| RHNREG_KS(8) | Red Hat, Inc. | RHNREG_KS(8) |
NAME¶
rhnreg_ks - A program for non interactively registering systems to Spacewalk Server, Red Hat Satellite or Red Hat Network Classic.
SYNOPSIS¶
rhnreg_ks [options]
DESCRIPTION¶
rhnreg_ks is a utility for registering a system with the "Spacewalk Server", "Red Hat Satellite" or "Red Hat Network Classic". It is designed to be used in a non-interactive environment (a kickstart style install, for example). All the information can be specified on the command line or stdin.
OPTIONS¶
- --profilename
- Specify the profile name that should be used as an identifier for the
system in Spacewalk Server, Red Hat Satellite or Red Hat Network Classic
- --username
- The username to register the system with under Spacewalk Server, Red Hat
Satellite or Red Hat Network Classic. This can be an existing Spacewalk,
Red Hat Satellite or Red Hat Network Classic username, or a new username.
- --systemorgid
- Specify an organizational id for this system
- --password
- The password associated with the username specified with the
--username option. This is an unencrypted password.
- --activationkey
- Specify/use a serial number to associate with the system. This is
optional, but activation keys can really simplify the registration
process. Learn more about activation keys in the online RHN documentation.
- --use-eus-channel
- Subscribe this system to the EUS channel tied to the system's
redhat-release
- --contactinfo
- This option has been deprecated. Please login to the server web user
interface and update your contactinfo.
- --nohardware
- Do not probe or upload any hardware information.
- --nopackages
- Do not profile or upload any package information.
- --novirtinfo
- Do not profile or upload any virtualization information.
- --norhnsd
- Do not start rhnsd after completion.
- --force
- Register the system even if it has already been registered.
- --version
- Show the version of rhnreg_ks.
- --proxy
- Specify a HTTP proxy to use.
- --proxyUser
- Specify a username to use with an authenticated HTTP proxy.
- --proxyPassword
- Specify a password to use with an authenticated HTTP proxy.
- --sslCACert
- Specify a path to a SSL CA certificate to use.
- --serverUrl
- Specify a URL to as the server.
- -v, --verbose
- Show additional output
- -h, --help
- Show a help message and exit.
FILES¶
- /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid
- The digital server ID for this machine if the system has been registered
onto "Spacewalk Server", "Red Hat
Satellite" or "Red Hat Network Classic". This
file does not exist otherwise.
- /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date
- The common configuration file used by RHN client programs.
EXAMPLES¶
Register a new system to Spacewalk / Red Hat Satellite / Red Hat Network Classic:
rhnreg_ks --profilename "example_profile_name" --username "someexampleuser" --password "foobar"
SEE ALSO¶
rhn_check(8), rhn_register(8), rhnsd(8), rhn-profile-sync(8), rhnplugin(8), up2date(5).
AUTHORS¶
See the AUTHORS file included with this software.
This manual page was written by Adrian Likins <alikins@redhat.com> and James Bowes <jbowes@redhat.com>
BUGS¶
Report bugs to <http://bugzilla.redhat.com>.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 1999-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
| 2011 February 4 | Linux |