SUSE Liberty Linux Procurement and Implementation Process on AWS

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Environment

Cent OS 7
RHEL 7
RHEL 8
RHEL 9

Situation

SUSE Liberty Linux is available on the AWS Marketplace: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-sb3y3khe5utw6

Resolution

Customer Procurement Process:

Evaluate business case, determining quantity of CentOS instances, and term (e.g. 1-year, 3-year)
Inquire by emailing cloudsales@suse.com with the following information:
- AWS Account ID
- Company Name
- Contact Person
- Email Address
- Quantity and Term
Private Offer: SUSE quotes private offer for customer approval, SUSE issues private offer, and customer signs private offer
Apply AWS Credits: Check with AWS for eligibility. SUSE assists eligible customers to request credits from AWS to be applied to EC2 instances.

Customer Implementation Process:

Activate: Receive registration code from SUSE and activate SUSE Liberty Linux subscription in the SUSE Customer Center
Switch: Install and confirm RMT server, register each CentOS or RHEL instance to RMT server (optionally use SUSE Manager for registration)
Validate: Check the validation status (SUSEConnect --status-text)
Operate: Manage SUSE Linux Liberty , optionally use SUSE Manager, optionally migrate to SLE in the future

Additional Information

To open up a support case: https://www.suse.com/support/handbook/opening-a-support-case/

Liberty Lite via RMT: https://documentation.suse.com/liberty/7/html/lite-quickstart/index.html
Liberty via RMT: https://documentation.suse.com/liberty/7/single-html/quickstart/index.html
Liberty via SUMA: https://documentation.suse.com/suma/4.3/en/suse-manager/client-configuration/clients-sleses.html

Disclaimer

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