Ya tenemos inventarios de hardware y de software por medio de OCSInventory NG en equipos Windows y hoy les mostrare como instalar un agente linux en un Ubuntu Desktop. Aunque el articulo es con Ubuntu el proceso de instalación y configuración es el mismo para otras distribuciones linux.
IP servidor OCSInventory NG: 192.168.1.40
-Descargamos el cliente para linux.
wget -c https://launchpad.net/ocsinventory-unix-agent/stable-2.1/2.1rc1/+download/Ocsinventory-Unix-Agent-2.1rc1.tar.gz
-Descomprimimos
tar xzvf Ocsinventory-Unix-Agent-2.1rc1.tar.gz
cd Ocsinventory-Unix-Agent-2.1rc1
-Instalamos los siguientes módulos perl. Si no sabes como instalarlos, aquí en este articulo muestro como configurar Perl e instalar algunos módulos.
Digest::MD5
XML::Simple
Net::IP
LWP
Proc::Daemon
Proc::PID::File
ipmitool
Compress::Zlib
Crypt::SSLeay
LWP::Protocol::https
Net::CUPS (opcional, útil si tenemos impresoras instaladas)
Net::SNMP
Net::Netmask
Net::Ping
Nmap::Parser
-Verificamos tengamos instalado:
sudo apt-get install dmidecode pciutils nmap
-Compilamos e instalamos, la mayoria de las respuestas por default dentro de [] por lo general son correctas y con solo presionar ENTER es suficiente a no ser que necesitemos otro valor. Mostrare los que yo use.
perl Makefile.PLmake
sudo make install
Appending installation info to /usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2/perllocal.pod
[ ! -f run-postinst ] || /usr/bin/perl postinst.pl
Do you want to configure the agent
Please enter 'y' or 'n'?> [y]
Where do you want to write the configuration file?
0 -> /etc/ocsinventory
1 -> /usr/local/etc/ocsinventory
2 -> /etc/ocsinventory-agent
?> 0
Do you want to create the directory /etc/ocsinventory?
Please enter 'y' or 'n'?> [y]
Should the old linux_agent settings be imported ?
Please enter 'y' or 'n'?> [y]
[info] The config file will be written in /etc/ocsinventory/ocsinventory-agent.cfg,
What is the address of your ocs server?> http://192.168.1.40/ocsinventory
Do you need credential for the server? (You probably don't)
Please enter 'y' or 'n'?> [n]
Do you want to apply an administrative tag on this machine
Please enter 'y' or 'n'?> [y]
tag?> Bogota-Sistemas
Do yo want to install the cron task in /etc/cron.d
Please enter 'y' or 'n'?> [y]
Where do you want the agent to store its files? (You probably don't need to change it)?> [/var/lib/ocsinventory-agent]
Do you want to create the /var/lib/ocsinventory-agent directory?
Please enter 'y' or 'n'?> [y]
Should I remove the old linux_agent
Please enter 'y' or 'n'?> [n]
Do you want to activate debug configuration option ?
Please enter 'y' or 'n'?> [y]
Do you want to use OCS Inventory NG UNix Unified agent log file ?
Please enter 'y' or 'n'?> [y]
Specify log file path you want to use?> /var/log/ocs.log
Do you want disable SSL CA verification configuration option (not recommended) ?
Please enter 'y' or 'n'?> [n] y
Do you want to set CA certificate chain file path ?
Please enter 'y' or 'n'?> [y] n
Do you want to use OCS-Inventory software deployment feature?
Please enter 'y' or 'n'?> [y]
Do you want to use OCS-Inventory SNMP scans feature?
Please enter 'y' or 'n'?> [y]
Do you want to send an inventory of this machine?
Please enter 'y' or 'n'?> [y]
Setting OCS Inventory NG server address...
Looking for OCS Invetory NG Unix Unified agent installation...
ocsinventory agent presents: /usr/local/bin/ocsinventory-agent
Setting crontab...
Creating /var/lib/ocsinventory-agent directory...
Creating /etc/ocsinventory directory...
Writing OCS Inventory NG Unix Unified agent configuration
Creating /var/lib/ocsinventory-agent/http:__192.168.1.40_ocsinventory directory...
Creating /var/lib/ocsinventory-agent/http:__192.168.1.40_ocsinventory/snmp directory...
Copying SNMP MIBs XML files...
Activating modules if needed...
Launching OCS Inventory NG Unix Unified agent...
could not find ParserDetails.ini in /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/XML/SAX
-> Success!
New settings written! Thank you for using OCS Inventory
-Ya tenemos el cliente instalado, configurado y ya se envió el primer inventario al servidor.
Disfrútenlo.
