rhn_register – Manage Red Hat Network registration using the rhnreg_ks command¶
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- rhnreg_ks
- either libxml2 or lxml
Parameters¶
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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