Appendix D. Command options for insights-client

[insights-client]

Required first line of the configuration file, even if you specify a different location or name for the client configuration file.

#loglevel=DEBUG

Change the log level. Options are: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL. The default is DEBUG. The default log file location is /var/log/insights-client/insights-client.log.

#auto_config=True

Attempt to auto configure with Satellite server. Values can be True (default) or False.

#authmethod=CERT

Set the authentication method. Valid option is CERT. The default value is CERT.

#username=

username to use when authmethod is BASIC. The username is stored in clear text.

#password=

password to use when authmethod is BASIC. The password is stored in clear text.

#base_url=cert-api.access.redhat.com:443/r/insights

Base URL for the API.

#proxy=

URL for your proxy. Example: http://user:pass@192.168.100.50:8080

#auto_update=True

Automatically update the dynamic configuration. The default is True Change to False if you do not want to automatically update.

#obfuscate=False

Obfuscate IPv4 addresses. The default is False. Change to True to enable address obfuscation.

#obfuscate_hostname=False

Obfuscate hostname. You must set obfuscate=True to obfuscate the host name, which enables IPv4 address obfuscation. You cannot obfuscate only the host name.

#display_name=

Display name for registration. The default is to use /etc/hostname. NOTE: This value interacts with the insights-client --display-name command. If you use the CLI to change the display name but a different display name is enabled in the configuration file, the display name reverts to the configuration file value when the scheduler runs the Insights client.

#cmd_timeout=120

Timeout for commands run during collection, in seconds. The command processes are terminated when the timeout value is hit.

#http_timeout=120

Timeout for HTTP calls, in seconds

#remove_file=/etc/insights-client/remove.conf

Location of redaction file

Insights client may prevent processes from initializing real-time scheduling.