Red Hat Cloud Access

At Red Hat, we recognize that the cloud is one of the most fundamental shifts in IT technology to occur in decades and that existing business models must evolve to meet the demands of the new cloud business and operational requirements. Red Hat is the first company to bring enterprise-class software, subscriptions, and support capabilities all built in to business and operational models that were designed specifically for the cloud.

As an added benefit for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Premium subscribers, Red Hat Cloud Access enables qualified enterprise customers to migrate their current subscriptions for use at select Red Hat Premier Certified Clouds.

Red Hat Cloud Access:

  • Specifically designed to empower customers who have significant, long-term investments in Red Hat Enterprise Linux with the flexibility of leveraging the best architecture and infrastructure business model for their needs.
  • Gives customers the ability to make use of Red Hat support, relationships, and technology on certified clouds, while maintaining a consistent level of service and support across all certified deployment infrastructures with consistent and predictable pricing.
  • Available for active, unused Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform Premium or Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Premium subscriptions for customers that have a direct (L1-L3) relationship with Red Hat support.
  • Eligible customers will continue to use their standard support contacts and methods to receive support, but Red Hat will support running instances in the cloud. Red Hat will provide both base images, such as Base AMIs for Amazon, and a cloud update service specific to those images for operating within a Premier Cloud Provider environment.

Eligibility

To be eligible for Red Hat Cloud Access, a customer must:

Guidelines

  • One Red Hat Enterprise Linux Premium subscription can be used to run one concurrent instance in the cloud, regardless of Amazon virtual instance size (small, large, extra-large, etc.).
    • The virtualization entitlements included with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform do not transfer into the cloud. One subscription equals one instance.
  • A single subscription may only be used for one virtual machine at a time. Only one virtual instance may be run simultaneously in all Amazon EC2 region, datacenters, and machines.
  • One Amazon EC2 account number may be associated with only one Red Hat account. Multiple Amazon EC2 account numbers may be associated with a single Red Hat account.
  • Access to cloud instances are valid only while currently subscribed to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server or Advanced Platform Premium subscriptions.
  • Base images and updates:
    • Red Hat provides certified and supported base images for use within Amazon EC2 Cloud.These images are maintained by Red Hat and updated periodically to include any critical errata or updates.
    • Red Hat provides a cloud update service within Amazon EC2, enabling customers to install and update packages within the cloud. Customers choosing to run a virtual private network, such as Amazon VPC, are not able to connect to this update service while the virtual private network is activated and must use an on-premise Red Hat Network Satellite Server or other update service.
    • Red Hat only supports provided base images and packages provided within the cloud, whether contained in the base images or cloud update service. Packages supported outside of the cloud, for example GFS, under standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription terms are not supported in cloud.

Enroll

To enable your current Red Hat Premium subscription for Red Hat Cloud Access, you will need the following information:

  • Review and confirm you meet the eligibility requirements of Cloud Access.
  • Your Red Hat Account Number
  • Amazon EC2 12-digit account number
    • If you don't have an Amazon EC2 Account number or can't remember your Amazon EC2 account number, click here.
  • To become a member of Amazon Web Services, you will be asked to provide a credit card against which you will be charged for all fixed and variable charges associated with accessing resources on Amazon EC2. If you are using the Red Hat Cloud Access feature of a Premium subscription, you will be charged by Amazon for only the virtual machine time and not Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
  • Once you purchase your subscription through Amazon Payments, you will be charged a fixed, monthly fee and usage-based fees for your use of Amazon EC2.

To register for Red Hat Cloud Access:

  • When you click the Enroll Now button below you will be prompted to log into your Red Hat Account where you can register for Red Hat Cloud Access on Amazon EC2.

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