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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
Register your system with the Content Delivery Network, entering your Customer Portal user name and password when prompted:
# subscription-manager register
Find the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ServerandRed Hat Virtualizationsubscription pools and record the pool IDs:# subscription-manager list --available
Use the pool IDs to attach the subscriptions to the system:
# subscription-manager attach --pool=poolidNoteTo view currently attached subscriptions:
# subscription-manager list --consumed
To list all enabled repositories:
# yum repolist
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-rpmsFor 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-rpmsFor 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-rpmsEnsure that all packages currently installed are up to date:
# yum update
- Reboot the machine.