Package management
Introduction
Package management functionality can upload and execute installers via NetXMS agent. This allows to perform centralized upgrade of NetXMS agent, install other software or upload and extract archive files onto target systems.
To access package management, open Configuration perspective and select Packages. Software packages are first uploaded to NetXMS server. In order to do this, select Upload to server and select a file.
For some types of packages additional dialog Edit Package Metadata is displayed, allowing to specify additional metadata for a package. Whenever possible, metadata information is filled in automatically based on information contained in file name.
You can open metadata editor by double-clicking on a package in the list. In metadata editor Name, Version and Description are just informative fields, they are not used in package processing.
Platform denotes for which platforms a package is applicable. Actual platform
of a node is compared to this field as string value using wildcard characters.
Two wildcard characters are supported: * - represents zero, one or multiple
characters. ? - represents any single character. Setting Platform to *
would mean any platform. Linux* would mean both 32 and 64 bit Linuxes.
Type defines package type. This defines how agent should process the package when installing it. Meaning of Command field depends on package type. See information in the below table.
The following types of package files are supported by package management:
Package type |
Extension |
Description |
|---|---|---|
NetXMS Agent Package (agent-installer) |
.apkg |
Command is not used by this package type. |
Debian/Ubuntu Package |
.deb |
Command contains additional parameters passed to /usr/bin/dpkg |
Executable |
.exe |
Command is optional. If specified, it sets the actual command executed
by agent. |
Windows Installer Package |
.msi |
Command contains additional parameters passed to msiexec.exe |
Windows Installer Patch |
.msp |
Command contains additional parameters passed to msiexec.exe |
Windows Update Package |
.msu |
Command contains additional parameters passed to wusa.exe |
Red Hat Package |
.rpm |
Command contains additional parameters passed to /usr/bin/rpm |
NetXMS Package Info |
.npi |
Deprecated type of metadata file for NetXMS Agent Package. |
Compressed TAR Archive |
.tgz, .tar.gz |
Command is optional. If specified, it defines path the archive should be extracted to. |
ZIP Archive |
.zip |
Command is optional. If specified, it defines path the archive should be extracted to. |
To deploy a package, select one or several nodes from Infrastructure services or Entire Network. You can also select container(s) or subnet(s). Right-click on the selected item(s) and select Deploy package…. Select the package and click OK.
During package deployment process server will request platform name from agent and check if it matches Platform from package’s metadata. Deployment process is shown in Package deployment monitor tab that is visible on all containers, subnets and nodes concerned.