RHEL 9 subscription-manager package must be installed.

Documentable No

Rule ID SV-257825r1044888_rule

CCI References

CCI-003992CCI-001749

Discussion

The Red Hat Subscription Manager application manages software subscriptions and software repositories for installed software products on the local system. It communicates with backend servers, such as the Red Hat Customer Portal or an on-premise instance of Subscription Asset Manager, to register the local system and grant access to software resources determined by the subscription entitlement.

Check Procedure

Verify that RHEL 9 subscription-manager package is installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed subscription-manager

Example output:

subscription-manager.x86_64          1.29.26-3.el9_0

If the "subscription-manager" package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix Action

The  subscription-manager package can be installed with the following command:
 
$ sudo dnf install subscription-manager