Registration - Red Hat NETWORK 4.1.0 Reference Manual

Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent
Figure 2-2. Install GPG Key

2.2. Registration

Before you begin using Red Hat Network, you must create a username, password, and
System Profile. Upon launch, the Red Hat Update Agent senses whether these tasks have
been accomplished. If not, it guides you through the registration process.
If you ever need to force the Red Hat Update Agent into registration mode, such as to
re-register an existing system, you may do so by issuing the following command at a shell
prompt:
up2date --register
Important
If your username is part of a larger organizational account, you should take caution
when registering systems. By default, all systems registered with the Red Hat Update
Agent end up in the Ungrouped section of systems visible only to Organization Admin-
istrators. To ensure you retain management of these systems, Red Hat recommends
that your organization create an activation key associated with a specific system group
and grant you permissions to that group. You may then register your systems using
that activation key and find those System Profiles within RHN immediately. Refer to
Section 2.5 Registering with Activation Keys for instructions.
After installing the Red Hat GPG Key, the screen shown in Figure 2-3 appears. It appears
each time you start the Red Hat Update Agent. Click Forward to continue.
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