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¶
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
activationkey
-
|
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
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
-
|
Red Hat Network password
|
|
profilename
-
added in 2.0 |
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 |
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 |
supply an organizational id for use with registration
|
|
username
-
|
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 not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors¶
- James Laska
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