Open Source Client-Management-System opsi opsi Support

A Management Tool for The bootimage creates a distribution opsi-client-agent for Linux Windows and Linux dependent answer file for the The opsi-client-agent for Windows unattended OS installation. This The goal behind extending opsi has basically two components: answer file with some additions with Linux support is to provide a for the client-agent installation will 1. the opsiclientd service comprehensive Client Management be integrated in the ‚initial ramdisk system to support heterogeneous 2. the action processor opsi-winst / (initrd)‘. environments. The focus is on the opsi-script complete integration of both worlds In the next step the distribution Both components work in the same into the same management process kernel with the modified initrd is way you may be used to from with one single tool. booted and the installation runs Windows. completely unattended and fully This allows handling Linux controlled by the distribution installer. installations the same way as Windows installations. The Linux opsi-client-agent is based on the same code as the Windows opsi- client-agent and uses the same commands.

Linux Distribution independent The opsi Linux Support is distribution independent. The currently supported distributions are: ’’ After the automatic OS installation The opsi-client-agent may become the opsi-client-agent is now ready active at the following system states: ’’ for the tasks of software deployment ࡟࡟System startup ’’OpenSuse / SLES and configuration management on this client. ࡟࡟Push installation (activation via ’’RedHat / CentOS network) Based on the generic OS installation, ’’UCS as an option, additional opsi ࡟࡟Timer controlled OS Installation per Netboot packages can be installed to turn the The details may be configured to new system into an opsi-server (a The installation of the Linux match your personal needs. new depot server for instance). starts per Netboot at the Standard opsi-linux-bootimage The opsi netboot products for Linux (the same as the one for Windows installation are released as Open installations). Source.

Bonifaziusplatz 1b TEL +49 - 6131 - 275610 E-MAIL [email protected] D-55118 Mainz FAX +49 - 6131 - 2756122 WEB www.uib.de The Linux action processor is Software Installation and feature, in order to continue taking named opsi-script and is built from Configuration advantage of its benefits. The opsi- the same sources as the Windows client-agent for Linux is part of the For Windows can be said, that opsi-winst. That means that for co-financing project ‚Linux Agent‘ the installation of software is as Linux, the same script language and liable to additional costs. important as the subsequent is valid with the same syntax as configuration of the software. on Windows. Furthermore all the Inventory standard functions and commands For Linux, most packages are To create and manage inventories, are available, for instance: available from the distribution the inventory data is sampled by repositories. So the installation ࡟࡟File handling the client agent and then sent to the part brings less work, though the server. The hardware inventory is ࡟࡟string and string list functions configuration part stays the same. based on the methods implemented ࡟࡟executing external scripts and Furthermore there are applications, on the bootimage. The software programs which are not available through inventory is based on the package standard repositories. So eventually management data of the respective ࡟࡟communicating with the opsi- additional repositories or installation distribution. server sources are added to the system. ࡟࡟ patching configuration files This can also be easily done by Roadmap opsi. Of course the Linux version requires The opsi Linux support is subject of no functions for patching the The important feature is, that all continuous development in order to registry, but there also are some installation and configuration tasks, match the development of the sup- new Linux specific functions, like: including logging, are managed by ported distributions. Also the functio- the opsi-server. nality will be extended on demand.

࡟࡟getLinuxDistroType Co-financing project Linux The opsi Linux support is used Agent by us internally not only for the ࡟࡟getLinuxVersionMap client management but also as a The opsi-linux-client-agent includes Logging features of the opsi-script central part of our quality assurance 15 free starts on which the agent are comparable to the logging of the infrastructure. can be used without any activation. Windows version. If you want to test the restricted This gives you the possibility to Still different from the Windows modules, please contact set a Linux computer with the version, the opsi-script is available [email protected] and ask for a corresponding opsi-products for the as a GUI version to work under temporary activation file for configuration needed. X-Windows, and a noGUI version for evaluation. command line systems without GUI. For a long lasting maintenance of the installed Linux computers after the 15 free starts, it is recommended the activation of the

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