Registering RHEL 9

Install RMT on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15:

# zypper in rmt-server

Start the rmt module in YaST:

# yast2 rmt

Enter your Organization Credentials, then select Next.

To find your organization credentials, log in to the SUSE Customer Center, select your organization from My Organizations, and click Proxies. Your organization's Mirroring credentials are in the top right corner.

Enter Database Credentials for a new MariaDB database user, then select Next. The new user is created.

If a password for the MariaDB root user is already set, enter the password when prompted, then select OK.

If no password is set for the MariaDB root user, enter and confirm a new password when prompted, then select OK.

Enter a Common Name for the SSL certificates. The common name is usually the FQDN of the server.

If the server has other domain names or IP addresses, enter these as Alternative common names. Select Add to add new names. When all common names are entered, select Next.

If prompted, enter and confirm a password for the CA private key, then select OK.

Activate the check box Open Ports for HTTP and HTTPS in Firewall, then select Next.

YaST displays the RMT Service Status. Select Next.

Review the Configuration Summary, then select Finish to close YaST.

On the RMT server, update the available product and repository metadata:

# rmt-cli sync

Synchronization is also performed automatically by rmt-server-sync.timer. You can check the status and the next scheduled synchronization time with the following command:

# systemctl status rmt-server-sync.timer

Enable SUSE Liberty Linux using the product ID 2538:

# rmt-cli product enable 2538

This enables all of the default repositories associated with the product.

If your subscription includes the High Availability extension, enable the extension using the product ID 2539:

# rmt-cli product enable 2539

To check whether the High Availability extension is available, run this command: rmt-cli products list --all --name="Liberty Linux" --version=9

If you also need the Source or Debug repositories, find and enable them with the following commands:

# rmt-cli repo list --all | grep SLL-
# rmt-cli repo enable REPO_ID

Start package mirroring for the enabled repositories:

# rmt-cli mirror

Packages are downloaded to the RMT server once per day by rmt-server-mirror.timer. You can check the status and the next scheduled download time with the following command:

# systemctl status rmt-server-mirror.timer

On the RHEL system, download the rmt-client-setup-res script:

# curl http://RMT_SERVER/tools/rmt-client-setup-res --output rmt-client-setup-res

Run the rmt-client-setup-res script with the URL of the RMT server as a parameter:

# sh rmt-client-setup-res https://RMT_SERVER

The script installs SUSEConnect and its dependencies, then downloads and runs the rmt-client-setup script, which performs the following tasks:

You should see Successfully registered system.

Verify the installed product:

# SUSEConnect --status-text

You should see the following output:

Installed Products:
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  SUSE Liberty Linux release file
  (SLL/9/x86_64)

  Registered

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Verify the available repositories:

# dnf repolist

You should see SLL-9-Updates, SLL-AS-9-Updates, and SLL-CB-9-Updates.

If your subscription includes the High Availability extension, activate it with the following command:

# SUSEConnect -p SLL-HA/9/x86_64

To check whether the extension is available, run the SUSEConnect --list-extensions command.

Run the update command to make sure there are no errors:

# dnf update