mk-ansible-roles.subscribe_rhn

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This playbook sets up a RHEL server to get updates from RHN or a Satellite 6 server. It registers the server with the Satellite or RHN using an organization ID and activation key, or with a username and password.

Requirements

To use this playbook, you need a valid Red Hat subscription. If you are a developer, you can get a personal free subscription by signing up at Red Hat Developer.

Role Variables

You can set the following variables in the playbook:

satellite_server: Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)

To register with an activation key and organization ID, set:

reg_activation_key:
reg_organization_id:

To register using your RHN username and password, use the following variables. It’s advised to encrypt your credentials using ansible-vault or Tower:

reg_pool:
reg_pool_ids:
reg_username:
reg_password:

The following are optional settings:

reg_server_insecure: defaults to no
reg_autosubscribe: defaults to unset
reg_osrelease: default unset, can be set to versions like 7Server, 7.2, 7.3, etc.
reg_server_proxy_hostname: HTTP proxy hostname
reg_server_proxy_port: HTTP proxy port
reg_server_proxy_user: user for HTTP proxy with basic authentication
reg_server_proxy_password: password for HTTP proxy with basic authentication

Repository Management

Set this variable to true if you wish to remove all previously existing repositories. The default value is false:

repo_reset: true

Use this to specify the repositories you want to subscribe to:

repositories:
    - rhel-7-server-rpms
    - repo2
    - repo3

The default is rhel-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}-server-rpms, which resolves to either rhel-7-server-rpms or rhel-6-server-rpms, depending on your RHEL major version.

Example Playbook

Here’s an example playbook that registers a server with Red Hat Network (satellite_server is not defined) using the activation key myregistration and organization ID 123456. The system is set to RHEL 7.4, all previous repositories are removed, and it will subscribe to rhel-7-server-e4s-rpms and rhel-sap-hana-for-rhel-7-server-e4s-rpms. (For SAP, refer to Red Hat Support)

- hosts: servers
  remote_user: root

  vars:
      # satellite_server: FQDN
      #
      # Option 1
      reg_activation_key: myregistration
      reg_organization_id: 123456

      #
      # Option 2:
      #    reg_pool:
      #    reg_pool_ids:
      #    reg_username:
      #    reg_password:
      #
      # Optional settings
      reg_server_insecure: yes
      #reg_autosubscribe: yes
      reg_osrelease: 7.4

      # Remove all previously existing repositories if set to true. Default is false.
      repo_reset: true

      repositories:
          - rhel-7-server-e4s-rpms
          - rhel-sap-hana-for-rhel-7-server-e4s-rpms

  roles:
      - { role: mk-ansible-roles.subscribe-rhn }