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| title: "Enable Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS) using BYO Subscriptions" | ||
| permalink: /rhel7_els_byos.md/ | ||
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| # Enable Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS) using BYO Subscriptions | ||
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| ## Some background | ||
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 reached it's end of support phase on June 30, 2024. Red Hat customers customers who have purchased the Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS) add-on from Red Hat are free to use this both on premises, and in the cloud. Additionally, it can be used for both PAYG (marketplace pay-as-you-go) and BYOS (Bring Your Own Subscription) RHEL in the cloud. | ||
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| This article describes how to enable RHEL 7 ELS purchased from Red Hat on PAYG RHEL instances in the cloud, but is also applicable to BYOS RHEL on-premises and in the cloud. | ||
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| Note: This article *does not* describe how to enable RHEL 7 ELS purchased from Cloud Provider Marketplaces | ||
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| ### Check the starting status of our host | ||
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| Check the status of subscription-manager. PAYG hosts are typically not registered with Red Hat, and should report status "Unknown" | ||
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| ``` | ||
| [root@bblasco-rhel7-els2 ~]# subscription-manager status | ||
| +-------------------------------------------+ | ||
| System Status Details | ||
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| Overall Status: Unknown | ||
| System Purpose Status: Unknown | ||
| ``` | ||
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| Check the repositories enabled on the host. PAYG instances will use Red Hat Update Infrastructure (RHUI) repositories. | ||
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| ``` | ||
| [root@bblasco-rhel7-els2 ~]# yum repolist | ||
| Loaded plugins: amazon-id, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager | ||
| This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register. | ||
| repo id repo name status | ||
| rhel-7-server-rhui-rh-common-rpms/7Server/x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server - RH Common from RHUI (RPMs) 243 | ||
| rhel-7-server-rhui-rpms/7Server/x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server from RHUI (RPMs) 34,476 | ||
| rhui-client-config-server-7/x86_64 RHUI Client Configuration Server 7 9 | ||
| repolist: 34,728 | ||
| ``` | ||
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| Check whether subscription-manager is managing repositories for the host. PAYG systems using RHUI will have this set to 0 (zero) | ||
| ``` | ||
| [root@bblasco-rhel7-els2 ~]# grep manage_repos /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf | ||
| manage_repos = 0 | ||
| ``` | ||
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| ### Create an activation key with ELS enabled | ||
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| Log in to the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console at console.redhat.com using your Red Hat ID. | ||
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| The shortcut to the Activation Keys page is here: | ||
| https://console.redhat.com/insights/connector/activation-keys | ||
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| Create an activation key with "Latest release" as the workload: | ||
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| ADD SCREENSHOT | ||
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| Save the activation key, then click on it and select "Add Repositories". Please note that it may take a long time (at least a minute) to load the complete repository list. You can filter on Label with "rhel-7-server-els" to see all related repositories: | ||
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| ADD SCREENSHOT | ||
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| Select the "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (RPMs)" repository, and any other optional repositories required, then save the changes. | ||
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| ADD SCREENSHOT | ||
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| Finally, note the Organisation ID, as this is required for the registration command. This can be found under your name at the top right of the web page. | ||
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| ADD SCREENSHOT | ||
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| ### Register the system, enable management of repos, and add the ELS repos | ||
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| First, register the system using the subscription-manager command. This may not be necessary for BYOS systems already registered with Red Hat. | ||
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| ``` | ||
| sudo -i | ||
| [root@bblasco-rhel7-els2 ~]# subscription-manager register --org=<MY_ORG_ID> --activationkey=<MY_ACTIVATION_KEY> | ||
| The system has been registered with ID: 7bada824-8ee9-430e-88b3-83ec503f7491 | ||
| The registered system name is: bblasco-rhel7-els2 | ||
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| Check whether subscription-manager is able to manage repositories, and then ensure it is enabled. | ||
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| [root@bblasco-rhel7-els2 ~]# grep manage_repos /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf | ||
| manage_repos = 0 | ||
| [root@bblasco-rhel7-els2 ~]# | ||
| [root@bblasco-rhel7-els2 ~]# subscription-manager config --rhsm.manage_repos=1 | ||
| [root@bblasco-rhel7-els2 ~]# | ||
| [root@bblasco-rhel7-els2 ~]# grep manage_repos /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf | ||
| manage_repos = 1 | ||
| The system has been registered with ID: 7bada824-8ee9-430e-88b3-83ec503f7491 | ||
| The registered system name is: bblasco-rhel7-els2 | ||
| [root@bblasco-rhel7-els2 ~]# | ||
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| Enable the RHEL 7 ELS repository | ||
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| ``` | ||
| [root@bblasco-rhel7-els2 ~]# subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-els-rpms | ||
| Repository 'rhel-7-server-els-rpms' is enabled for this system. | ||
| [root@bblasco-rhel7-els2 ~]# | ||
| ``` | ||
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| Check that the repository is now enabled on the host. | ||
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| [root@bblasco-rhel7-els2 ~]# yum repolist | ||
| Loaded plugins: amazon-id, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager | ||
| Repository rhel-server-rhui-rhscl-7-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| Repository rhel-7-server-rhui-debug-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| Repository rhel-7-server-rhui-extras-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| Repository rhel-server-rhui-rhscl-7-source-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| Repository rhel-7-server-rhui-extras-debug-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| Repository rhel-7-server-rhui-source-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| Repository rhel-7-server-rhui-rh-common-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| Repository rhel-7-server-rhui-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| Repository rhel-7-server-rhui-supplementary-debug-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| Repository rhel-7-server-rhui-optional-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| Repository rhel-7-server-rhui-optional-debug-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| Repository rhel-7-server-rhui-extras-source-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| Repository rhel-7-server-rhui-optional-source-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| Repository rhel-7-server-rhui-supplementary-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| Repository rhel-7-server-rhui-rh-common-source-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| Repository rhel-server-rhui-rhscl-7-debug-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| Repository rhel-7-server-rhui-rh-common-debug-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| Repository rhel-7-server-rhui-supplementary-source-rpms is listed more than once in the configuration | ||
| repo id repo name status | ||
| rhel-7-server-els-rpms/x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (RPMs) 34,476 | ||
| rhel-7-server-rhui-rh-common-rpms/7Server/x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server - RH Common from RHUI (RPMs) 243 | ||
| rhel-7-server-rhui-rpms/7Server/x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server from RHUI (RPMs) 34,476 | ||
| rhel-7-server-rpms/7Server/x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server (RPMs) 34,476 | ||
| rhui-client-config-server-7/x86_64 RHUI Client Configuration Server 7 9 | ||
| ``` |