System Information Collected by Red Hat Lightspeed (Insights)
View data collected by the insights-client uploader
Red Hat Lightspeed (Insights) collects specific system metadata for analysis. The insights-client --no-upload command enables users to view all of their collected metadata without uploading anything to Red Hat Lightspeed (Insights) servers. Consult the table below to learn more about the default collection mechanism for a particular version and the full list of commands leveraged by the client.
RPM
| insights-client version | insights-core version | full list of specs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 10 | >= 3.10.3 | >= 3.7.4 | datasource catalog |
| RHEL 9 | >= 3.9.3 | >= 3.7.4 | datasource catalog |
EGG
| insights client version | insights-core Egg version | default collection mechanism | full list of specs |
|---|---|---|---|
| client version >= 3.1.0 | egg version >= 3.4.17 | core collection1 | datasource catalog |
| client version >= 3.1.0 | 3.0.210 <= egg version < 3.4.17 | core collection2 | datasource catalog |
| 3.0.6 < client version < 3.1.0 | 3.0.210 <= egg version < 3.4.17 | simple commands and files3 | uploader.v2.json |
| client version < 3.0.3 | egg version < 3.0.210 | simple commands and files | uploader.json |
| client version v1 | / | simple commands and files | uploader.json |
Using --no-upload
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The
insights-client --no-uploadcommand performs a collection test run and saves the output to a local temporary directory,/var/tmp/in the example below.# insights-client --no-upload Starting to collect Insights data See Insights data in /var/tmp/dJmbXS/insights-localhost-20151113145133.tar.gz
Excluding data from collection
- To exclude specific metadata from being sent from the Insights client, see Opting Out of Sending Metadata from Red Hat Lightspeed (Insights) Client .
Related Resources
Red Hat Lightspeed (Insights) Security - Data Collection & Controls
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core collection is enabled by default and cannot be disabled, and "simple commands and files" is no longer supported ↩︎
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core collection is enabled by default and can be disabled manually with "core_collect=False" in
/etc/insights-client/insights-client.conf. ↩︎ -
"uploader.v2.json/uploader.json" will still be available for downloading, but there will be no new updates to them after January 1st, 2025. ↩︎
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