Add system information to global cfg.

conduct.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 from conduct import loggers
 from conduct.chain import Chain
 from conduct.util import loadChainDefinition, loadChainConfig, \
-    chainPathToName, loadConductConf
+    chainPathToName, loadConductConf, analyzeSystem
 
 def processGlobalArgs(parser, argv):
     '''
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ def main(argv=None):
     # configure logging
     initLogging()
 
+    # collect some system information
+    conduct.cfg['system'] = analyzeSystem()
+
     chainDef = loadChainDefinition(args.chain)
 
     # load chain config if any

conduct/util.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import os
 import logging
 import subprocess
+import platform
 
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
@@ -83,6 +84,25 @@ def __getattr__(self, name):
 
 ## Util funcs
 
+def analyzeSystem():
+    conduct.log.info('Analyze current system ...')
+
+    info = platform.uname()
+    infoKeys = ('os',
+                'hostname',
+                'release',
+                'version',
+                'arch',
+                'processor')
+
+    info = dict(zip(infoKeys, info))
+
+    for key in infoKeys:
+        conduct.log.debug('{:<10}: {}'.format(key, info[key]))
+
+    return info
+
+
 def loadConductConf(cfgPath=None):
     if cfgPath is None:
         cfgPath = getDefaultConfigPath()