Subscription-manager using local repo

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HI
We have redhat linux 5,6,7 servers. I am moving them all to subscription manager, and am almost done.

Our network/firewall group is complaining that these machine, of which quite a few are phi/restricted network machines, now require opening to port 443 to allow the Subscription-manager yum connections using 443/cert access

Our firewalls do not allow rules based upon wildcards, like *.redhat.com, etc.

So, I must be missing something, but somehow there MUST be a way, like satellite used to do, to store repositories locally, and use a canned package to point to those repositories rather than the redhat ones, so these machines can make local connections.

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After reading some more, the real question is 'does satellite 6 work with subscription-manager?' I am assuming so, Can someone confirm?

Hello, Satellite 6 supports the use of Subscription Manager, but it has to be a version later than 1.10 for activation keys to work with the --org option.[1]

[1] Host Configuration Guide Automated Host Registration with Activation Keys

WRT updates from the Red Hat CDN through your firewall based on IP addresses:

For a list of IP addresses used by the Red Hat CDN (cdn.redhat.com), see the Knowledgebase article Public CIDR Lists for Red Hat and What is the IP address range for 'subscription.rhn.redhat.com' on the Red Hat Customer Portal.

Just in case someone reads this looking for info on using local repos, see "Importing Content ISOs into a Disconnected Satellite" and " Importing Content ISOs into a Connected Satellite" in the Content Management Guide.

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