rhnreg_ks(8) - Linux man page

Name

rhnreg_ks - a program for non interactively registering systems to CentOS Network

Synopsis

rhnreg_ks [OPTION]... [PACKAGE NAME]...

Description

rhnreg_ks is a utility for registering a system with the Red Hat Network. It is designed to be used in a non-interactive environment (a kickstart style install, for example). All the information can be specified on the command line or stdin.

--profilename: Specify the profile name that should be used as an identifier for the system in CentOS Network
--username: The username to register the system with under CentOS Network. This can be an existing CentOS Network username, or a new username.
--password: The password associated with the username specified with the --username option. This is an unencrypted password.
--orgid: Specify an ID of the organization to register this system under. This is optional, and only used if registered a system to an existing CentOS Network organization.
--orgpassword: The password associated with the organization ID specified with the --orgid option. This is an unencrypted password.
--email: The email address associated with the username specified with the --username option.
--activationkey: Specify/use a serial number to associate with the system. This is optional, but activation keys can really simplify the registration process. Learn more about activation keys in the online RHN documentation.
--subscription: Specify a subscription number to register the system with.
--contactinfo: Read contact info from standard in. The format is one entry per line, colon separated. Valid options are reg_num, title, first_name, last_name, company, position, address1, address2, city, state, zip, country, phone, fax, contact_email, contact_mail, contact_phone, contact_fax, contact_special, contact_newsletter.
--nohardware: Do not probe or upload any hardware information.
--nopackages: Do not profile or upload any package information.
--force: Register the system even if it has already been registered.
--version: Show the version of rhnreg_ks.
--proxy: Specify a HTTP proxy to use.
--proxyUser: Specify a username to use with an authenticated HTTP proxyl.
--proxyPassword: Specify a password to use with an authenticated HTTP proxy.
--noSSLServerURL: Specify a URL for a non SSL server.
--useNoSSLForPackages: Do not use SSL to download packages.
--sslCACert: Specify a path to a SSL CA certificate to use.
--serverUrl: Specify a URL to as the server.

Files

/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date

Configuration settings for up2date and rhnreg_ks
/usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT: The SSL certificate authority file used by rhnreg_ks to validate the CentOS Network SSL servers.

Examples

The following registers a new system to CentOS Network.

rhnreg_ks --profilename "example_profile_name" --username "someexampleuser" --email "someexampleuser@example.com" --password "foobar"

The following examples registers a new system to CentOS Network including contact info.

rhnreg_ks --profilename "example_profile_name" --username "someexampleuser" --email "someexampleuser@example.com" --password "foobar" --contactinfo < contactinfo

where the file "contactinfo" contains data in the format:

first_name: Billy
last_name: Bob
company: SomeCompanyName
city: Springfield
fax: 555-5555
phone: 555-5555

Authors

Written by Adrian Likins <alikins@redhat.com>

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <http://bugzilla.redhat.com>.