How to register Red Hat Linux with RHN ( Red Hat Network )

I will show you simple steps to register your Red Hat Linux server with Red Hat Network (RHN).

Below article is only valid for Red Hat 6 and earlier, for Red Hat 7 use the below link

Register RHEL 7 host to RHN using subscription manager (with or without proxy)
Unregister RHEL 7 using Subscription Manager and Remove System Profile

NOTE: This is only possible if you have a valid subscription from Red Hat Linux

Login to your RHEL server and follow the below given steps

# rhn_register  

The below screen will pop up. Click on Next

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Provide the Red Hat Login subscription username and password provided to you by Red Hat. Give a suitable profile name for your machine. By default your hostname will be taken as profile name

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This is the last step. Click on Finish.

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To verify the changes you can login to your Red Hat Customer Portal. Under the entitlements section you should see the registered system as shown below

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To view the available repositories entitled to your machine

[root@test ~]# yum repolist all  
 Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security  
 repo id              repo name                                   status  
 rhel-debuginfo       Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Server - x86_64 - disabled  
 rhel-debuginfo-beta  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Server Beta - x86 disabled  
 rhel-x86_64-server-5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux v. 5 for 64-bit x enabled: 15,819  

Let me know your success and failure.