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pakiti-client: report the list of installed packages to a collecting server

Command to display pakiti-client manual in Linux: $ man 1 pakiti-client

NAME

pakiti-client - report the list of installed packages to a collecting server

SYNOPSIS

pakiti-client [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

pakiti-client finds the list of installed packages (i.e. "rpm -qa" on an RPM-based system) and formats it in a report that it sends (using a POST request) to a collecting server (see the --url option) and/or writes to a file (see the --output option).

In addition to the list of installed packages, the report also contains information about the submitting machine:

•: "arch": the current architecture
•: "host": the host name (see the --host option)
•: "kernel": the current kernel
•: "packager": the packager ("rpm" or "dpkg")
•: "site": the site name (see the --site option)
•: "system": the operating system full name
•: "tag": a tag used by the collecting server (see the --tag option)
•: "version": the report format version (1)

If a certificate (see the --encrypt option) is given then the report will be S/MIME encrypted before transmission.

The recommended way to use this program is daily via "cron", for instance with (using bash):

  # echo "MAILTO=somebody [at] some.where" > /etc/cron.d/pakiti-client
  # echo "$((RANDOM % 60)) $((RANDOM % 24)) * * * nobody pakiti-client \
    --config /etc/pakiti-client.cfg" >> /etc/cron.d/pakiti-client

OPTIONS

--config, --conf PATH: use this configuration file before processing the command line parameters
--curl PATH: set the path of the "curl" command to use
--dpkg-query PATH: set the path of the "dpkg-query" command to use
--encrypt PATH|STRING: use this certificate to encrypt the report; the value can either be the path of the file containing the certificate or the certificate itself as multi-line ASCII armored contents
--expect STRING: set the response string to expect from the server in case of success (default: "OK")
--help, -h, -?: show some help
--host STRING: set the host name to use in the report
--hostname PATH: set the path of the "hostname" command to use
--input, -i PATH: do not prepare a new report but, instead, read the report from the given file
--lsb_release PATH: set the path of the "lsb_release" command to use
--manual, -m: show this manual
--openssl PATH: set the path of the "openssl" command to use
--output, -o PATH: write the prepared report to the given file
--rndsleep, -r NUMBER: sleep for a random amount of seconds, up to the given number (useful when pakiti-client is invoked by "cron")
--rpm PATH: set the path of the "rpm" command to use
--site NAME: set the site name to use in the report
--tag STRING: set the tag used by the collecting server to group reports
--uname PATH: set the path of the "uname" command to use
--url URL: send the prepared report to the collecting server at the given URL
--wget PATH: set the path of the "wget" command to use

CONFIGURATION FILE

pakiti-client can read its options from a configuration file (see the --config option).

The file can contain empty lines, comments (lines starting with "#") or option settings either on one line or using the ``heredoc'' syntax. For instance:

  #
  # this is my pakiti-client configuration
  #
  url = http://some.where.org:8080/some/path
  encrypt = <<EOT
  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
  VR0gBF0wWzBZBgorBgEEAWAKBAsBMEswSQYIKwYBBQUHAgEWPWh0dHA6Ly9jYWZp
  U2VydmljZXMsQ049U22ydmljZXMsQ049Q29uZmlndXJhdGlvbixEQz1jZXJuLERD
  ...
  CREUmgapD+aWdxEfeb6qA0OqAFCeHYOWMeeqqtMUE1JPGPoWNkyzqaObr05jm0zd
  YwYIKwYBBQUHMAKGV2h0dHA6Ly6jYWZpbGVzLmNlcm4uY2gvY2FmaWxlcy9jZXJ=
  -----END CERTIFICATE-----
  EOT

The options specified on the command line have precedence over the ones found in the configuration file.

AUTHOR

Lionel Cons <http://cern.ch/lionel.cons>

COPYRIGHT

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the ``License''); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>.

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