Content labels

When importing from RHSM, redhat_import uses content labels to identify the CDN content to import. The format of the content label is the following:

<entitlement_content_label>{<releasever>-<basearch>}

where:

• <entitlement_content_label> is the content label as specified in the entitlement certificate

• <releasever> is the release version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This has the same value as the $releasever yum variable

• <basearch> is the base architecture of the system. This has the same value as the $basearch yum variable

<releasever> is not required for all contents; when it is not used, the format of the content label becomes <entitlement_content_label>{<basearch>}

To determine the label of the CDN content to import, the following steps can be performed:

• If the content to import belongs to one of the SA-supported platforms then the content label to use can be found by running:

./redhat_import --show_labels

• If the content to import belongs to any other Red Hat product that is not listed by --show_labels, the content label to use can be determined as follows:

• Locate the content section for the product in the entitlement certificate. The content of the entitlement certificate can be visualized using the rct tool. For more details on the rct tool see https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Subscription_Management/1/html/RHSM/rct-tool.html
• Extract the content label from the entitlement certificate and construct the redhat_import content label by appending the <releasever> and <basearch> between curly braces.

For example, to import content for RHEL Server 6.4 from Red Hat Extended Update Support, the content section in the example below, Content for RHEL Server 6.4 from Red Hat Extended Update Support, needs to be located in the entitlement certificate.

Content for RHEL Server 6.4 from Red Hat Extended Update Support

Content: Type: yum Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server - Extended Update Support (RPMs) Label: rhel-6-server-eus-rpms Vendor: Red Hat URL: /content/eus/rhel/server/6/$releasever/$basearch/os GPG: file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release Enabled: True Expires: 86400 Required Tags: rhel-6-server Arches: x86_64, x86

The entitlement content label is “rhel-6-server-eus-rpms”. To import version 6.4 for x86_64 the content label needs to be specified as:

rhel-6-server-eus-rpms{6.4-x86_64}

As another example, to import content from RHEL 7 Server Extras repository, the content section in the example below, Content for RHEL 7 Server Extras Repository, needs to be located in the entitlement certificate.

Content for RHEL 7 Server Extras Repository

Content: Type: yum Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server - Extras (RPMs) Label: rhel-7-server-extras-rpms Vendor: Red Hat URL: /content/dist/rhel/server/7/7Server/$basearch/extras/os GPG: file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release Enabled: False Expires: 86400 Required Tags: rhel-7-server Arches: x86_64

The entitlement content label is “rhel-7-server-extras-rpms”. In this case the content URL does not contain the <releasever> variable so this should not be included in the redhat_import content label. To import the packages for x86_64 architecture, the content label needs to be specified as:

rhel-7-server-extras-rpms{x86_64}