Advanced Search; Activation Keys - Red Hat NETWORK ENTERPRISE - USER REFERENCE GUIDE 2.1 User Reference Manual

Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website
The System Entitlements page allows you to view and change the entitlements for your registered
systems. To change an 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. If you need to purchase additional entitlements, click the Buy them
now link at the top of the page.

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. 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. Each unique key
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
. Thus, channel and group subscriptions can be automated along with registration, thereby
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bypassing registration through either the Red Hat Network Registration Client or the Red Hat
Update Agent and entitlement of each system through the RHN website.
Note
Systems running versions of Red Hat Linux older than 8.0 need version 2.7.20 or higher of the
package. It is highly recommended you obtain the latest version before using activa-
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tion keys.
To generate an activation key:
1. Select Systems => Activation Keys from the top and left navigation bars.
2. Click the create new key button at top-left.
3. Provide the following information:
Description — User-defined description to identify the generated activation key. To return to
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the existing keys, click the View Key List.
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.
Base Channel — The primary channel for the key.
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Child Channels — Channels to subscribe the system to as applicable.
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Groups — System groups to subscribe the system to after registering it.
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Click Create Key.
After creating the unique key, it appears in the list of activation keys along with the number of times
it has been used.
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