This package is a client-side interface to Mozilla's system inventory application.
Mozinventory is not yet released, so it must be installed directly from the version-control repository, meaning that you get the latest and greatest.
You can install this application in one of two ways. The first is easier, but will require root access, and will leave mozinventory files mingled with files installed by your OS. The second is a bit more work, but is more isolated and does not require root access.
Become root, and make sure that the git and pip commands for are
available. Then run:
# pip install git+git://github.com/rtucker-mozilla/mozinventory.git
To upgrade to a newer version:
# pip install -U git+git://github.com/rtucker-mozilla/mozinventory.git
The mozinventory script should now be in your path:
$ mozinventory --help-commands
The Python utility virtualenv allows you to create an isolated environment
for installation of applications like mozinventory. You will need git
and virtualenv installed for this to work -- both should be available from
your package management system.
The ~/mozinventory directory below can be changed to suit your own desires.
First, create a virtualenv:
$ virtualenv ~/mozinventory
Now, install mozinventory into that virtualenv, as was done for the root
install above, but using pip from the virtualenv:
$ ~/virtualenv/bin/pip install git+git://github.com/rtucker-mozilla/mozinventory.git
As above, add the -U flag to upgrade later. The mozinventory script
will be located in the virtualenv. You can add this directory to your
$PATH, create a symlink, or just use the explicit path:
$ ~/virtualenv/bin/mozinventory --help-commands
Configuration is in ~/.mozinventoryrc. This file must have mode 0700. It is an ini-style file supporting the following arguments:
[api] url - the base API URL
[auth] username - for Mozilla, the long LDAP form password - password for username
[debug] api - set to '1' to debug the inventory API interface
Refer to the --help-commands command for usage information.