rhnreg_ks (8) Linux Manual Page
rhnreg_ks – A program for non interactively registering systems to Red Hat Satellite.
Synopsis
rhnreg_ks [options]
Description
rhnreg_ks is a utility for registering a system with the "Red Hat Satellite". 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 Red Hat Satellite
- –username
- The username to register the system with under Red Hat Satellite. This can be an existing Red Hat Satellite username, or a new username.
- –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.
- –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.
- -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 "Red Hat Satellite". 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 Red Hat Satellite:
-
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 [at] redhat.com> and James Bowes <jbowes [at] 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.