Offline repo subscription usage term

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Dear Experts,

When we create and offline repo from a server that have valid subscription does the client that are using these offline repo will need a valid subscription too? does it legal by law to use the the offline repo for a production machine (non-mission critical) that does not have a subscription from terms and condition point of view? (self support)

I could not found anything of the lisense agreement, if there is please point me to the right direction!

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Thanks!

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Hi Nor,

Yes - all clients that are using these Red Hat offline repositories will need to have a valid subscription too ... of course.
Whether accessing the repos online or offline doesn't matter at all - using the software requires a valid subscription. :)

Regards,
Christian

Hi Christian,

Thank you for the reply, so the next question will be how does redhat actually keep track on systems that using these offline repos? I guess they can't unless they are on-prem to do the auditing right?

Regards Idzuwan

Sorry Idzuwan, I don't understand what you mean ... Red Hat checks every system that connects to the servers if it has a valid subscription attached ... if it has, everything is okay - if not, then not ... :)

Regards,
Christian

To apply updates you should have a valid subscription. There is nothing to stop you from applying updates in the manner you suggest, and there is no mechanism to track what updates you apply to a system in this case.

So it's the "honor system" that Red Hat uses for a case like this.

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