Getting started with Red Hat Lightspeed

A data collector is an application or service that regularly sends host information, updates, or system profile data to Red Hat Lightspeed inventory. insights-client is a data collector for Red Hat Lightspeed.

System facts are the metadata that data collectors collect about your RHEL systems. These facts describe runtime configuration, system health, and system performance. insights-client uses the system facts it collects to populate inventory data in Red Hat Lightspeed and to update existing data. Red Hat Lightspeed also uses system facts to analyze system performance and to create recommendations for services such as Advisor or remediations.

You can use the Registration Assistant as a starting point to help you start using Red Hat Lightspeed. The Registration Assistant provides an interactive guide to help you register and install Red Hat Lightspeed.

To start the Registration Assistant, click or go to:

You can also get started with Red Hat Lightspeed by following the steps in the product documentation for configuring the insights-client.

To install Red Hat Lightspeed, use the:

To install Red Hat Lightspeed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux hosts managed by Red Hat Satellite, see:

To install Red Hat Lightspeed on existing RHEL systems managed by Red Hat Subscription Manager, Red Hat Satellite, or Cloud access, see:

To install Red Hat Lightspeed on existing RHEL systems purchased from a marketplace and managed by Red Hat, see:

To install Red Hat Lightspeed on existing RHEL systems purchased from a marketplace, not directly managed by Red Hat, see:

Red Hat Lightspeed relies on data collected by the following components, which are installed and enabled by default in OpenShift Container Platform:

For more information on how OpenShift Container Platform gathers data, monitors health, and assists with troubleshooting, see the product documentation links in the Additional resources section.

To ensure your system is ready to use the services of Red Hat Lightspeed, enable your OpenShift Container Platform cluster to collect and report data to Red Hat:

If you are not a Satellite user then you need to either directly communicate to Red Hat Lightspeed or set up a web proxy.

Red Hat Lightspeed proxy provides capabilities and features for securely and efficiently connecting your systems to Red Hat Lightspeed.

To make it simpler and easier for you, Red Hat Lightspeed provides a proxy, which is included with your RHEL subscription. Red Hat Lightspeed proxy routes all Red Hat traffic through the proxy with a config script hosted on the proxy server that you use to configure each host system.

For detailed information about how to install and configure Red Hat Lightspeed proxy, see Connecting your RHEL systems through the Red Hat Lightspeed proxy.

You might choose to use a web proxy of your choice to act as a gateway between the public Internet and your private network, and configure a web config file on each host. This is a good security measure to protect your systems from malicious activity.

To connect your systems to Red Hat Lightspeed you must add hostnames, ports, and allow additional URLs. For guidance about how to connect to Red Hat Lightspeed by using your own proxy, see Connecting to Red Hat Lightspeed through your own proxy.

Understand how the role-based access control (RBAC) User Access feature of the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console manages user permissions through roles instead of individual user assignments. User Access simplifies permission management by assigning specific permissions to roles, which can then be assigned to user groups.

You can also create custom groups and roles to provide more fine-tuned control over specific features of Red Hat Lightspeed to suit the needs of your organization.

If you are an Organization Administrator, you can use the User Access feature under Identity & Access Management in the Hybrid Cloud Console to:

Understand the two predefined groups available in User Access: Default access and Default admin access. Create custom groups to align permissions with specific personas, job functions, or teams in your organization.

The Default admin access group includes many (but not all) predefined roles that provide update and delete permissions. The roles in this group usually include administrator in their names.

Understand how predefined roles in Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console bundle permissions across multiple Red Hat Lightspeed applications to align with common user personas. Use predefined roles to reduce administrative effort, or create custom roles for more fine-tuned control over specific features.

The predefined roles are a starting point to help you to control and manage user permissions. You can then use these roles to create custom roles that are tailored to your specific use cases and organization. For example, you can use the predefined granular roles to create custom roles that provide more fine-tuned control over specific features of Red Hat Lightspeed.

By default, Red Hat provides a set of consolidated roles and a set of granular roles in the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console User Access UI. The consolidated roles significantly reduce the administrative effort required to manage user permissions, while the granular roles provide more fine-tuned control over specific features of Red Hat Lightspeed.

You can use the predefined consolidated and granular roles in User Access simultaneously, but using consolidated roles can significantly reduce the administrative effort.

Verify your current permissions and the roles or groups assigned to you in the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console. Check your permissions to troubleshoot access issues or understand your level of access to Red Hat Lightspeed applications.

You can also filter your permissions by application, for example, by advisor, cost management, inventory, and remediations.

If you are an Organization Administrator, you can view and manage user permissions for all users in your organization. Control access to Red Hat Lightspeed and other Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console services through the User Access interface.