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Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website
4.4.5. System Entitlements
To use all of the features of RHN, your systems must be entitled — subscribed to an RHN service
level. Every user receives one free Red Hat Network Basic entitlement subscription.
Use the System Entitlements page to configure which systems are entitled to which service offerings.
There are two types of entitlements:
Basic — should be used to manage a single Red Hat Linux system. It includes Errata Alerts, Sched-
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uled Errata Updates, Package Installation, and the Red Hat Update Agent.
Enterprise — should be used to manage multiple systems with multiple system administrators. In
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addition to the features of the Basic offering, it includes system group management, user manage-
ment, and the System Set Manager interface to quickly perform actions on multiple systems.
The System Entitlements page allows you to view and change the entitlements for your registered
systems. To change an individual entitlement, select the entitlement from the system's pulldown menu
and click the Update Entitlements button on the bottom right-hand corner of the page. Click the name
of a system to see details about it.
In addition, you may Enterprise entitle all newly registered systems at once by clicking the Auto-
Entitle Newest Servers Now link at the bottom of the page. To use this link, which appears only when
new, unentitled systems exist, first make sure you have enough Enterprise entitlements available. If
you need to purchase additional entitlements, click the Buy them now link at the top of the page.
After auto-entitling, a message appears at the top of the System Entitlements page indicating the
number of systems successfully entitled to the Enterprise service level.
4.4.6. Advanced Search
The System Search page allows you to search through your systems according to specific criteria.
These criteria include system details, hardware, devices, interface, networking, packages, and loca-
tion. The activity selections (Days Since Last Checkin, for instance) can be especially useful in finding
and removing outdated System Profiles. Type the keyword, select the criterion to search by, use the
radio buttons to identify whether you wish to query all systems or only those loaded in the System
Set Manager, and click the Search button. Yo may also select the Invert Result checkbox to reverse
your results list.
The results appear at the bottom of the page. For details about using the resulting system list, refer to
Section 4.4.2 Systems.
4.4.7. Activation Keys
RHN Enterprise customers can generate activation keys through the RHN website. These keys can
then be used to register the Red Hat Linux system, entitle the system to RHN Enterprise, and subscribe
the system to specific channels and system groups through the command line utility
Refer to Section 2.5 Registering with Activation Keys for instructions on use.
To generate an activation key:
1. Select Systems => Activation Keys from the top and left navigation bars.
2. Click the create new key link at top-left.
3. Provide the following information:
Description — User-defined description to identify the generated activation key.
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Usage Limit — The number of times the key can be used to register a system before the
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activation key is disabled. Leave blank for unlimited use.
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