Advanced Search; Activation Keys - Red Hat NETWORK ENTERPRISE - USER REFERENCE GUIDE 2.2 User Reference Manual

Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website
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 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. 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.
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.
To change information about a key, such as the channels or groups, click its description in the key list,
make your modifications, and click the Update Key button. To remove a key entirely, click the delete
key link in the top-right corner of the edit page.
If you do not want a key to be used to activate a system, you can disable it by unselecting the corre-
sponding checkbox under the Enabled column in the key list. The key can be re-enabled by selecting
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