Entitling Your System

Now that you have registered your system, it must be entitled before you can receive updated packages. In other words, you must subscribe it to a service level offering. Everyone automatically receives one free Demo entitlement after creating an account by registering a system for RHN or creating a redhat.com account.

To entitle a system, go to http://rhn.redhat.com and login using the same username and password you just used in the Red Hat Network Registration Client. On the left navigation bar, click Entitlements under the Your RHN category. The Entitlement Manager tells you how many entitlements you have left. If you have one or more left, check the checkbox under the Entitled column beside the name of the system that you just registered. Then click the Update Entitlements button at the bottom of the page. The number of entitlements remaining will decrease, and your system is now ready to use the Red Hat Update Agent and RHN website. Refer to Chapter 4 and Chapter 6 for details on how to use them. If you do not have any entitlement slots left, enter the number you want to purchase and click the Buy Now! button to purchase additional subscriptions.