[Fusioninventory-devel] FuisionInventory Agent GUI

[Amir Pakdel]

Dear developers,

It seems that nobody has any objection to using libssh for remote 
Unix/Linux inventory/installation; hence, I am going to start coding.

Comments on the current status of the GUI are appreciated.


Cheers,
Amir Pakdel


Le 05/22/2011 06:11 PM, Amir Pakdel a écrit :
> Amir Pakdel<pakdel at ...>  writes:
>
>>
>> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Gonéri Le Bouder
> <goneri at rulezlan.org>  wrote:
>> 2011/5/19 Amir Pakdel
> <a.pakdel at karafarinbank.net>:>  Le 05/18/2011
> 04:57 PM, Gonéri Le Bouder a écrit :
>>> Would you please try again with the new commit.
>> Build fine. Thanks ! :)
>> I still have a mixed felling with the GUI. It's hard to identify
>> what tab is for the remote installation and what is for the
>> local installation. I'm sure we will lost the users with that.
>>
>> You are absolutely right; the installation tab is just a draft to test the
> functionality. In next version, when you want to inventory a system that does
> not have the agent installed (local or remote),
>> you would be asked whether you want to install it first or not.Please ignore
> the installation functionality for now :D
>
>
> I have developed some more of the installation functionality.
> Currently the GUI does the following:
>
>      * If it is running on a non-Windows (Unix/Linux) system:
>            o If local Inventory fails, it asks for a file that contains
>              a 'Standalone distribution' and installs it where indicated
>              in the GUI (lineEditAgentUnix in "Files and Filders" tab)
>              and then retries the agent execution.
>            o If remote Windows inventory fails, it tries to install the
>              agent on the remote windows host using the installation file
>              indicated in the GUI (lineEditInstWin in Installation tab)
>              and then retries the remote agent execution.
>            o Remote Unix / Linux inventory is not implemented yet.
>      * If it is running on a Windows system:
>            o If local Inventory fails, it tries to install the agent using
>              the installation file indicated in the GUI (lineEditInstWin
>              in Installation tab) and then retries the remote agent
>              execution.
>            o Remote Windows inventory (using PsExec) is not implemented yet.
>            o Remote Unix / Linux inventory is not implemented yet.
>
>
> I think remote Unix/Linux inventory/installation can be done using libssh.
> Any opinion?
>
>
> Cheers,
> Amir
>
>
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