[zenoss-users] No software inventory on Ubuntu 8.04 Server

[Erik Abele]

On Aug 02, 2008, at 17:29:32, SKlapdor wrote:

> Hello,
>
> first of all: Great approach! I really like the way Zenoss presents  
> itself. I am new to Zenoss and have made first steps with  
> installations on OpenSuse 10.3 and Ubuntu Server 8.04 over last two  
> weeks.
>
> The forum has helped a great deal with my startup problems.  
> Unfortunately I have to report some issues that won't go away.
>
> 1) No installed software shows on Ubuntu Server even though I added  
> the HRSWInstalled map to the collector Plugins.
>
> Note: The same procedure DOES work with my OpenSuse installation.  
> How's that possible?

Also works on RedHat/CentOS.

I've written a simple DataCollector plugin to do this on Ubuntu too  
but unfortunately I'm not allowed to share it :-/

But it's not that hard to do it by yourself, just look at the current  
collectors in
/opt/zenoss/Products/DataCollector/plugins/zenoss/snmp/...

Cheers,
Erik