rhsm

Role Name

This role is used to manage Red Hat subscriptions of the target hosts.

Requirements

1. A valid Red Hat subscription, either directly with redhat.com or through the use of Red Hat Satellite

Role Variables

See Example Inventory below for more specific details. At a high level, the following variables need to be defined:

variable	info	required?
rhsm_username	Username used to register to access.redhat.com	yes if username/password is used
rhsm_password	Password used to register to access.redhat.com	yes if username/password is used
rhsm_server_hostname	The Satellite hostname/FQDN used for registration	yes if Satellite registration is used
rhsm_activationkey	The Satellite activationkey used for registration	yes if Satellite registration is used
rhsm_org_id	The Satellite organization ID used for registration	yes if Satellite registration is used
rhsm_pool	The subscription pool name used for registration	no
rhsm_repos	A list of repositories to enable	no
rhsm_force_register	Set to 'yes' to force a unregister/clean + re-registration	no

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

    - hosts: servers
      roles:
      - role: rhsm

Example Inventory

When using Satellite:

rhsm_server_hostname: 'sat.example.com'
rhsm_org_id: 'my-org'
rhsm_activationkey: 'my-org-key'

rhsm_repos:
 - "rhel-7-server-rpms"
 - "rhel-7-server-extras-rpms"

When using access.redhat.com:

rhsm_username: 'my-username'
rhsm_password: 'my-password'

rhsm_repos:
 - "rhel-7-server-rpms"
 - "rhel-7-server-extras-rpms"

License

Apache License 2.0

Author Information

Red Hat Community of Practice & staff of the Red Hat Open Innovation Labs.