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The Red Hat Knowledgebase provides you with access to articles, solutions,
product documentation, and community discussions.
The Red Hat Knowledgebase is normally available only if you have a subscription
purchased directly from Red Hat. However, Google Cloud has partnered with
Red Hat to provide access to the Red Hat Knowledgebase for all Red Hat
Enterprise Linux (RHEL) users on Google Cloud. This is available as a
single-sign-on (SSO) option through the Google Cloud console.
This SSO option to the Red Hat Knowledgebase is available whether
your virtual machine (VM) instances use pay-as-you-go (PAYG) or
bring-your-own-subscription (BYOS) RHEL OS images.
When you access the Red Hat Knowledgebase by using the Google Cloud console,
you are granted access to the portal without the need for authentication for
24 hours. After 24 hours, the token expires and you need to authenticate
again using the SSO from the Google Cloud console.
Requirements
To access the Red Hat Knowledgebase you must have a VM instance that uses a
RHEL OS image.
The VM instance must also meet the following requirements:
This predefined role contains
the permissions required to view the Red Hat Knowledgebase. To see the exact permissions that are
required, expand the Required permissions section:
Required permissions
The following permissions are required to view the Red Hat Knowledgebase:
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