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6.2. Enabling the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Host Repositories

To use a Red Hat Enterprise Linux machine as a host, you must register the system with the Content Delivery Network, attach the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server and Red Hat Virtualization subscriptions, and enable the host repositories.

Procedure

  1. Register your system with the Content Delivery Network, entering your Customer Portal user name and password when prompted: 

    # subscription-manager register

  2. Find the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server and Red Hat Virtualization subscription pools and record the pool IDs: 

    # subscription-manager list --available

  3. Use the pool IDs to attach the subscriptions to the system: 

    # subscription-manager attach --pool=poolid
    Note

    To view currently attached subscriptions: 

    # subscription-manager list --consumed

    To list all enabled repositories: 

    # yum repolist

  4. Configure the repositories: 

    # subscription-manager repos \
    --disable='*' \
    --enable=rhel-7-server-rpms \
    --enable=rhel-7-server-rhv-4-mgmt-agent-rpms \
    --enable=rhel-7-server-ansible-2.9-rpms

    For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 hosts, little endian, on IBM POWER8 hardware: 

    # subscription-manager repos \
    --disable='*' \
    --enable=rhel-7-server-rhv-4-mgmt-agent-for-power-le-rpms \
    --enable=rhel-7-for-power-le-rpms

    For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 hosts, little endian, on IBM POWER9 hardware: 

    # subscription-manager repos \
    --disable='*' \
    --enable=rhel-7-server-rhv-4-mgmt-agent-for-power-9-rpms \
    --enable=rhel-7-for-power-9-rpms

  5. Ensure that all packages currently installed are up to date: 

    # yum update
  6. Reboot the machine.