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  • Red Hat Insights Client - Technology Preview

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    I want to inform the community about the release of the new Red Hat Insights client, which is currently available as Technology Preview.

    insights-client
    is the replacement for
    redhat-access-insights
    and runs automatically as a cron job ... to run it manually, execute
    insights-client
    . We find more information here -> Product Documentation for Red Hat Insights | Red Hat Insights 1.0 Release Notes

    Repositories :

    sudo subscription-manager refresh


    (in case the repository is not available)

    sudo subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-insights-3-rpms

    (for the RHEL 7 Server edition - replace 7 with 6 when running a RHEL 6 Server)

    sudo subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-workstation-insights-3-rpms


    (for the RHEL 7 Workstation edition - replace 7 with 6 when running a RHEL 6 Workstation)

    Installation :

    sudo yum update

    sudo yum install insights-client

    Usage :

    sudo insights-client


    sudo insights-client --

    Options:
      --help                        show this help message and exit
      --version                     Display version
      --register                    Register system to the Red Hat Insights Service
      --unregister                  Unregister system from the Red Hat Insights Service
      --display-name=DISPLAY_NAME   Display name for this system.  Must be used with --register
      --group=GROUP                 Group to add this system to during registration
      --retry=RETRIES               Number of times to retry uploading. 300 seconds between tries
      --validate                    Validate remove.conf
      --quiet                       Only display error messages to stdout
      --silent                      Display no messages to stdout
      --enable-schedule             Enable automatic scheduling for collection to run
      --disable-schedule            Disable automatic scheduling
      --conf=CONF                   Pass a custom config file
      --to-stdout                   print archive to stdout; sets --quiet and --no-upload
      --offline                     offline mode for OSP use
      --logging-file=LOGGING_FILE   path to log file location
      --net-debug                   Log the HTTP method and URL every time a network call is made.
    
      Debug options:
        --test-connection           Test connectivity to Red Hat
        --force-reregister          Forcefully reregister this machine to Red Hat. Use only as directed.
        --verbose                   DEBUG output to stdout
        --support                   Create a support logfile for Red Hat Insights
        --status                    Check this machine's registration status with Red Hat Insights
        --no-upload                 Do not upload the archive
        --keep-archive              Do not delete archive after upload  
    

    I have installed and tested it on my RHEL 7 systems - the client is running smoothly without any problems so far, hence I can recommend to use it.

    Regards,

    Christian

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