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6.5.2. Using Activation Keys from the Command Line
Activation keys for Subscription Asset Manager are configured before the system is ever created or added to the inventory, and the activation keys are passed as part of registering the system.
- Install the configuration RPM to configure Red Hat Subscription Manager to point to the Subscription Asset Manager instance. For example:
[root@server ~]# rpm -ivh http://sam.example.com/pub/candlepin-cert-consumer-latest.noarch.rpm
- Then, run the
registercommand with the--activationkeyparameter to attach the configured subscriptions.[root@server ~]# subscription-manager register --username=jsmith --password=secret --org="IT Dept" --activationkey=abcd1234
If there are multiple organizations — or even if there is only a single organization but it is possible for there to be multiple ones — it is still necessary to specify the organization for the system. That information is not defined in the activation key.
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