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.