Post AYihbWJofHJCVIRAWm by carlwgeorge@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #AYihbRy2qHW70cDj2O by carlwgeorge@fosstodon.org
2023-07-12T02:48:18Z
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I regularly see folks state that they use a RHEL rebuild distro because managing RHEL subscriptions is too painful. 5 years or so ago, I might have been inclined to agree with them. That said, things can improve over time, so let's check out the current state. The most notable improvement in the last few years is a thing called Simple Content Access (SCA).#RHEL #RedHathttps://access.redhat.com/articles/simple-content-access
(DIR) Post #AYihbUOLpRkQWmXlJo by carlwgeorge@fosstodon.org
2023-07-12T02:49:18Z
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My main use cases for RHEL are building packages with mock and running repoquery commands inside local podman containers. How easy is it to use actual RHEL for these use cases? It's literally one command.sudo subscription-manager registerI ran that on my Fedora workstation, it prompted me for my username and password, and I was done. RHEL mock chroots just worked. Podman UBI containers just worked, with access to the full RHEL repos, not just the limited UBI repos.
(DIR) Post #AYihbWJofHJCVIRAWm by carlwgeorge@fosstodon.org
2023-07-12T02:50:09Z
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dnf commands on my workstation were slightly slower afterwards due to the dnf subscription-manager plugin. Since I don't need any subscription repos directly on my workstation, I disabled the plugin and the subscription-manager setting that would re-enable it.sudo subscription-manager config --rhsm.auto_enable_yum_plugins 0sudo sed -e '/^enabled=/ s/1/0/' -i /etc/dnf/plugins/subscription-manager.confDisabling this plugin doesn't affect the subscription passthrough to mock or podman.
(DIR) Post #AYihbYAJnYtqEQ0c08 by carlwgeorge@fosstodon.org
2023-07-12T02:51:20Z
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This was really easy y'all. If you were previously put off by frustrations with subscription-manager, give it another shot.