SYNOPSIS

rhnreg_ks [options]

DESCRIPTION

rhnreg_ks is a utility for registering a system with the RHN 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 RHN Satellite, Red Hat Network Classic

--username

The username to register the system with under RHN Satellite or Red Hat Network Classic. This can be an existing RHN Satellite or Red Hat Network Classic 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 RHN 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 Red Hat Network Classic:

rhnreg_ks --profilename "example_profile_name" --username "someexampleuser" --password "foobar"

Register a new system to Red Hat Network Classic with contact info:

rhnreg_ks --profilename "example_profile_name" --username "someexampleuser" --password "foobar" --contactinfo < contactinfo
where the file "contactinfo" contains data in the format:
first_name: Billy
last_name: Bob
company: SomeCompanyName
city: Springfield
fax: 555-5555
phone: 555-5555

AUTHORS

See the AUTHORS file included with this software.

This manual page was written by Adrian Likins <[email protected]> and James Bowes <[email protected]>

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.