SMT - How to register a Client assigning a Registration Code

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Environment

Subscription Management Tool
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GA
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2

Situation

A registration code is not required when registering a Client against a SMT server, so all registered Clients will show up in SCC as "No subscription assigned", this is the correct and the only supported method to register Clients. However, it is possible to assign a subscription during the registration of a Client, this TID explains how.

Resolution

Method #1: Open a root session on the Client system to register and run:

SUSEConnect -r YOUR-SLES-REGCODE-HERE --url http://YOUR-SMT-FQDN-HERE --debug &> /tmp/slesregd3.txt

Method #2: Open a root session on the Client system to register and edit the /etc/SUSEConnect file, and replace all the lines for these:

insecure: false
url: http://YOUR-SMT-FQDN-HERE
language: en_US.utf8

Save the changes, exit the editor, and then run:

SUSEConnect -r YOUR-SLES-REGCODE-HERE --debug &> /tmp/sles12regd3.txt

If any problems, double-check the generated .txt log file for errors.

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