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October 30, 2022

RHEL

Red Hat Developer Subscription for Individuals (16 machines): https://developers.redhat.com/articles/faqs-no-cost-red-hat-enterprise-linux

  1. Create an account: https://developers.redhat.com/register
  2. Confirm subscription is available: https://access.redhat.com/management/subscriptions/
  3. Attach the license:
sudo subscription-manager register
sudo subscription-manager refresh
sudo subscription-manager attach --auto
  1. Verify
$ subscription-manager list | grep Status:
Status:         Subscribed
  1. Dashboard: https://access.redhat.com/management

Ubuntu

Ubuntu Pro for free (5 machines): https://ubuntu.com/pro/beta

  1. Create an account: https://ubuntu.com/login
  2. Find token under “Free Personal Token”
  3. Attach the license:
sudo pro attach <TOKEN>
  1. Verify:
$ pro status | grep -A2 "STATUS"
SERVICE          ENTITLED  STATUS    DESCRIPTION
esm-infra        yes       enabled   Expanded Security Maintenance for Infrastructure
livepatch        yes       enabled   Canonical Livepatch service
  1. Dashboard: https://ubuntu.com/pro/dashboard