Viewing Subscriptions in the GUI
The CentOS Subscription Manager tools give a more detailed view of subscriptions and entitlements than is available through the global tools of the Customer Portal. Three tabs summarize each of the subscriptions and products for the specific machine: installed products (with subscriptions), subscribed entitlements, and available subscriptions.
These summaries are always displayed in the CentOS Subscription Manager UI.
Subscribed Entitlements
The My Subscriptions area shows all of the current entitlements that the system is subscribed to.
Figure 14.14. My Subscriptions Tab
Available Subscriptions
The All Available Subscriptions area shows all of the subscriptions that are available to the system. The default displays only entitlements that are compatible with the hardware, but these can be filtered to show entitlements corresponding to other installed programs, only subscriptions that have not been installed, and subscriptions based on date.
Figure 14.15. All Available Subscriptions Tab
The filters dynamically search for available entitlements. Subscriptions can be filtered by their active date and by their name. The checkboxes provide more fine-grained filtering:
- match my system shows only subscriptions which match the system architecture.
- match my installed products shows subscriptions which work with currently installed products on the system.
- have no overlap with existing subscriptions excludes subscriptions with duplicate products. If a system is already subscribed to an entitlement for a specific product or if multiple entitlements supply the same product, then the subscription service filters those subscriptions and shows only the best fit.
My Installed Software
The My Installed Software area shows the currently installed products on the system, along with their subscription status. This doesn't allow administrators to install software, only to view installed software.