| SYSPURPOSE(8) | System Manager's Manual | SYSPURPOSE(8) |
NAME¶
syspurpose - Set the intended purpose for this system
SYNOPSIS¶
syspurpose [COMMAND] [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION¶
Syspurpose is a utility for viewing and modifying system purpose properties.
The properties (hints) set by syspurpose are passed to a Red Hat subscription management entitlement server (Customer Portal or Satellite 6) to help attach the most appropriate subscriptions to the system automatically. The entitlement server also reports whether the attached subscriptions match the specified system purpose. Satisfying system purpose properties depends greatly on the quantity, availability, and subscription SKU offerings that have been purchased for the organization that the system is registered to.
The set, unset, add, and remove subcommands modify the local system purpose, and when possible will report the updated settings to the Red Hat subscription management entitlement server (Customer Portal or Satellite 6). The show command displays the current system purpose.
COMMANDS¶
- syspurpose set-role VALUE
- Set the role property
- syspurpose unset-role VALUE
- Clear the role property
- syspurpose set-sla VALUE
- Set the service level agreement property
- syspurpose unset-sla VALUE
- Clear the service level agreement property
- syspurpose set-usage VALUE
- Set the system usage property
- syspurpose unset-usage VALUE
- Clear the system usage property
- syspurpose add-addons VALUE...
- Add values to the add-ons property
- syspurpose remove-addons VALUE...
- Remove values from the add-ons property
- syspurpose show VALUE
- Show the current system purpose properties
Generic Commands¶
The following generic commands can be used as well
- syspurpose set PROPERTY VALUE
- Set the value for a specific property. E.g. syspurpose set usage foo is functionally identical to syspurpose set-usage foo.
- syspurpose unset PROPERTY
- Clears the value for a specific property. E.g. syspurpose unset foo is functionally identical to syspurpose unset-usage.
- syspurpose add PROPERTY VALUE
- Add a value to a specific list property. E.g. syspurpose add addons foo bar is identical to syspurpose add-addons foo bar.
- syspurpose remove PROPERTY VALUE
- Clear a value from a specific list property. E.g. syspurpose remove
addons foo bar is identical to syspurpose remove-addons foo
bar.
Only "addons" acts as a list property. The other properties only accept a single value.
OPTIONS¶
- --help
- Display a summary of the available commands
EXAMPLES¶
- syspurpose set-role "RHEL Server"
- Indicate that this system should consume a RHEL Server subscription:
- syspurpose unset-role
- Clear a previously set role
BUGS¶
This tool is part of Red Hat Subscription Manager. To file bugs against this command-line tool, go to <https://bugzilla.redhat.com>, and select Red Hat > Red Hat Enterprise Linux > subscription-manager.
AUTHOR¶
Chris Snyder <csnyder@redhat.com>
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2018 Red Hat, Inc.