Chapter 7. System filtering and groups

Procedure

1. Run the following command as root, adding your custom group name in place of <name-you-choose>:

   [root@server ~]# insights-client --group=<name-you-choose>

2. Optional. To add additional tags, edit the /etc/insights-client/tags.yaml file.
3. Navigate to Inventory > Systems and log in if necessary.
4. Click the Filter by tags drop-down menu. You can also use the search box to enter all or part of the tag’s name to automatically show systems with that text in the tags.
5. Scroll up or down the list to locate the tag.
6. Click the tag to filter by it.

7. Verify that your system is among the results on the advisor systems list.

   1. Navigate to Inventory > Systems and log in if necessary.
   2. Activate the Name filter and begin typing the system name until you see your system, then select it.
   3. The tag symbol is a darker color, and the number beside it shows the correct number of tags applied.

Procedure

1. Open the tag configuration file, tags.yaml, in an editor.

   [root@server ~]# vim /etc/insights-client/tags.yaml

2. Edit the file contents or add additional key=value pairs. Add additional key=value pairs if needed. Use a mix of capitalization, letters, numbers, symbols, and whitespace. The following example shows how to organize tags.yaml when adding more than one tag to a system.

   # tags
   ---
   group: _group-name-value_
   location: _location-name-value_
   description:
   - RHEL8
   - SAP
   key 4: value

3. Save your changes and close the editor.

4. Generate an upload to Insights for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

   [root@server ~]# insights-client

5. Navigate to Inventory > Systems and log in if necessary.

6. In the Filter Results box, click the down arrow and select one of the filters or enter the name of the filter and select it.

   Note

   You can search by the tag key or by its value.

7. Find your system among the results.
8. Verify that the filter icon is darkened and shows a number representing the number of filters applied to the system.

Procedure

1. Using the command line, and your preferred editor, open /etc/insights-client/tags.yaml. (The following example uses Vim.)

   [root@server ~]# vi /etc/insights-client/tags.yaml

2. Edit the /etc/insights-client/tags.yaml file to add the predefined key=value pair for the tags. This example shows how to add security: strict and network_performance: latency tags.

   # cat /etc/insights-client/tags.yaml
   group: redhat
   location: Brisbane/Australia
   description:
   - RHEL8
   - SAP
   security: strict
   network_performance: latency

3. Save your changes.
4. Close the editor.

5. Optional: Run the insights-client command to generate an upload to Red Hat Insights for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or wait until the next scheduled Red Hat Insights upload.

   [root@server ~]# insights-client