Chapter 28. Setting up Red Hat Lightspeed Remediations

Procedure

1. From the navigation panel, select Automation Execution Infrastructure Credentials.
2. Click Create credential.

3. Enter the appropriate details in the following fields:

   • Name: Enter the name of the credential.
   • Optional: Description: Enter a description for the credential.
   • Optional: Organization: Enter the name of the organization with which the credential is associated, or click the search icon and select it from the Select organization window.
   • Credential type: Enter Red Hat Lightspeed or select it from the list.
   • Username: Enter a valid Red Hat Lightspeed credential.

   • Password: Enter a valid Red Hat Lightspeed credential.

     The Red Hat Lightspeed credentials are the user’s Red Hat Customer Portal account username and password.

4. Click Create credential.

Procedure

1. From the navigation panel, select Automation Execution Projects.
2. Click Create project.

3. Enter the appropriate details in the following fields. Note that the following fields require specific Red Hat Lightspeed related entries:

   • Name: Enter the name for your Red Hat Lightspeed project.
   • Optional: Description: Enter a description for the project.
   • Organization: Enter the name of the organization with which the credential is associated, or click the search icon and select it from the Select organization window.
   • Optional: Execution environment: The execution environment that is used for jobs that use this project.
   • Source control type: Select Red Hat Lightspeed.
   • Optional: Content signature validation credential: Enable content signing to verify that the content has remained secure when a project is synced.
   • Red Hat Lightspeed credential: This is pre-populated with the Red Hat Lightspeed credential you created before. If not, enter the credential, or click the search icon and select it from the Select Red Hat Lightspeed Credential window.

4. Select the update options for this project from the Options field and provide any additional values, if applicable. For more information about each option click the tooltip icon next to each one.

   

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5. Click Create project.

   All SCM and project synchronizations occur automatically the first time you save a new project. If you want them to be updated to what is current in Red Hat Lightspeed, manually update the SCM-based project by clicking the Update icon under the project’s available actions.

   This process syncs your Red Hat Lightspeed project with your Red Hat Lightspeed account solution. Note that the status dot beside the name of the project updates once the sync has run.

Procedure

1. From the navigation menu, select Automation Execution Templates.
2. On the Templates list view, click Create template and select from the list.

3. Enter the appropriate details in the following fields. Note that the following fields require specific Red Hat Lightspeed related entries:

   • Name: Enter the name of your Maintenance Plan.
   • Optional: Description: Enter a description for the job template.
   • Job Type: If not already populated, select Run from the job type list.
   • Inventory: Select the Red Hat Lightspeed inventory that you previously created.
   • Project: Select the Red Hat Lightspeed project that you previously created.
   • Optional: Execution Environment: The container image to be used for execution.
   • Playbook: Select a playbook associated with the Maintenance Plan that you want to run from the playbook list.
   • Optional: Credentials: Enter the credential to use for this project or click the search ( ) icon and select it from the pop-up window. The credential does not have to be a Red Hat Lightspeed credential.

   • Verbosity: Keep the default setting, or select the desired verbosity from the list.

     

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4. Click Create job template.
5. Click the launch icon to launch the job template. * When complete, the job results in the Job Details page.