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6 pakiti-client - report the list of installed packages to a collecting
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10 pakiti-client [OPTIONS]
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13 pakiti-client finds the list of installed packages (i.e. "rpm -qa" on
14 an RPM-based system) and formats it in a report that it sends (using a
15 POST request) to a collecting server (see the --url option) and/or
16 writes to a file (see the --output option).
17 In addition to the list of installed packages, the report also contains
19 information about the submitting machine:
20 • "arch": the current architecture
22 • "host": the host name (see the --host option)
24 • "kernel": the current kernel
26 • "packager": the packager ("rpm" or "dpkg")
28 • "site": the site name (see the --site option)
30 • "system": the operating system full name
32 • "tag": a tag used by the collecting server (see the --tag option)
34 • "version": the report format version (1)
36 If a certificate (see the --encrypt option) is given then the report
38 will be S/MIME encrypted before transmission. For reference, the exact
39 command used to encrypt the report is:
40 $ openssl smime -encrypt -binary -aes-256-cbc -outform DER
42 The recommended way to use this program is daily via "cron", for
44 instance with (using bash):
45 # echo "MAILTO=somebody@some.where" > /etc/cron.d/pakiti-client
47 # echo "$((RANDOM % 60)) $((RANDOM % 24)) * * * nobody pakiti-client \
48 --config /etc/pakiti-client.cfg" >> /etc/cron.d/pakiti-client
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51 --config, --conf PATH
52 use this configuration file before processing the command line
53 parameters
54 --curl PATH
56 set the path of the "curl" command to use
57 --debug, -d
59 enable debug mode
60 --dpkg-query PATH
62 set the path of the "dpkg-query" command to use
63 --encrypt PATH|STRING
65 use this certificate to encrypt the report; the value can either be
66 the path of the file containing the certificate or the certificate
67 itself as multi-line ASCII armored contents
68 --expect STRING
70 set the response string to expect from the server in case of
71 success (default: "OK")
72 --help, -h, -?
74 show some help
75 --host STRING
77 set the host name to use in the report
78 --hostname PATH
80 set the path of the "hostname" command to use
81 --input, -i PATH
83 do not prepare a new report but, instead, read the report from the
84 given file
85 --lsb_release PATH
87 set the path of the "lsb_release" command to use
88 --manual, -m
90 show this manual
91 --mode STRING
93 the mode that determines how the report should be processed by the
94 server. The following modes are supported: 'store-only',
95 'report-only', 'store-and-report'.
96 --no-protocol-version
98 do not include the protocol version in the message sent to the
99 server.
100 --openssl PATH
102 set the path of the "openssl" command to use
103 --output, -o PATH
105 write the prepared report to the given file
106 --pkg PATH
108 set the path of the "pkg" command to use
109 --rndsleep, -r NUMBER
111 sleep for a random amount of seconds, up to the given number
112 (useful when pakiti-client is invoked by "cron")
113 --rpm PATH
115 set the path of the "rpm" command to use
116 --site NAME
118 set the site name to use in the report
119 --tag STRING
121 set the tag used by the collecting server to group reports
122 --uname PATH
124 set the path of the "uname" command to use
125 --url URL
127 send the prepared report to the collecting server at the given URL
128 --wget PATH
130 set the path of the "wget" command to use
131
133 pakiti-client can read its options from a configuration file (see the
134 --config option).
135 The file can contain empty lines, comments (lines starting with "#") or
137 option settings either on one line or using the "heredoc" syntax. For
138 instance:
139 #
141 # this is my pakiti-client configuration
142 #
143 url = http://some.where.org:8080/some/path
144 encrypt = <<EOT
145 -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
146 VR0gBF0wWzBZBgorBgEEAWAKBAsBMEswSQYIKwYBBQUHAgEWPWh0dHA6Ly9jYWZp
147 U2VydmljZXMsQ049U22ydmljZXMsQ049Q29uZmlndXJhdGlvbixEQz1jZXJuLERD
148 ...
149 CREUmgapD+aWdxEfeb6qA0OqAFCeHYOWMeeqqtMUE1JPGPoWNkyzqaObr05jm0zd
150 YwYIKwYBBQUHMAKGV2h0dHA6Ly6jYWZpbGVzLmNlcm4uY2gvY2FmaWxlcy9jZXJ=
151 -----END CERTIFICATE-----
152 EOT
153 The options specified on the command line have precedence over the ones
155 found in the configuration file.
156
158 The generated report is made of a header (containing information about
159 the submitting machine) and a body (containing the list of installed
160 packages).
161 The report is in text format and is made of lines, all ending with the
163 newline character (0x0A). The report contains in order:
164 • a first separator line indicating the beginning of the header
166 • one or more header lines
168 • a second separator line indicating the end of the header
170 • one or more package lines
172 • a third separator line indicating the end of the report
174 A separator line only contains the hash character (0x23), followed by
176 the newline character (just like any other line).
177 A header line contains the header name (such as "host"), a colon
179 character (0x3A), a space character (0x20) and the header value. See
180 the "DESCRIPTION" section for the list of all possible header names.
181 A package line contains the package name, a tab character (0x09), the
183 package full version, another tab and the package architecture. For
184 "rpm" based systems, the full version is in fact EPOCH:VERSION:RELEASE.
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190 Copyright (C) CERN 2014-2016
191 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
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