A step-by-step guide to building MCP-ready bootable RHEL images using image mode. It covers generating SSH keys for AI agent access, configuring VS Code or Cursor with two Red Hat MCP servers (one for live OS telemetry via journalctl/systemctl, one for Red Hat Lightspeed proactive security analytics), writing a Containerfile

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Step 1: Generate your AI bridge keysStep 2: Configuring your AI agentStep 3: Designing the registered imageStep 4: Zero-touch registration and access with cloud-initTroubleshooting the configurationMCP servers in actionSort: