Fixes #10005: Add documentation about inventory upload on root server #278
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amousset
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| Node inventories are generated on nodes, are sent to the node policy server (be | ||
| it a Relay or the Root server) up to the Root server, and stored in the | ||
| Rudder data base (thechnicaly an LDAP server), waiting for latter use. |
amousset
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| ==== Processing inventories on node | ||
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| Inventories are generated dayly during an agent run in the 00:00-06:00 time |
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I'dd add "local to the node", y'know, timezones ;-)
amousset
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| * ask the node policy server for its UUID with an HTTP GET on | ||
| `https://server/uuid`, | ||
| * generate an inventory by scanning the node hardware and software components, | ||
| * optionnal make a digital signature of the generated inventory file, |
amousset
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| and : | ||
| ** if checks are OK, *ACCEPTS* (HTTP code `200`) the inventory, | ||
| ** if signature is configured to be mandatory and is missing, or if the | ||
| signature is not valide, refuses with *UNAUTHORIZED* error (HTTP code `401`) |
armeniaca
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| * look for inventory / signature pairs: | ||
| ** inventories without a corresponding signature file are processed only if | ||
| they are older than 5 minutes, |
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this is actually <2 minutes (https://github.com/Normation/rudder-techniques/blob/master/tools/send-clean.sh#L38)
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| Node inventories are generated on nodes, are sent to the node policy server (be | ||
| it a Relay or the Root server) up to the Root server, and stored in the | ||
| Rudder data base (technically an LDAP server), waiting for latter use. |
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https://www.rudder-project.org/redmine/issues/10005