Rules Related To 'subscription-manager'

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Install subscription-manager Package

package_subscription-manager_installed

Description

The subscription-manager package can be installed with the following command:

$ sudo dnf install subscription-manager

Rationale

Red Hat Subscription Manager is a local service which tracks installed products and subscriptions on a local system to help manage subscription assignments. It communicates with the backend subscription service (the Customer Portal or an on-premise server such as Subscription Asset Manager) and works with content management tools such as .

Disable Red Hat Subscription Manager Daemon (rhsmcertd)

service_rhsmcertd_disabled

Description

The Red Hat Subscription Manager (rhsmcertd) periodically checks for changes in the entitlement certificates for a registered system and updates it accordingly. The rhsmcertd service can be disabled with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl mask --now rhsmcertd.service

Rationale

The rhsmcertd service can provide administrators with some additional control over which of their systems are entitled to particular subscriptions. However, for systems that are managed locally or which are not expected to require remote changes to their subscription status, it is unnecessary and can be disabled.