BYOS Guide

1. Bring-your-own-subscription (BYOS)

Bring-your-own-subscription (BYOS) images are useful if you already have a support contract with SUSE and want to move your workloads to the public cloud. An instance launched from a BYOS image is equivalent to a physical machine that just received a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server installation from the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server installation image.

After creation:

use registercloudguest to register the instance with the SUSE-operated update infrastructure in the cloud framework, or
use the command SUSEConnect to register the system with SUSE Customer Center using the entitlements you already have.

Obtaining a SUSE Manager Server Subscription (optional)

For customers running 10 or more PAYG SLES for SAP Applications instances who also wish to access the SUSE Manager BYOS Lifecycle subscription, an email must be sent to susemanagerkey@suse.com. The email should include proof of at least 10 active SLES for SAP PAYG instances, such as a screenshot of the relevant section of their cloud console. The subscription key is valid for one year and can be renewed by providing updated proof of the instances at the end of the subscription period.

Connect your system to your own running RMT or SUSE Manager infrastructure in the same way you connect systems in your data center.

BYOS instances make it easier to manage extensions such as LTSS or kernel live-patching. Extensions for PAYG instances can only be used in conjunction with SUSE Manager.