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RHEL Repos

Ensure Register

Check register Status with

sudo subscription-manager identity
system identity: 3634c02b-c3ce-4533-8151-8c7cc2d13318
name: RP-Host-03
org name: 7752782
org ID: 7752782

And

sudo subscription-manager status
+-------------------------------------------+
   System Status Details
+-------------------------------------------+
Overall Status: Registered
Content Access Mode is set to Simple Content Access. This host has access to content, regardless of subscription status.

 

Register if not

sudo subscription-manager register --org=7752782 --activationkey=KEY_HERE

 

Repos

Ensure only these repos are enabled

  • rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
  • rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms
sudo subscription-manager repos --list-enabled

Should show

+----------------------------------------------------------+
    Available Repositories in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
+----------------------------------------------------------+
Repo ID:   rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
Repo Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs)
Repo URL:  https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/baseos/os
Enabled:   1

Repo ID:   rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms
Repo Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs)
Repo URL:  https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/os
Enabled:   1

Run updates

sudo dnf update -y

 

Failed EUS Repositories

Redhat adds Extended Update Support (EUS) repos to the list by default.  These require extra licensing to access and can be disabled.

Fix for most cases

sudo subscription-manager repos \
  --disable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-eus-rpms \
  --disable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-eus-rpms
sudo dnf update -y

Manual Checking

Check the listed repos

sudo subscription-manager repos --list-enabled

Disable repos by name

sudo subscription-manager repos --disable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-eus-rpms

Run upgrades

sudo dnf update -y

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