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Chapter 4. Exporting inventory data

You can use the export service for inventory to export a list of systems and their data from your Red Hat Lightspeed inventory. You can specify CSV or JSON as the output format. The export process takes place asynchronously, so it runs in the background.

The service is available in the Red Hat Lightspeed UI.

Important

Your RBAC permissions affect the system information you can export. You must have inventory:hosts:read permission for a system to export system information.

4.1. Inventory data files
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The inventory export process creates and downloads a zip file. The zip file contains the following files:

  • id.suffix — the export data file, with the file name format of id.json for JSON files, or id.csv for CSV files. For example: f26a57ac-1efc-4831-9c26-c818b6060ddf.json
  • README.md — the export manifest for the JSON/CSV file, which lists the downloaded files, any errors, and instructions for obtaining help
  • meta.json — describes the export operation — requestor, date, Organization ID, and file metadata (such as the filename of the JSON/CSV file)

You can export inventory data from the Red Hat Lightspeed UI. The inventory data export service works differently from the export service for other Red Hat Lightspeed services, such as Advisor.

Prerequisites

  • RBAC permissions for the systems you want to view and export

    • Inventory:hosts:read (inventory:hosts:read * for all systems in inventory)
  • A User Access role for workspaces. For more information about User Access roles, see User access to workspaces.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Inventory > Systems. The list of systems displays.
  2. Click the Export icon next to the options icon (⋮). The drop-down menu displays.
  3. Select CSV or JSON as the export format. A status message displays: Preparing export. Once complete, your download will start automatically.
Systems inventory export showing the export icon in the UI
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Systems inventory export showing the export icon in the UI

When the download completes, a browser window automatically opens to display the results.

If you remain on the Systems page after requesting the download, status messages from Red Hat Lightspeed appear with updates on the progress of the export operation.

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