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 |
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activationkey
-
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supply an activation key for use with registration
|
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channels
-
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Default:
[]
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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.
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nopackages
boolean
added in 2.5
|
|
If
yes , the registered node will not upload its installed packages information to Satellite server
|
password
-
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Red Hat Network password
|
|
profilename
-
added in 2.0
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supply an profilename for use with registration
|
|
server_url
-
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Default:
"Current value of I(serverURL) from C(/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date) is the default"
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Specify an alternative Red Hat Network server URL
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sslcacert
-
added in 2.1
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supply a custom ssl CA certificate file for use with registration
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state
-
|
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whether to register (
present ), or unregister (
absent ) a system
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systemorgid
-
added in 2.1
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supply an organizational id for use with registration
|
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username
-
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Red Hat Network username
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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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