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Confusing registration instructions in insights motd

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      Description of Problem:

      Confusing registration instructions displayed on the terminal on a system not registered to Insights.

      How reproducible

      100%

      Steps to Reproduce

      Option 1 - New RHEL system (user scenario)

      • Deploy a new RHEL system from scratch
      • Before registering the system to insights, log in to the terminal (ssh or console)
      • You should be able to see the insights motd

      Option 2 - Force the display on an existing system 

      • # rm -f /var/lib/insights/newest.egg*
      • # rm -f /etc/motd.d/insights-client
      • # yum -y reinstall insights-client

      Option 3 - See the content source of the insights motd

      • # cat /etc/insights-client/insights-client.motd

      Actual Behavior

      A user logging in to a newly deployed RHEL system will see the following output:

      Register this system with Red Hat Insights: insights-client --register
      Create an account or view all your systems at https://red.ht/insights-dashboard


      Running the command as-is will not work if the system is not already registered via subscription-manager

      Expected Behavior

      The instructions should provide the users with complete instructions on how to register their system using rhc, what is rhc and what is Red Hat Insights.

      The complete proposal can be found here:

      https://docs.google.com/document/d/15Mvh_PKO_uzHbnl9MLTyo9v4HbOcXxSxPtnVSeGV8tM/edit#heading=h.sr332s6vg979

      Additional info

      The goal is to drive adoption of Insights and provide a good user experience with useful and accurate instructions

              rh-ee-jajerome Jason Jerome
              redakkan@redhat.com Rehana Raj Edakandiyil
              CSI Client Tools Bugs Bot CSI Client Tools Bugs Bot
              Qianqian Zhang Qianqian Zhang
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