&RHNSATACT;

8 Version 3.4.0

`&RHNSATACT;`

activates (using an RHSM Manifest) a &RHNSAT;.

            &RHNSATACT; [ options ... ] [ --manifest PATH ] \
      [ --sanity-only ] [ --disconnected ] [ --deactivate ] [ --manifest-info ] \
      [ ---manifest-download ] [ --manifest-refresh ] [ --manifest-reconcile-request ] \
      [ -h|--help ]

## Description

&RHNSATACT; activates (using an RHSM Manifest) a &RHNSAT;. The RHSM Manifest is (a) checked for sanity, (b) extracted and data are inserted into the local database. If disconnected option is specified, this Satellite will not subscribe to Satellite repository and will not receive updates. Activation allows &RHNSAT; to sync channel content from CDN repositories.

NOTE: activation generally occurs upon Red Hat Satellite installation.

## Options

--manifest `PATH`

- new RHSM manifest path/filename.

--sanity-only

- confirm manifest sanity. Does not activate the Red Hat Satellite locally or remotely.

--disconnected

- activate locally, but not subscribe to Satellite repository.

--ignore-expiration

- execute regardless of the expiration of the RHN Certificate (not recommended).

--ignore-version-mismatch

- execute regardless of version mismatch of existing and new certificate.

--deactivate

- Deactivate CDN-activated Satellite.

--manifest-info

- Show information about currently activated manifest.

--manifest-download

- Download new manifest from RHSM and save it to temporary location.

--manifest-refresh

- Download new manifest from RHSM and activate it immediately.

--manifest-reconcile-request

- Regenerate entitlement certificates in RHSM for your consumer.

-v | --verbose

- be verbose (accumulable: -vvv means "be *really* verbose").

-h | --help

- Display the help screen with a list of options.

## Files

- /usr/bin/rhn-satellite-activate
- /etc/rhn/rhn.conf

## Examples

- `rhn-satellite-activate --manifest /tmp/manifest.zip`
- `rhn-satellite-activate --manifest /tmp/manifest.zip --disconnected`
- `rhn-satellite-activate --manifest-info`
- `rhn-satellite-activate --manifest-download`
- `rhn-satellite-activate --manifest-reconcile-request`
- `rhn-satellite-activate --manifest-refresh --disconnected`
- `rhn-satellite-activate --deactivate`

## See Also

- db-control(1) - embedded database environment only!
- rhn-charsets(8)
- rhnpush(8)
- rhn-schema-version(8)
- rhn-ssl-dbstore(8)
- cdn-sync(8)

## Authors

- Todd Warner taw@redhat.com
- Jan Dobes jdobes@redhat.com