# Red Hat Software Access

### Getting Red Hat software

Once you complete the prerequisites, you may need Partner Subscription access to Red Hat software such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux. To request software access as a partner, [follow these instructions](https://redhat-connect.gitbook.io/red-hat-partner-connect-general-guide/benefits/software-access). You must be an "org admin" within your partner account in order to request Partner Subscriptions. Once your access has been approved \[this happens automatically], you may [download software from the Customer Portal](https://access.redhat.com/downloads/).

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**It is a requirement to run the certification test suite on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux  installation where the only 3rd party non Red Hat software present is that of the software vendor's product under test and any dependencies of the software vendor's product. For this reason it is highly recommended that a new installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is made available for software certification testing as to avoid false failures and complexity in analyzing certification results.**&#x20;
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