redhat_subscription - Manage registration and subscriptions to RHSM using the subscription-manager command

Synopsis

  • Manage registration and subscription to the Red Hat Subscription Management entitlement platform using the subscription-manager command

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • subscription-manager

Options

parameter required default choices comments
activationkey
no
supply an activation key for use with registration
autosubscribe
no
Upon successful registration, auto-consume available subscriptions
consumer_id
(added in 2.1)
no
References an existing consumer ID to resume using a previous registration for this system. If the system's identity certificate is lost or corrupted, this option allows it to resume using its previous identity and subscriptions. The default is to not specify a consumer ID so a new ID is created.
consumer_name
(added in 2.1)
no
Name of the system to register, defaults to the hostname
consumer_type
(added in 2.1)
no
The type of unit to register, defaults to system
environment
(added in 2.2)
no
Register with a specific environment in the destination org. Used with Red Hat Satellite 6.x or Katello
force_register
(added in 2.2)
no
Register the system even if it is already registered
org_id
(added in 2.0)
no
Organization ID to use in conjunction with activationkey
password
no
access.redhat.com or Sat6 password
pool
no ^$
Specify a subscription pool name to consume. Regular expressions accepted. Use pool_ids instead if possible, as it is much faster. Mutually exclusive with pool_ids.
pool_ids
(added in 2.4)
no
Specify subscription pool IDs to consume. Prefer over pool when possible as it is much faster. A pool ID may be specified as a string - just the pool ID (ex. 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef), or as a dict with the pool ID as the key, and a quantity as the value (ex. 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef: 2. If the quantity is provided, it is used to consume multiple entitlements from a pool (the pool must support this). Mutually exclusive with pool.
rhsm_baseurl
no Current value from C(/etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf) is the default
Specify CDN baseurl
server_hostname
no Current value from C(/etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf) is the default
Specify an alternative Red Hat Subscription Management or Sat6 server
server_insecure
no Current value from C(/etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf) is the default
Enable or disable https server certificate verification when connecting to server_hostname
server_proxy_hostname
(added in 2.4)
no Current value from C(/etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf) is the default
Specify a HTTP proxy hostname
server_proxy_password
(added in 2.4)
no Current value from C(/etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf) is the default
Specify a password for HTTP proxy with basic authentication
server_proxy_port
(added in 2.4)
no Current value from C(/etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf) is the default
Specify a HTTP proxy port
server_proxy_user
(added in 2.4)
no Current value from C(/etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf) is the default
Specify a user for HTTP proxy with basic authentication
state
no present
  • present
  • absent
whether to register and subscribe (present), or unregister (absent) a system
username
no
access.redhat.com or Sat6 username

Examples

- name: Register as user (joe_user) with password (somepass) and auto-subscribe to available content.
  redhat_subscription:
    state: present
    username: joe_user
    password: somepass
    autosubscribe: true

- name: Same as above but subscribe to a specific pool by ID.
  redhat_subscription:
    state: present
    username: joe_user
    password: somepass
    pool_ids: 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef

- name: Register and subscribe to multiple pools.
  redhat_subscription:
    state: present
    username: joe_user
    password: somepass
    pool_ids:
      - 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef
      - 1123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef

- name: Same as above but consume multiple entitlements.
  redhat_subscription:
    state: present
    username: joe_user
    password: somepass
    pool_ids:
      - 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef: 2
      - 1123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef: 4

- name: Register and pull existing system data.
  redhat_subscription:
    state: present
    username: joe_user
    password: somepass
    consumer_id: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

- name: Register with activationkey and consume subscriptions matching Red Hat Enterprise Server or Red Hat Virtualization
  redhat_subscription:
    state: present
    activationkey: 1-222333444
    org_id: 222333444
    pool: '^(Red Hat Enterprise Server|Red Hat Virtualization)$'

- name: Update the consumed subscriptions from the previous example (remove Red Hat Virtualization subscription)
  redhat_subscription:
    state: present
    activationkey: 1-222333444
    org_id: 222333444
    pool: '^Red Hat Enterprise Server$'

- name: Register as user credentials into given environment (against Red Hat Satellite 6.x), and auto-subscribe.
  redhat_subscription:
    state: present
    username: joe_user
    password: somepass
    environment: Library
    autosubscribe: yes

Return Values

Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

name description returned type sample
subscribed_pool_ids
List of pool IDs to which system is now subscribed
success complex
contains:
name description returned type sample
8a85f9815ab905d3015ab928c7005de4

Notes

Note

  • In order to register a system, subscription-manager requires either a username and password, or an activationkey and an Organization ID.

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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