NAME

ocsinventory-agent - Unified client for OCS-Inventory

SYNOPSIS

ocsinventory-agent [ -fhilpruw ] [ --server server | --local /tmp ]...

EXAMPLES

% ocsinventory-agent --server localhost
# sent an inventory to the OCS server

% ocsinventory-agent --server http://localhost/ocsinventory2
# sent an inventory over http to a server with a non standard
# virtual directory

% ocsinventory-agent --server https://localhost/ocsinventory
# sent an inventory over https to the OCS server

% ocsinventory-agent --local /tmp
# write an inventory in the /tmp directory

% ocsinventory-agent --server localhost --user=toto --password=pw --realm="Restricted Area"
# send a report to a server protected by a basic authentification 
% ocsinventory-agent --lazy
# send an inventory only if the a random delay between 0 and PROLOG_FREQ had been run over. Usefull for package maintainer.

% ocsinventory-agent --delaytime 60 -d
# If NO PROLOG_FREQ has been preset, pick a time between execution and --delaytime for the agent to contact the server [default is 3600 seconds]

DESCRIPTION

ocsinventory-agent creates inventory and sent or write them. This agent is the successor of the former linux_agent which was release with OCS 1.01 and prior. It also replaces the Solaris/AIX/BSD unofficial agents. It supports the following operating systems:

Linux 2.4 and 2.6

any distribution on x86, x86_64/AMD64, Sparc64, ARM and PowerPC. Other architectures may work.

Solaris

tested on Solaris 8, 9 and 10 (x86 and Sparc)

FreeBSD

x86 and Sparc

NetBSD

x86 and Sparc

OpenBSD

x86 and Sparc

AIX

tested on AIX 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 (PPC)

MacOSX

tested with system from 10.3.9 to 10.5.2

OPTIONS

Most of the options are available in a short form and a long form. For example, the two lines below are all equivalent:

% ocsinventory-agent -s localhost 
% ocsinventory-agent --server localhost 

--basevardir=DIR

Indicate the place where the agent should store its files.

-d, --daemon

Launch ocsinventory-agent in background. Proc::Daemon is needed.

--debug

Turn the debug mode on.

--devlib

This option is designed for backend module developer. With it enabled, ocsinventry-agent won't try to load the Backend module installed on the system. Instead it will scan the ./lib directory.

--delaytime=SECONDS_TO_WAIT

This option defaults to waiting a random() time between 0 and 3600 before initially contacting the server assuming NO PROLOG_FREQ has been set. Once PROLOG_FREQ has been set, it uses that number at the top end of it's random setting. Useful for pre-setting a deployed agent's initial start time (so you don't jam the server all at once, but don't have to wait an hour to make sure the deployment worked).

-f, --force

The agent will first contact the server during the PROLOG period. If the server doesn't know the machin or have outdated information, it will ask for an inventory. With this option, the agent doesn't run the PROLOG with the server first but directly send an inventory.

-i, --info

Turn the verbose mode on. The flag is ignored if --debug is enable.

--lazy

Do not contact the server more than one time during the PROLOG_FREQ. This option is useful for package. Thanks to it they can start the script regulary from the crontab.

-l, --local=DIR

Write an inventory in the DIR directory. A new file will be created if needed.

--logfile=FILE

Log message in FILE and turn off STDERR

-p, --password=PASSWORD

Use PASSWORD for an HTTP identification with the server.

-r, --realm=REALM

Use REALM for an HTTP identification with the server. For example, the value can be 'Restricted Area'. You can find it in the login popup of your Internet browser.

-s, --server=URI

The uri of the server. If URI doesn't start with http:// or https://, the assume the parameter is a hostname and rewrite it like that:

% http://servername/ocsinventory

If you want to use https or another virtual directory you need to enter the full path.

--server is ignored if --local is in use.

--stdout

Print the inventory on stdout.

% ocsinventory-agent --stdout > /tmp/report.xml
# prepare an inventory and write it in the /tmp/report.xml file.
# A file will be created.

--tag=TAG

Mark the machin with the TAG tag. Once the initial inventory is accepted by the server this value is ignored and you've to change the information directly on the server. The server do so in order to centralize the administration of the machine.

-u USER, --user=USER

Use USER for the server authentification.

--version=USER

Print the version and exit.

-w DURATION, --wait=DURATION

Wait before initializing the connexion with the server. If DURATION equal server the agent will use the PROLOG_FREQ of the server to determine the duration of this periode. Exactly like it would had done if it was in --daemon mode. Else if duration is a numerical value, it will be used directly.

% ocsinventory-agent --wait 5 --server localhost

--nosoftware, --nosoft

Do not inventory the software installed on the machin. --nosoft is deperecated, use --nosoftware

AUTHORS

Goneri LE BOUDER (maintainer), Pascal DANEK, Olivier ANDREOTTI, Thierry LACOSTE, Didier LIROULET

SEE ALSO

OCS-Inventory website,

http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/ 

forum,

http://forums.ocsinventory-ng.org/

and wiki

http://wiki.ocsinventory-ng.org/

BUGS

Please, use the forum as much as possible. You can send your patches to <goneri@rulezlan.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2006 2008 Gonéri LE BOUDER <goneri@rulezlan.org>

Copyright (C) 2005 2008 Pascal DANEK <pascal@ocsinventory-ng.org>

Copyright (C) 2007 Olivier ANDREOTTI <olivier.andreotti@gmail.com>

Copyright (C) 2007 Thierry LACOSTE <lacoste@univ-paris12.fr>

Copyright (C) 2007 Didier LIROULET <dliroulet@users.sourceforge.net>

Copyright (C) 2008 Nicolas DORFSMAN

Copyright (C) 2008 Wes YOUNG <http://claimid.com/saxjazman9>

Copyright (C) 2008 Edouard GAMIN

Copyright (C) 2008 Christoph HALMES

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

cpanm Ocsinventory::Logger

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Ocsinventory::Logger