4.2. Managing Organizations

4.2.1. Creating a New Organization

  1. Create the organization in Subscription Asset Manager.
    1. Hover over the Administer menu, and click the Organizations item.
    2. In the left column, click the + New Organization link.
    3. Fill in the name of the new organization, and optionally, a description. A label (internal identifier) is automatically created based on the name, but this can be edited.
    4. Click the Save button.
  2. Register the organization in the Customer Portal Subscription Management. There is a direct relationship between the organization in Subscription Asset Manager and the organization in the Red Hat account configuration.
    1. Log into the Customer Portal.
    2. Open the Subscriptions tab, hover over the Subscription Management item, and select the Subscription Management Applications item.
    3. In the Subscription Asset Manager Organizations tab, click the Register a Subscription Asset Manager Organization link.
    4. Fill in the required information for the new organization:
      • The name for the organization
      • The type of the organization; the options are supplied based on the available subscirpionts for the account
      • The version of the Subscription Asset Manager instance; the options are based on the available subscriptions for the account

      Note

      This name should correspond to the organization name set in Subscription Asset Manager.
    5. Click the Register button.
  3. In the Customer Portal, attach subscriptions to the organization, and download and import the manifest in the Subscription Asset Manager organization entry, as described in Section 4.4.2, “Managing Manifests for Organizations”.