Red Hat SummitChapter 1. Introducing RHEL Lightspeed for RHEL systems
The RHEL Lightspeed intelligent functionalities can help you to manage your system environment in a more accessible way, whether you are less experienced with RHEL or already have experience.
1.1. The command-line assistant powered by RHEL Lightspeed
The command-line assistant powered by RHEL Lightspeed is an optional AI tool available within the RHEL command-line interface that includes information from the Red Hat knowledge from Knowledge Centered Service (KCS) articles, RHEL documentation, among other Red Hat resources. You can use the assistant to get help with the following activities, including others:
- Answering RHEL related questions
- Assistance troubleshooting and fixing issues
- Understanding log files
- Asking for recommendations
You can use the command-line assistant powered by RHEL Lightspeed for interactive workflows to solve issues, implement new RHEL features, find information, and more. For example, you can run a command and then use the command-line assistant to help you to understand the output and possible next steps. Or, you can ask a question on SSH, receive suggestions, and ask another question to continue diagnosing the problem.
You can interact with the command-line assistant powered by RHEL Lightspeed by using plain language instead of using complex commands as you might when using a standard command-line interface.
The command-line assistant powered by RHEL Lightspeed does not require direct internet connectivity. This is helpful in cases where, if you do not want to have every RHEL system directly connected to a service over the internet, you can proxy all of the requests from RHEL systems through a single proxy system that is connected to the internet.
RHEL Lightspeed command-line assistant follows the RHEL lifecycle. For information on supported versions and the associated policies, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle for information on supported versions and the associated policies.
The command-line assistant does not have direct access to the information about the system it is running on. However, you can include information about your environment in the messages you input and which are then sent to the LLM provider. For example, the assistant is unable to provide answers on the free memory available on the system that it runs. Instead, the command-line assistant responds with information about a command that you can run to determine how much free memory there is.
RHEL Lightspeed use of generative AI functionalities
RHEL Lightspeed uses the WatsonX AI API LLM (Large Language Model). The model is deployed as a SaaS external infrastructure.
1.2. How the command-line assistant processes your data
While using the command-line assistant interface, you input messages that the command-line assistant transforms and sends to the LLM provider you have configured for your environment. These messages can contain information about aspects of your environment.
Do not enter information into the command-line assistant interface that you do not want to send to the LLM provider.
By using the command-line assistant powered by RHEL Lightspeed, you agree that Red Hat may use all of the messages that you exchange with the LLM provider. The feature is not intended to process personal information, and by using the command-line assistant powered by RHEL Lightspeed you agree to not include any personal information while using the command-line assistant. Support for AI features is provided only for the components that are provided by Red Hat.
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