System Information Collected by Red Hat Lightspeed (Insights)
View data collected by the insights-client uploader
This content is not included.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 |
| RHEL 9 | >= 3.9.3 | >= 3.7.4 |
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 | This content is not included.datasource catalog |
| client version >= 3.1.0 | 3.0.210 <= egg version < 3.4.17 | core collection2 | This content is not included.datasource catalog |
| 3.0.6 < client version < 3.1.0 | 3.0.210 <= egg version < 3.4.17 | simple commands and files3 | This content is not included.uploader.v2.json |
| client version < 3.0.3 | egg version < 3.0.210 | simple commands and files | This content is not included.uploader.json |
| client version v1 | / | simple commands and files | This content is not included.uploader.json |
core collection is enabled by default and cannot be disabled, and "simple commands and files" is no longer supported
2: core collection is enabled by default and can be disabled manually with "core_collect=False" in /etc/insights-client/insights-client.conf.
3: "uploader.v2.json/uploader.json" will still be available for downloading, but there will be no new updates to them after January 1st, 2025.
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
This content is not included.Red Hat Lightspeed (Insights) Security - Data Collection & Controls