Chapter 18. Completing initial setup The Initial Setup window opens the first time you reboot your system after the installation process is complete, if you have selected the Server with GUI base environment during installation. If you have registered and installed RHEL from the CDN, the Subscription Manager option displays a note that all installed products are covered by valid entitlements. The information displayed in the Initial Setup window might vary depending on what was configured during installation. At a minimum, the Licensing and Subscription Manager options are displayed. Prerequisites You have completed the graphical installation. You have an active, non-evaluation Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription. Procedure From the Initial Setup window, select Licensing Information . The License Agreement window opens and displays the licensing terms for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Review the license agreement and select the I accept the license agreement checkbox. You must accept the license agreement to proceed. Exiting Initial Setup without accepting license agreement causes a system restart. When the restart process is complete, you are prompted to accept the license agreement again. Click Done to apply the settings and return to the Initial Setup window. Optional: Click Finish Configuration , if you did not configure network settings earlier as you cannot register your system immediately. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 starts and you can login, activate access to the network, and register your system. See Subscription manager post installation for more information. If you have configured network settings, as described in Network hostname , you can register your system immediately, as shown in the following steps. From the Initial Setup window, select Subscription Manager . The Subscription Manager graphical interface opens and displays the option you are going to register, which is: subscription.rhsm.redhat.com . To register with Activation Key, select I will use an activation key . For more information about how to view activation keys, see Creating and managing activation keys . Click . Do one of the following: If you selected to register by using the activation key, enter the Organization (your Organization ID) and Activation key . To manually attach the subscription, select the Manually attach subscriptions after registration option. If you are not using activation keys and manual registration, enter your Login and Password details. Enter System Name . Click Register . Confirm the Subscription details and click Attach . You must receive the following confirmation message: Registration with Red Hat Subscription Management is Done! Click Done . The Initial Setup window opens. Click Finish Configuration . The login window opens. Configure your system. See the Configuring basic system settings document for more information. Methods to register RHEL Depending on your requirements, there are five methods to register your system: Using the Red Hat Content Delivery Network (CDN) to register your system, attach RHEL subscriptions, and install Red Hat Enterprise Linux. During installation by using Initial Setup . After installation by using the command line. After installation by using the Subscription Manager user interface. After installation by using Registration Assistant. Registration Assistant is designed to help you choose the most suitable registration option for your Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment. See https://access.redhat.com/labs/registrationassistant/ for more information.

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