Chapter 10. Configuring System Purpose
System administrators use System Purpose to record the intended use of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 system by the organization. When you set a system’s purpose, the entitlement server receives information that helps auto-attach a subscription that satisfies the intended use of the system. This section describes how to configure System Purpose using Kickstart.
Benefits include:
- In-depth system-level information for system administrators and business operations.
- Reduced overhead when determining why a system was procured and its intended purpose.
- Improved customer experience of Subscription Manager auto-attach as well as automated discovery and reconciliation of system usage.
10.1. Overview
You can enter System Purpose data in the following ways:
- During image creation.
- During installation using the graphical user interface.
- Using Kickstart automation scripts.
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Using the
syspurposecommand-line tool.
You can configure the following components:
Role:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client/Desktop
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node
Service Level Agreement:
- Premium
- Standard
- Self-Support
Usage:
- Production
- Disaster Recovery
- Development/Test
Additional resources
- For more information about Image Builder, see the Composing a customized RHEL system image document.
- For more information about Kickstart, see the Performing an advanced RHEL installation document.
- For more information about Subscription Manager, see the Using and Configuring Red Hat Subscription Manager document.
10.2. Configuring System Purpose in a Kickstart file
Follow the steps in this procedure to use the syspurpose command to configure System Purpose in a Kickstart configuration file.
While it is strongly recommended that you configure System Purpose, it is an optional feature of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation program. If you want to enable System Purpose after the installation completes, you can do so using the syspurpose command-line tool.
The following actions are available:
- role
Set the intended role of the system. This action uses the following format:
syspurpose --role=
The assigned role can be:
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server -
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation -
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client/Desktop -
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node
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- SLA
Set the intended SLA of the system. This action uses the following format:
syspurpose --sla=
The assigned sla can be:
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Premium -
Standard -
Self-Support
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- usage
Set the intended usage of the system. This action uses the following format:
syspurpose --usage=
The assigned usage can be:
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Production -
Disaster Recovery -
Development/Test
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