Chapter 1. Client tools and components

The remote host configuration (rhc) client provides easy registration and remote remediation capabilities for RHEL systems connected to Red Hat Lightspeed.

The rhc client is preinstalled and fully supported with all Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.6 and later installations, with the exception of minimal installations.

The rhc client consists of the following utility programs:

You can simplify access management in the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console by using role-based access control (RBAC). The User Access feature assigns specific permissions to roles instead of individual users, which are then inherited when roles are 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 User Access in the Hybrid Cloud Console to:

The two predefined groups available in User Access, Default access and Default admin access provide different baseline privilege levels for users in your organization. You can also 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 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.

Understand the predefined roles that control permissions to manage and remediate your RHEL systems remotely using the remote host configuration manager with Red Hat Lightspeed. Use these role definitions to assign appropriate permissions to users based on their responsibilities.

The following User Access roles enable standard or enhanced access to the remote host configuration manager in the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console:

See also the following information about the required User Access roles for remotely executing remediation plans in the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console:

You can install insights-client on an existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) system that is connected to Red Hat Cloud Access. Installing insights-client gives you automated system health checks and other services to find and fix issues before they cause problems with systems in your organization.

Install the insights-client on an existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux system purchased from a cloud marketplace and managed by Red Hat Update Infrastructure (RHUI). The insights-client provides automated health checks and services to find and fix issues before they affect your systems.

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[root@server ~]# insights-client --version