How to renew your Red Hat Developer Subscription for Individuals

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a popular and powerful operating system that’s widely used by software developers and IT professionals. As a Red Hat Developer, you have access to a wealth of resources and tools to help you build, test, and deploy your applications. However, to keep your Red Hat Developer subscription active, you’ll need to renew it periodically. In this blog post, we’ll show you how to renew your Red Hat Developer Subscription for Individuals, step by step. Whether you’re a seasoned RHEL user or just starting out, this guide will help you keep your subscription active and continue taking advantage of all that RHEL has to offer. So, let’s get started!

The Red Hat Developer Subscription for Individuals is valid for one year and must be renewed after expiration to continue accessing support and benefits at no cost. This guide covers the renewal process and answers common questions.

Note: See my other blog post on How To Create a Red Hat Developer Account And Activate Your RHEL Subscription For Free.

Instructions on how to re-register a Red Hat Developer Subscription

Red Hat asks developers to re-register their subscription once a year. Re-registering confirms that the subscription is still active, and it’s a small price to pay for support, security, updates and more.

Follow these instructions after you identify that your initial one-year subscription has expired:

1. Open developers.redhat.com in an Incognito window in Chrome, a Private window in Firefox, or an InPrivate window in Edge.
2. Use your Red Hat login ID to sign in to the site.  The registration form can be accessed from developers.redhat.com/register.
3. Acknowledge the provided Terms and Conditions.
4. Log out of all Red Hat sites and close your browser(s).
5. Wait 15 to 20 minutes, then log in to access.redhat.com/management.
6. You should now see a new Red Hat Developer for Individuals Subscription on your account.

You may need to remove and then reattach your license after accepting the new terms and conditions for your system to recognize the renewed subscription:

sudo subscription-manager remove --all
sudo subscription-manager unregister
sudo subscription-manager clean
sudo subscription-manager register
sudo subscription-manager refresh
sudo subscription-manager attach --auto

Common questions

Below are answers to frequently asked questions about what happens after the one-year Red Hat Developer Subscription for Individuals has expired.

1. What if I don’t re-register immediately? Will I lose all my software and tools?

In a word, no. Nothing will be removed from your RHEL instance if you don’t re-register immediately after your subscription expires. Nothing will be deleted. Until you re-register, you will not be eligible for updates and access to the support documents and other benefits that you will probably want. But in the meantime, you can keep developing software.

2. Will the container images I’ve created still run?

If you’ve created container images using Red Hat’s Universal Base Images (UBI) base images, you are all set. Those images will keep humming along, running the bug-free software that you wrote without issue.

What if I have more questions?

We’re here to help! Feel free to leave a comment below if you have questions after reading this article. You can also check the No-cost Red Hat Enterprise Linux Individual Developer Subscription FAQs for more information.