Chapter 8. Changing the insights-client schedule You can disable, enable, and modify the schedule that controls when the Insights client runs. By default, the Insights client runs every 24 hours. The timers in the default schedules vary so that all systems do not run the client at the same time. 8.1. Disabling the Insights client schedule You must disable the client schedule before you can change the default Insights client settings and create a new schedule. The procedure you use to disable the insights-client schedule depends on your Red Hat Enterprise Linux and client versions. Additional resources KCS article about creating custom schedules KCS article about cron 8.1.1. Disabling the client schedule for RHEL 6, RHEL 7 and later with Client 3.x Note The --no-schedule option is deprecated in Client 3.x and later. Prerequisites Root-level access to your system. Procedure Enter the insights-client command with the --version option to verify the client version. Enter the insights-client command with the --disable-schedule option to disable the client schedule. 8.2. Enabling the Insights client schedule When you first enable the client schedule, it runs using its default settings. If you make changes to the schedule, those settings take precedence. When you run insights-client from the command line, Insights client runs using the settings you specify for only that session. When the scheduled run takes place, it uses the default settings. 8.2.1. Enabling the Insights client schedule on RHEL 7 or later and Client 3.x You can enable the client schedule so that it runs on its default settings. If you change the default schedule settings, the changed settings take precedence. Prerequisites Root-level access to your system. The client schedule is disabled. (Optional) You modified the default schedule. Procedure To verify the client version, enter the insights-client command with the --version option. Enter the insights-client command with the --enable-schedule option to enable the client schedule. 8.3. Modifying the Insights client schedule To change when the Insights client runs, modify the schedule. The method that you use depends on the RHEL release and client version that your system is running. Select the procedure that matches your version of RHEL. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 and earlier, use cron to modify the system schedule. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 and later, update the systemd settings and the insights-client-timer file. 8.3.1. Scheduling insights-client using systemd settings Note Use this for systems running RHEL 7.5 and later with Client 3.x. You can change the default schedule for running insights-client by updating the system systemd settings and the insights-client.timer file. Prerequisites Root-level access to your system. Procedure To edit the settings in the insights-client.timer file, enter the systemctl edit command and the file name. This action opens an empty file with the default system editor. Enter different settings to modify the schedule. The values in this example are the default settings for systemd . Enable the insights-client schedule. Additional resources Review the man pages for systemctl(1) , systemd.timer(5) , and systemd.time(7) to understand systemd What is cron and how is it used? 8.3.2. Refreshing the package cache for systems managed by Red Hat Satellite Insights now provides the optional --build-packagecache command to provide accurate reporting for applicable updates on Satellite-managed systems. This option rebuilds the yum/dnf package caches for insights-client , and creates a refreshed list of applicable updates for the system. You can run the command manually to rebuild the package caches immediately, or you can edit the client configuration file ( /etc/insights-client/insights-client.conf ) to rebuild the package caches automatically each time the system checks in to Insights. Additional resources For more information about how to run the --build-packagecache command, see Managing system content and patch updates with Red Hat Insights . For more information about the --build-packagecache options, see the following KCS article: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/7041171 For more information about managing errata in Red Hat Satellite, see Managing content .

Commands:
insights-client --version Client: 3.0.6-0 Core: 3.0.121-1
insights-client --disable-schedule
insights-client --version Client: 3.0.6-0 Core: 3.0.121-1
insights-client --enable-schedule
systemctl edit insights-client.timer
[Timer] OnCalendar=daily RandomizedDelaySec=14400
insights-client --enable-schedule