Product Name
CIS Hardened Images®
Product Version
All
Date
Problem
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Do the CIS RHEL images require a Red Hat Subscription for O/S patching and updates? |
Solution
Subscriptions and licensing are specific to and controlled by the Cloud Service Provider. We recommend reaching out to the Cloud Service Provider’s support regarding how subscription-manager works on RHEL VMs.
DNF update was able to be run on both the CIS RHEL 8 VM and the base RHEL 8 VM. This shows that the ability to update the VM is not blocked because of an alignment with RHEL subscription-manager/licensing issue.
This is the output from the CIS RHEL 8 VM and the base RHEL 8 VM when this command is runwith Red Hat Virtual machines.
The below documentation references testing completed on a CIS Azure Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 virtual machine as well as a base (non-CIS) Azure Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 virtual machine.
The output below is the same for both the CIS Azure Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 virtual machine as well as a base (non-CIS) Azure Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 virtual machine:
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sudo subscription-managermanaer status |
the output for both is:
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System Status Details
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Overall Status: Unknown
System Purpose Status: Unknown
WARNING
The yum/dnf plugins: /etc/dnf/plugins/subscription-manager.conf were automatically enabled for the benefit of Red Hat Subscription Management. If not desired, use "subscription-manager config --rhsm.auto_enable_yum_plugins=0" to block this behavior. |
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This is affirming that the subscription The testing conducted by CIS affirms that subscription manager is not specific to the CIS HI or CIS system hardening. We recommend reaching out to the Cloud Service Provider’s support regarding how subscription manager works on RHEL VMs. Subscriptions and licensing are specific to and controlled regulated by the Cloud Service Provider. |
Keywords; subscription manager rhel
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