The Ext. and Modules screen is just not presented since Skip Registration is selected on install. Do I need to register it to get this option? How can I do that with no subscriptions? Where are the trail codes and how do I request them?
we manage a large infrastructure, +1000 servers/workstations, so Linux experience is here.
BUT, I’ve spent whole day yesterday trying to figure out how to install Suse Manager on the VM (VBox, Vmware), after downloading almost 10Gb!
Let’s say we following this (just a screen example):
The Ext. and Modules screen is just not presented since Skip Registration is selected on install. Do I need to register it to get this option? How can I do that with no subscriptions? Where are the trail codes and how do I request them?
Note the above URL is for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) but
theoretically should also apply to SLES.
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The Ext. and Modules screen is just not presented since Skip
Registration is selected on install. Do I need to register it to get
this option? How can I do that with no subscriptions? Where are the
trail codes and how do I request them?[/color]
To answer your registration question, unless you have another
server already running SUSE Manager or SMT with the required
repos available, yes you need to register your server to get
access to Extensions and Modules.
indeed, you’ll need a system that is both registered to SCC and connected to the Internet (in terms of “is able to access external servers via HTTPS and/or connect to an existing intranet SMT server”).
So you’ll have to register your test server using that eval key and then should be able to see the add-on for SUSE Manager listed in YaST.
1k+ servers is indeed a where you can significantly profit from the automation provided by SUSE Manager. From my experience, the included Salt component is well suited to integrate with possibly existing configuration management data sources, even if you decide to implement company-specific work flows.
