to use for subscriptions on that machine.
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# This is only used with the auto_attach option.
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user:
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# DEPRECATED
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# Gives the content server user account name.
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type:
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# Sets what type of consumer is being registered. The default is
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# "system", which is applicable to both physical systems and virtual
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# guests. Other types include "hypervisor" for virtual hosts,
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# "person", "domain", "rhui", and "candlepin" for some subscription
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# management applications.
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method:
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# Sets the method of registration. Use "portal" to register a
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# system with the Red Hat Customer Portal. Use "satellite" to
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# register a system with Red Hat Satellite 6. Use "disable" to
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# skip the registration process.
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Configuration Registration Examples
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------------------------------------
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To register with Satellite 6, a common example would be to use the following
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metadata:
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{
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"rh_registration":{
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"satellite_url": "http://my-sat06.server.org",
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"org": "tripleo",
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"environment": "Library",
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"activation_key": "my-key-SQQkh4",
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"method":"satellite"
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"repos": "rhel-ha-for-rhel-7-server-rpms"
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}
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}
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To register with the Red Hat Customer Portal, a common example would be to
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use the following metadata:
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{
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"rh_registration":{
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"repos":"rhel-7-server-optional-rpms,rhel-7-server-extras-rpms",
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"auto_attach":true,
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"activation_key": "my-key-SQQkh4",
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"org": "5643002",
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"method":"portal"
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}
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}
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