Insights API

Sometimes it is necessary to access Red Hat Insights via API, for example when a system was deleted before

being un-registered from Red Hat Insights. For this purpose it is useful to have a container, running isolated

from the operating system, that allows users to remove the not longer existing host from cloud.redhat.com.

Install the container tools :

$ sudo dnf install buildah podman skopeo

$ sudo podman login registry.redhat.io

Pull the RHEL 8 UBI image :

$ sudo podman pull registry.redhat.io/ubi8/ubi

Start the insights container :

$ sudo podman run --name insights --privileged -it registry.redhat.io/ubi8/ubi /usr/bin/bash

Install perl-JSON-PP & clean :

# dnf install perl-JSON-PP
# dnf clean all
# rm -r /var/cache/dnf

Get info about registered hosts :

# curl -k --user <username> https://cloud.redhat.com/api/inventory/v1/hosts | json_pp > /home/hosts.json

Check for the 'id' to get deleted :

# cat /home/hosts.json

Delete the non-existing system :

# curl -k --user <username> -X "DELETE" https://cloud.redhat.com/api/inventory/v1/hosts/<id>

Now exit the insights container :

# exit

Want to use the container again ?

$ sudo podman start --attach insights

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