Talk:OCS Inventory Tools
known bugs
There are still some bugs in this RPM... Help us to fix them!
ipdiscover bug
We need to confirm that ipdiscover works when the smeserver is the forced client.
I Tried the following:
ipdiscover eth0 10
Here's what I got on my server:
<IPDISCOVER> <H>192.168.0.100<M>00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx</M><N>pc-00100.mydomain.com</N></H> <H>192.168.0.253<M>00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx</M><N>pc-00253.mydomain.com</N></H> <H>192.168.0.254<M>00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx</M><N>pc-00254.mydomain.com</N></H> </IPDISCOVER>
Sounds like it's working for me... But IpDiscover discovers nothing when launched by SME OCS' Agent. There must be a problem here!
Windows Agent don't have this problem...
Cool34000
deployment deletion bug
When you delete a package, ocs complains, but it deletes the files anyway, document later
Stefen
The only way I was able to reproduce an error on package deletion is when I refreshed the page (as files were already removed, I got an error)
Could you be more clear on this bug? How did it happened?
Cool34000
add a package, deploy > activate > click on the red X
ERROR: Can't delete directory /opt/inventory/ocs/download/1194511477
I have documented that you can ignore the error, maybe i should say if you see the error you can ignore?
stephen
www/ocs/install.php bugs
ocsagent.exe is not needed if you plan to use the Agent as a service...
This file allows you to make inventories of computers without having the Agent installed.
Once installed in ocs, you can use the standalone executable OCSLogon.exe to inventory a single computer without having to install the service (better control for logon scripts and think of what you can do with a simple USB key!)
First, you need to import the file in the database. Go to www/ocs/install.php and relaunch the install (this is harmless) with an mysql admin account (I use phpmyadmin so this is admin)
After a 1st warning, refresh and the agent.exe should import itself in mysql database. Not sure about what is does, the only thing I've noticed is that ocsweb's database grows of 1.5MB after this!!! So I guess the file is imported in mysql, this is really strange but it do the job!
Once imported, the file should be deletable...
I think the 1st error screen can be fixed, maybe with raising the good value, mysql tries to import 1.5MB, this is huge!
=> Verified! Here's how it works:
- rename ocslogon.exe into yourdomain.com.exe
- on a computer without the Agent, launch:
c:\your_path\yourdomain.com.exe /np /debug /tag
- Server sends ocsagent.exe and unzip needed files in c:\ocs-ng
- client can inventory himself, then send his inventory.
RPM 1-6
RPM sent, these dependencies are giving me headaches! -> going to bed
- Removed useless MySQL custom-template - Removed ocsagent.exe and guide.pdf - Upload limit fixed - 'MaxUpload' DB entry added to set dynamically max upload file size (default still at 10M) - Events moved to domain-modify - 2 new 'url' types added for ocs' virtual locations - Uninstall script now also deletes new DB values + logs + old inventories - Improved Apache templates to allow adding aliases for both web interfaces - RPM runs silently :'(
SN - excellent !
SN - didn't you need ocsagent.exe ?
SG - I tryed to import this file directly in the DB, but can't re-import it then... :'(
SG - It was a long time ago, can't remember the error.
SN - should the default be 100M, say to allow for openoffice
SG - I really don't know... This is why I let 10M as this is SME default, and this can be changed via the DB...
SG - Do you know any impact on security on stability or problems that we could come across with large values?
future RPM
What will be fixed in next RPM release...
dependencies
change the install method to install the perl dependencies that are available from existing repos.
Then you can reduce the number of perl rpms in your download the less you are responsible for the better
yum localinstall smeserver-inventory-tools* --enablerepo=dag --enablerepo=extras [is extras a repo?]
stephen
Is this just a doc issue or do I need to change the Requires?
All needed deps are should be in extras and mostly in dag
Here's the actual list of Requires in the .spec file (edit if needed):
- Requires: e-smith-base SN - NOT NEEDED IF YOU HAVE BELOW - Requires: e-smith-release >= 7 # Note: SME >8 may need a fix if it uses mod_perl >=2 (could be good to test and be ready!) + DON'T WE HAVE SMESERVER-RELEASE >=7 ? CHECK, rpm -q ... Requires: mod_perl >= 1.99_16-4 Requires: monitor-edid >= 1.11-1 #ocs Agent Requires: ocsinventory-ipdiscover >= 1.01-2 #ocs Agent => will remove this one as it's already a dependency of ocsinventory-agent Requires: ocsinventory-agent >= 0.0.6-1 #ocs Agent Requires: perl-Apache-DBI >= 0.9901-2.2 Requires: perl-Archive-Tar >= 1.23-3.99_2 Requires: perl-Compress-Zlib >= 1.42-1 Requires: perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum >= 0.03-1.2 Requires: perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA >= 0.21-1.2 Requires: perl-IO-Socket-SSL >= 1.01-1 Requires: perl-IO-Zlib >= 1.04-2 Requires: perl-Mail-DomainKeys >= 0.21-2 Requires: perl-MIME-Lite >= 3.01-2.2 Requires: perl-Net-IP >= 1.23-1 Requires: perl-Net-Jabber >= 2.0-1.2 Requires: perl-Net-XMPP >= 1.0-1.2 Requires: perl-SOAP-Lite >= 0.69-1 Requires: perl-XML-SAX >= -0.12-7 Requires: perl-XML-Simple >= 2.14-4 Requires: perl-XML-Stream >= 1.22-1.2 Conflicts: smeserver-ocs_inventory_ng # old RPM version, here for safety! Conflicts: smeserver-glpi # old RPM version, here for safety!
I've noticed that rpm handles dependencies even when they are not in the Requires (looks to be parsing some file)
Maybe I can remove almost all of them?
Will take any advice, I'm not familiar with this! SN - DOESN'T HURT TO LEAVE THEM IN
PS: installing an SME 7.1 right now to see what happens without Requires all perl deps...
SN- I JUST TEST ON 7.2, (PREFERABLY WITH YUM UPGRADE APPLIED)
Cool34000
=> fresh 7.1 final CD install - no updates
=> dag added to yum repos (disabled and invisible)
=> removed all perl dependencies:
Requires: e-smith-base Requires: e-smith-release >= 7 Requires: monitor-edid >= 1.11-1 Requires: ocsinventory-ipdiscover >= 1.01-2 Requires: ocsinventory-agent >= 0.0.6-1 Conflicts: smeserver-ocs_inventory_ng Conflicts: smeserver-glpi
Put agent+server (4 files) in /root and tryed:
# yum localinstall *.rpm --enablerepo=* ... ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: monitor-edid i386 1.11-1.el4.remi monitor-edid-1.11-1.el4.remi.i386.rpm 130 k ocsinventory-agent noarch 0.0.6-1.el4.remi ocsinventory-agent-0.0.6-1.el4.remi.noarch.rpm 202 k ocsinventory-ipdiscover i386 1.01-2.el4.remi ocsinventory-ipdiscover-1.01-2.el4.remi.i386.rpm 8.5 k smeserver-inventory-tools i386 1-7 smeserver-inventory-tools-1-7.i386.rpm 3.0 M Installing for dependencies: mod_perl i386 1.99_16-4.5 smeos 1.4 M perl-Compress-Zlib i386 1.42-1.el4.rf dag 152 k perl-Net-IP noarch 1.25-1.el4.rf smeos 30 k perl-Net-SSLeay i386 1.30-4.el4.centos extras 198 k perl-XML-Simple noarch 2.17-1.el4.rf dag 71 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 9 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 5.2 M
A lot are missing... The RPM installed but I got an error trying to contact the server!