Product Name
CIS Hardened Images®
Product Version
All
Date
Problem
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 run:
sudo subscription-manager status
the output for both is:
+-------------------------------------------+ System Status Details +-------------------------------------------+ 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.
This is affirming that the subscription is not specific to the CIS HI or CIS 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 by the Cloud Service Provider.
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