Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1461003
[RFE] Remove --type option from subscription-manager register
Last modified: 2018-04-10 05:49:28 EDT
Description of problem: The --type option of the subscription-manager register command, which is used to control which consumer type is created when a user registers a system, should be removed as - For an end user, there is no reason to use an option other than --type=system (which is the default) - Occasionally Satellite users will use the --type satellite option which causes issues if the consumer is ever deleted (as they've created a distributor which gets removed if they ever run subscription-manager unregister) To remove confusion, and lower case volume, the --type command should be removed. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): subscription-manager-1.17.15-1
Demonstrating the presence of "--type"on RHEL74 machine ====================================================== subscription-manager: 1.19.21-1.el7 python-rhsm: 1.19.9-1.el7 # subscription-manager register -- --activationkey --autosubscribe --consumerid --force --insecure --noproxy --password --proxypassword --release --servicelevel --username --auto-attach --baseurl --environment --help --name --org --proxy --proxyuser --serverurl --type # subscription-manager register --h | grep type --type=UNITTYPE the type of unit to register, defaults to system # man subscription-manager | grep "CONSUMERTYPE" -A5 --type=CONSUMERTYPE Sets the type of unit to register. Most units in the inventory will use the default value of system. For development or test units, this can be person , which indicates a personal (rather than organizational) unit. Another type of unit can be candlepin for a local content service or domain for an IP domain. Demonstrating that the --type option is now removed from the following areas on RHEL75 =========================================================================== with following packages installed subscription-manager-rhsm-certificates-1.20.5-1.el7.x86_64 subscription-manager-gui-1.20.5-1.el7.x86_64 subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon-1.20.5-1.el7.x86_64 subscription-manager-migration-data-2.0.37-1.el7.noarch subscription-manager-1.20.5-1.el7.x86_64 subscription-manager-rhsm-1.20.5-1.el7.x86_64 subscription-manager-migration-1.20.5-1.el7.x86_64 1) tab completion of options doesn't list --type any more # subscription-manager register -- --activationkey --autosubscribe --consumerid --force --insecure --noproxy --password --proxypassword --release --servicelevel --auto-attach --baseurl --environment --help --name --org --proxy --proxyuser --serverurl --username 2) subscription-manager register -h no longer provides --type # subscription-manager register --h | grep type # 3) man subscription-manager --> no longer displays --type # man subscription-manager | grep "CONSUMERTYPE" -A5 [root@ibm-x3650m4-01-vm-09 ~]# Based on the above observations , marking the bug as "Verified"
Also when tried to use --type option for any other values except system and rhui appropriate error message is displayed # subscription-manager register --type=candlepin Error: The --type option has been deprecated and may not be used. # subscription-manager register --type=system --username=username --password=pwd Registering to: subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com:443/subscription The system has been registered with ID: fdf182e4-93e5-471a-a52c-2f35009675b2 The registered system name is: ibm-x3650m4-01-vm-09.lab.eng.bos.redhat.com # subscription-manager register --type=rhui --username=username --password=pwd Registering to: subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com:443/subscription The system has been registered with ID: 067815ad-bd57-4a13-91b6-b4b220cf17a8 The registered system name is: ibm-x3650m4-01-vm-09.lab.eng.bos.redhat.com #
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:0681