RHEL subscription registration and management

RHEL is a fully open source operating system, which means that all the source code used to build it is available to access, modify, redistribute and learn from. Pre-built binaries are, on the other hand, delivered as a service, and accessible via a subscription. As seen in Chapter 1, Installing RHEL8, we can have, for our own personal use, a developer subscription. That subscription provides access to ISO images, but also to the updated, signed packages that are part of RHEL 8. These are the exact same bits that are used in production by so many companies worldwide.

Let's see how to use that subscription with our own system.

First, let's take a look at the Red Hat Customer Portal at https://access.redhat.com and click LOG IN:

Figure 7.1 – Log into the Red Hat Customer Portal

Once we click on LOG IN, we will be redirected to the Single Sign-On page for all the Red Hat services. There, we will...