RedHat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) - Developers License
I currently have a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite subscription and I am building out a home lab for learning purposes and certification. The question I have is there a developers license for RedHat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) or that includes RHEV?
If not is there a cost effective RHEV license I can purchase for a home lab environment so I can learn RHEV in my home lab environment? I currently have KVM set up on my RHEL 7.x server and run my VM's on that and would like to convert that environment to a RedHat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) environment as we are considering moving to RHEV were I work. I understand it has 30-60 license, I would like something more permanent so I dont have to continually tear down/rebuild my environment.
I am looking for something simular to VMware's VMUG subscription on the Red Hat side that would include RHEV or License it. Thanks in advance!
Responses
Dave,
I have raised this exact issue in the past and it is a point of constant frustration for me. I ended up using the 30 day license for RHEV, but for other products there is little option other than their upstream sources (eg. For Satellite I used Foreman, Satellite beta and now have access to the 'real thing' on customer site, Red Hat Storage I haven't found a decent option for so haven't bothered with it).
I find it difficult because I interface with multiple businesses and Red Hat always come back with "have the customer request access to the trial through sales". Most of the time it is when I am personally PoC'ing the product to provide guidance to the client before they invest in their own money/resources into a formal PoC (at which point they request a trial license formally through sales channels). No one likes a consultant that chargers the business to learn on the job!
Basically what I would like to see is a Red Hat MSDN equivalent so admins/engineers can get some exposure to Red Hat's wider ecosystem for PoC purposes.