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Hi,

I recently signed up for RHEL Developer subscription and downloaded RHEL Server. At first, I ended up installing the OS as a VirtualBox guest at work because that's where I had initially downloaded the ISO. Then I thought that it needed to be installed on regular hardware but wanted it to be mobile. It's now installed on a laptop.

I didn't receive any warnings when installing on the laptop, like 'Hey, you've already installed this OS once in a VM!' or something like that. So I read through some online documentation but it still didn't make sense where and how many times I can install the free to developers RHEL.

  1. Can I keep it installed at both my work VM and my laptop?

  2. Can I install it onto a tower while still using on my laptop and the VM?

  3. If number 3 is not allowed, can I stop using the VM install and install onto a tower PC and still use both laptop and tower installs?

Thank you.

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Jamie Bainbridge's picture Red Hat Guru 7257 points
17 June 2018 11:04 PM

The RHEL Developer Suite subscription (part number RH2262474) gives you a single entitlement to install RHEL on a single system. We are not concerned whether the system is physical or virtual.

If you want to install on more than one system, you should buy an entitlement for each system.

So if you want to have a VM, a laptop, and a tower system, you should own three of the RH2262474 entitlements.

If you have one Developer Suite entitlement, you will only be able to register one system to the package repositories. Only that registered system will be able to get updates and any additional software at all. The other systems will fail registration because you don't have enough entitlements for them.

Once you get into the paid offerings, we do differentiate between physical and virtual installs for some entitlements. You'll notice "Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Virtual Datacenters" (RH00002) allows unlimited virtual installs. It becomes economical to buy that if you have 4 or more VMs.

ir. Jan Gerrit Kootstra's picture Guru 6222 points
18 June 2018 7:09 AM

Hi Jamie,

Be aware that naming prices can cause confusion. Prices may differ per region.

Red Hat Enterprise for Virtual Datacenters is a different suite, Developer Suite contains some extra development products.

Regards,

Jan Gerrit Kootstra

Jamie Bainbridge's picture Red Hat Guru 7257 points
18 June 2018 10:08 PM

Good point, that is after all why I use the part numbers :) I'll remove the reference to price from my post.

Christian Labisch's picture Guru 9710 points
18 June 2018 9:10 AM

Hi Hector,

In case you are talking about the free no-cost developer edition, it is a little bit complicated (still). If your subscription is 'older',
let's say a few months, then you can install the system on one physical machine and additionally on up to 100 virtual machines.
But things have changed : If your subscription is newer and you signed up to the current T&C's in the last weeks, you can install
the system on one physical and additionally on up to 15 virtual machines. This information I received from customer support. :)

Regards,
Christian

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