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diff --git a/doc/server/plugins/probes/index.txt b/doc/server/plugins/probes/index.txt index f723ad528..3c5387180 100644 --- a/doc/server/plugins/probes/index.txt +++ b/doc/server/plugins/probes/index.txt @@ -126,3 +126,37 @@ Other examples manufacturer producttype serial-console-speed + +=========== +Ohai probes +=========== + +.. _Ohai: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/ohai/Home +.. _Ohai-Install: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/ohai/Installation + +The `Ohai`_ plugin is used to detect information about the client +operating system. The data is reported back to the server using JSON. + +Client prerequisites +==================== + +On the client, you need to install `Ohai`_. See `Ohai-Install`_ for more +information. + +Server prerequisites +==================== + +If you have python 2.6 or later installed, you can continue on to +:ref:`ohai-setup`. Otherwise, you will need to install the +python-simplejson module found packaged in most distributions. + +.. _ohai-setup: + +Setup +===== + +To enable the Ohai plugin, you need to first create an ``Ohai`` directory +in your Bcfg2 repository (e.g. ``/var/lib/bcfg2/Ohai``). You then need +to add **Ohai** to the plugins line in ``bcfg2.conf``. Once this is done, +restart the server and start a client run. You will have the JSON output +from the client in the ``Ohai`` directory you created previously. |