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+.. -*- mode: rst -*-
+
+.. _server-plugins-misc-ohai:
+
+Ohai
+====
+
+.. _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.