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How to Sign Up No-Cost Redhat Developer Subscription?
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- Users can avail no-cost subscription by joining the Red Hat Developer program at `developers.redhat.com/register <https://developers.redhat.com/register/>`_ its absolutely free.

- User account will be created  with a User ID & Password.

- 16 Entitlements are provided for free to subscribe for 16 Virtual Compute or Dedicated Compute without any restrictions to the system resources.


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To Activate RHEL Subscription in Compute:
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1) For activation of the RHEL subscription  use the above User ID & Password to register VM with Redhat Subscription Manager.


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    [root@e2e ~]# subscription-manager register --username <user id> --password <password>

2) To list available subscriptions provided for free entitlements and note down the Subscription Pool ID that you use to activate it on the server

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    [root@e2e ~]# subscription-manager list --available

3)  To activate a specific subscription use the Subscription Pool ID  and the following the command.

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    [root@e2e ~]# subscription-manager subscribe --pool=<Pool ID>


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Use the following command to attach any available subscription that matches the current system.


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    [root@e2e ~]# subscription-manager attach --auto



4) To get the status of the consumed subscriptions use the following command.

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     [root@e2e ~]# subscription-manager list --consumed

5)  To check  enabled subscriptions use the below command.

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     [root@e2e ~]# subscription-manager list

6) If you want to remove active subscriptions from virtual machines.follow below commands

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   [root@e2e ~]# subscription-manager remove --all
   [root@e2e ~]# subscription-manager unregister
   [root@e2e ~]# subscription-manager clean

In a Similar way, users have to perform steps 1 to 3 in RHEL VM’s to activate subscription.


`FAQ’s for no-cost Red Hat Enterprise offered <https://developers.redhat.com/articles/faqs-no-cost-red-hat-enterprise-linux>`_