Linux

Enterprise Linux notes from the lab: building the systems, registering them, keeping them patched, and fixing what breaks.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

• Rhel RHEL on Proxmox Getting RHEL at no cost, building the VM, registering the subscription, Cockpit, and the kernel patching workflow. →

Why real RHEL

Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux are binary compatible rebuilds and cost nothing to run. What they do not give you is subscription-manager, Red Hat errata, or the entitlement model, and those are exactly the parts that show up in enterprise vulnerability remediation work.

A free Developer Subscription for Individuals covers up to 16 systems, which is more than a home lab needs.