How to register a RHEL system to Red Hat Satellite 5.x Server ?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.6
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.7
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.8

Issue

  • How to register RHEL system to Red Hat Satellite 5.8 Server?
  • How to register RHEL system to Red Hat Satellite 5.7 Server?
  • Why can't my RHEL7 register to Red Hat Satellite 5.5 or 5.6 server?

Resolution

  • Download the SSL certificate to client from the Red Hat Satellite server.
[root@client ~]# wget -O /usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT https://<satellite_fqdn>/pub/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT --no-check-certificate
  • Edit the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date file and ensure that it points to the Red Hat Satellite, by adding the below entries :
serverURL=https://satellite.example.com/XMLRPC
noSSLServerURL=http://satellite.example.com/XMLRPC
sslCACert=/usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT
  • Register the client to the Red Hat Satellite server by executing rhn_register command and provide Red Hat Satellite URL and SSL Certificate Path.
[root@client ~]# rhn_register

NOTE: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is not supported on Red Hat Network Satellite (5.4 or 5.5)
Which RHEL versions are supported as client systems managed by Red Hat Satellite server?

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