Enabling ocs inventory webservice interface for querying. The windows agent is suppose to automatically send client computer information to the server but it doesnt. Ocs inventory installs as a server on either linux. The ocs inventory team is pleased to announce that our server version 2. Registering ocs inventory service into windows service manager. Install application remotely on windows with the help of ocs. Download the windows agent from here and unzip the file.
Therefore the new agent can not send the result back to server and will not remove the download packet directory. Ocs inventory ng includes package deployment feature on client computers. I have posted this query on ocs site but didnt get reply. To deploy packages, the ocs client checks the server certificate. After completing this guide you will have fully working ocs inventory ng server. I have installed all plugins, i see them on the server. Ocs inventory ng can be used for automated software distribution as well.
Plugin windows server features to get server features enabled. Enable downloads and disable ie esc on windows server 2008. The first one is fairly obvious if you set this off, uploading is disabled for your. If download fails, agent will retry to download failed packages of priority 0. This results into a continuous reinstall loop of the agent at each. In another vm with ubuntu, i installed ocs inventory agent using the web port 5566. Installing ocs inventory ng part 2 life of a geek admin. Error download cannot lock directory disable the ocs inventory service service at the client station and remove the download directory c. Download and unzip the latest windows agent from the downloads section. Turning off download stop this functionality on the server and on the agents. From the central management server, you can upload packages which will be downloaded.
Do you know all devices connected to your it network. By default when i try to download something with internet explorer the download is blocked. Do you know which software or hardware component is installed on a computer. Ocs inventory ng management server is an application designed to help a network or system administrator keep track of the computers configuration.
Most inventory plugins shipped with ansible are disabled. My windows agent has the plugins vbs files but nothing comes up with the inventory. Starting ocs inventory ng package download and setup tool on. Automatically inventory your machine hardware and software. Ocs inventory ng management server is an application designed to help a network or system administrator keep track of the computers configuration and programs that are installed on the network. With download off, once agents will have contacted ocs server, they will stop current download without cleaning packages. Agent communication server ask for package download download package history file successfully cleaned for duplicate ids download download disabled by. Mesmo completando a instalacao, essa maquina nao subiu no meu servidor. Hallo, all my clients canot download any software because of an ssl error. Hey rick, just wondering how the ocs inventory was progressing.
Oct 02, 2011 installing ocs inventory ng part 2 as we continue deploying ocs inventory ng in our network we now must install the agents on our windows and linux systems. Error download cannot lock directory ocs inventory service service at the client station and remove the download directory c. In all case, you must also take a look at communication server log files and check. Ocs inventory includes the package deployment feature, in order not to control, but to ensure uniformity of the software environments present on the network. It creates local inventory of the machines hardware and software and send it to the server. But the best recommendation is to keep download disabled at least for your server. I setup ocs inventory and was able to access ocss web interface from a client system i then setup ocss windows agent on one machine. Ocs inventory agent doesnt connect to the server ask ubuntu. Once youve transfered generated inventory file, you will be able to import it into the inventory database of ocs inventory ng server, through the administration console. Welcome to ocs inventory ng community support, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of the community. How to configure software inventory in sccm prajwal desai. I disabled ssl in i and configured my server like this. O c s inventory n g installation and administration guide 1.
Administration of ocs inventory ng ocs inventory documentation. Inventory plugins allow users to point at data sources to compile the inventory of hosts that ansible uses to target tasks, either via the i pathtofile andor i host1, host2 command line parameters or from other configuration sources. Even i am windows geeks, i prefer you all to install ocs server in linux based. If you have plugins installed delete this plugins prior the update otherwise you might have problems with or after reinstall them. This is supposed to synchronize and send information about the machine to server but when i ran ocsinventoryagent, even as root, i get a message like this. A quick survey did not turn up any prebuilt debian packages for ng. The opensource ocs inventory ng project started in late 2005 and produced its first release version of ocs inventory in early 2007. Were happy to help with specific questions, but you have provided no details versiondistro of linux, version of ocs, etc. Is there a sample code for using this web service in php.
Zipped installer of ocs inventory ng server for windows. I setup ocs inventory and was able to access ocs s web interface from a client system i then setup ocs s windows agent on one machine. But the best recommendation is to keep download disabled. Unfortunately when i copy the database from the ocs server to the local database on the idoit installation it works like a charm. We at least need to get the agent installed on one windows system to use the packaging system to deploy the packages. Ocs inventory ng, an opensource computer inventory and package deployment system for win32 and unix. Ocs inventory is a client server utility which allows you to inventory linux and windows servers, pcs, laptops, etc. Once the file has been extracted, doubleclick on ocsngwindowsagent. Furthermore i cant figure out how to specify the connection ocs object idoit object in the gui. Install application remotely on windows with the help of ocs inventory. Read the question guidelines link in my posting signature.
For this, communication server asks a number of most active computers running ocs inventory ng agent to scan for mac addresses in their sub network at each run. Im starting the process myself and plan to create a tklpatch to document the process. Create your free github account today to subscribe to this repository for new releases and build software alongside 40 million developers. The process is mainly backup your configuration download the new version of ocs server use the setup. Building ocs agent install is also covered, so you will be able to deploy it straight away. It create an executable package including multiple files to install, and is able to run the. This tool is basic and designed to ease the life of it management for analyzisaudit after full inventory of the software assets. Ocs inventory ng includes a package deployment feature for client computers. Com server using curl without server authentication. Some information isnt passed at all like the user in ocs. Releases ocsinventoryngocsinventoryocsreports github. Ocs inventory and package deployment management server. To configure software inventory in sccm, perform the following steps.
I think those that are in the repos are first generation. It is designed to help you manage your it assets in a simpler and organized manner. Ocs open computers and software inventory next generation is an assets management and deployment solution. Click and download this malware detect tool for a free scan. At the minimum both s to run the installer in silent mode and server. My question is whether i can install the inventorization system ocs inventory in jail. Install application remotely on windows with the help of. Contribute to ocsinventoryngocsinventoryocsreports development by. How to enable the ocs inventory interface described in ocs webservices. Oct 07, 2006 automatically inventory your machine hardware and software using ocs inventory ng posted on october 7, 2006 by ruchi 21 comments ocs inventory ng open computer and software inventory next generation is an application designed to help a network or system administrator keep track of computer configuration and software installed on the network. Solved ocs inventory ip address of clients shows blank.
Agent communication server ask for package download download package history file successfully cleaned for duplicate ids download download disabled by server. I run glpi and ocs inventory ng server on a vm using the web port 7877. Wikideployingpackagesorexecutingcommandsonclienthosts. Ocs inventory next generation is free software developed in france for windows, linux, mac osx and android, highly popular in europe, which. How to install ocs inventory on freenas jail ixsystems. Update an existing ocs server installation ocs inventory. Download download disabled by server agent unloading communication provider. Ocs inventory agent not synchronizing plugins with server. Unix inventory agent management server communication server unix inventory agent windows inventory agent deployment server database server windows. Enabling ocs inventory webservice interface for querying assets data. Ocs inventory ng agent for windows command line options. The packager helps installing ocs inventory ng agent for windows or any windows application. Ocs inventory ng asks its agents to know the software and hardware composition of every computer or server. I deleted the host in the ocsreports and reinstall the agen on my computer.
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