Configuring RHEL Instances

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) pricing model is based on virtual CPU (vCPU) core slabs. You can configure pricing per Red Hat’s standard core model, which includes:

• 1-8 vCPUs
• 9-128 vCPUs
• 129+ vCPUs

Follow these steps to configure RHEL Instances:

1. Click Default Services.

2. Under the Compute section, click RHEL Instances.  

3. Turn on the toggle button at the top to make this service available as part of the default services. This action will enable all associated sections.

4. Under the Availability section, select the availability zone(s) from which you want to offer the service. Then, click Save and Update.  

5. Under the Billing section, select the Billing Options.

   • Prorate on Entry: Purchases will be pro-rated at the time of purchase of services.
   • Prorate on Exit: Removals will be pro-rated at the time of removal of services.

6. Select the Billing Cycle to be displayed to the subscribers: Hourly, Monthly, or Both.  

7. You can provision the RHEL Instances to an approval-based system within the Provisioning section. To do so, turn on the Approval Required toggle button to offer additional functionalities such as sending custom instructions to end-users upon approval and attaching up to five files, each up to three MB.

7. Under the Operating Systems section, click on Availability Zones, and enable the required packs inside the collections.

8. Under the Compute section, click on Availability Zones, and enable the compute pack of the specific collection you want to offer to the end user.

9. Under the Root Disks section, click on Availability Zones and enable packs for the designated collection.

10. Under the App Overlays section, select all the apps that you want to provide as part of the default service to the end-users during the deployment of the RHEL instance.

11. Return to the Default Services, and click PUBLISH DEFAULT CATALOGUE.