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Chapter 8. Deploying Red Hat Lightspeed

If you are using Red Hat Lightspeed as the data collection tool, deploy Red Hat Lightspeed on every RHEL system that is managed by Red Hat Satellite.

Do these steps

  1. To install Red Hat Lightspeed, see the following information:

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8.1. Installing Red Hat Lightspeed
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Install Red Hat Lightspeed to collect information about your inventory.

Procedure

  1. Install the Red Hat Lightspeed client on every RHEL system that is managed by Red Hat Satellite by using the following instructions:

Note

The Red Hat Lightspeed client is installed by default on RHEL 8 and later systems unless the minimal installation option was used to install RHEL. However, the client must still be registered, as documented in the client installation instructions.

8.2. What data does Red Hat Lightspeed collect?
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When the Red Hat Lightspeed client is installed on a system, it collects data about that system on a daily basis and sends it to the Red Hat Insights cloud application. The data might also be shared with other applications on the Hybrid Cloud Console, such as inventory or the subscriptions service services. Red Hat Lightspeed provides configuration and command options, including options for data obfuscation and data redaction, to manage that data.

For more information, see the Client Configuration Guide for Red Hat Insights, available with the Red Hat Lightspeed product documentation.

You might also want to examine the types of data that Red Hat Lightspeed collects and sends to Red Hat or add controls to the data that is sent. For additional information that supplements the information available in the product documentation, see the following articles:

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