You must first create the credentials before you can use them to create subscriptions. Credentials are used to authenticate to the repositories.
For more information on how to create credentials, see Using the Credential Vault
in the ZENworks Control Center Reference.
The following table describes how to obtain the username, password, and other prerequisites for each subscription:
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Subscription Types |
Prerequisites |
|---|---|
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Novell Subscription, RCE Subscription |
You can obtain the username and password (to use as credentials) from the following location in the Novell Customer Center: NCC >Software > Mirror Credentials For more information on how to register with Novell Customer Center, see the Novell Customer Center documentation. |
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SUSE Subscription |
You can obtain the username and password (to use as credentials) from the following location in the SUSE Customer Center: Organization > Organization Credentials You can use only Organization Credentials. Individual device credentials will not work. |
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ZLM Subscription |
You must obtain the IP address or the DNS name of the ZENworks Linux Management Server from which you want to replicate content. You must also obtain the deviceid and secret values of a device that is registered to the ZENworks Linux Management Server. By using these as credentials, you can replicate only the content that the device is entitled to. On SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 devices or SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 devices, you can obtain the value of deviceid and secret from the /etc/zmd/deviceid and /etc/zmd/secret files respectively, or from the /etc/opt/novell/zenworks/zmd/deviceid and /etc/opt/novell/zenworks/zmd/secret files on any other registered devices. |
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ZENworks Subscription |
You must obtain the IP Address or DNS name of one of the Sharing servers of the Sharing/Remote zone and a valid subscriber registration key from the Remote zone. You can contact the Remote zone administrator for details. |
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YUM (RPM-MD) |
Obtain the URL of an available YUM (RPM-MD) repository. If the repository is authenticated, you must obtain the username and password to access the repository URL. |
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RHN Subscription |
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