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* * Had a terrible time when subscription expired
* * Had to log into redhat a few times, and that seemed to reactivate my account after a few times
* * of logging in and out and trying to see my subscriptions and clicking on my machines
* * Once my account seemed to be updated, I redid all of the subscription enabling stuff
* * then I had a new problem that some of the option ones needed to be disabled.
* * Finally by disabling the optional subscriptions with 
* *      --disable "rhel-*-optional-rpms"
* * and then only adding back the one needed, I seemed to finally get it to work, and then did an update
* * Here are some of the details I captured from history. Some of these commands did not work, but the sum of
* * all of them did finally work
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sudo yum repolist
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-rh-common-rpms
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-supplementary-rpms
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-extras-rpms
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-devtools-rpms
sudo yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable "rhel-*-extras-rpms"  --enable "rhel-ha-for-rhel-*-server-rpms"
sudo yum install ntfs-3g.x86_64 ntfs-3g-devel.x86_64 ntfsprogs.x86_64
sudo yum -y update
sudo yum -y install epel-release

rm -fr /var/cache/yum/*
sudo rm -fr /var/cache/yum/*
sudo yum clean all
sudo yum -y install epel-release
sudo subscription-manager repos --disable=rhel-7-server-e4s-optional-rpms
sudo yum install epel-release
sudo yum-config-manager --disable rhel-7-server-eus-optional-rpms

exit

sudo yum install epel-release
sudo yum list
sudo yum clean all | sudo rm -r /var/cache/yum
sudo yum list

sudo rm -fr /var/cache/yum/*
sudo yum clean all
sudo yum repolist
sudo subscription-manager repos --disable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable "rhel-*-extras-rpms"  --enable "rhel-ha-for-rhel-*-server-rpms"
sudo yum repolist
sudo yum update
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-7-server-optional-rpms"
sudo yum repolist
sudo yum update
history > how_fix_subscription.txt

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# * ********************************************************************
# * Redhat specific stuff needed to setup correct repository
# * ********************************************************************
# sudo subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-rh-common-rpms
# sudo subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-supplementary-rpms
# sudo subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms

# sudo subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-extras-rpms
# sudo subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-devtools-rpms
# * ********************************************************************



# * ********************************************************************
# * Redhat specific stuff needed for ntfs support
# * (Based On : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F)
# * ********************************************************************
# sudo yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
# sudo subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable "rhel-*-extras-rpms"  --enable "rhel-ha-for-rhel-*-server-rpms"
# sudo yum install ntfs-3g.x86_64 ntfs-3g-devel.x86_64 ntfsprogs.x86_64
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 Update the repositories

  sudo yum -y update
  sudo yum -y install epel-release
  sudo yum repolist

  (reboot)


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This is how to attach and unattach a subscription

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/776723 

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Here's the link to get started

https://developers.redhat.com/articles/getting-red-hat-developer-subscription-what-rhel-users-need-know/

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