Configuration issue when setting up a single-node cluster on AWS RHEL

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As part of an investigation into openshift, I am trying to set up a single node openshift cluster on an AWS RHEL 8 EC2 instance. I am trying to configure the subscription manager on this instance and even though I have my RedHat customer account 'simple content access for subscription management' enabled, I get the following when trying to attach any subscription pool available,

subscription-manager attach --pool=2c948b67857d2c470185810544d62665
Ignoring request to attach. It is disabled for org "16633586" because of the content access mode setting

Any suggestions on how to resolve?

GS
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Sadashiva Murthy M's picture Expert 1267 points
10 January 2023 10:42 AM

Hello Gerard Savage,

With Simple Content Access mode enabled there is no need run the subscription-manager attach` command. It just needs to be registered. For more details, visit this FAQ site: https://access.redhat.com/articles/simple-content-access#how-do-i-enable-simple-content-access-for-red-hat-subscription-management-2

NOTE commands to attach subscriptions (such as subscription-manager attach --auto and/or subscription-manager attach --pool <$POOLID>) are obsolete and no longer required.

Hope this helps.

GS Newbie 15 points
13 January 2023 2:08 PM

Thanks for this. I probably should have have given more context initially. When I subsequently try , 'subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-ansible-2.9-rpms' then it responds 'Repositories disabled by configuration.'

I had assumed this was because I had failed to attach successfully. So I guess my question changes to: How do I enable Repositories, I can't find an explicit option where I have disabled them. Is this a default setting?

thanks