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diff --git a/doc/server/plugins/probes/index.txt b/doc/server/plugins/probes/index.txt index 87fd2ba2c..45ff3fb5b 100644 --- a/doc/server/plugins/probes/index.txt +++ b/doc/server/plugins/probes/index.txt @@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ script's output as seen above. Note that we had to wrap the output in an `int()` call; the script output is treated as a string, so it needs to be converted before it can be tested numerically. -With all of these pieces in place, the following series of events will happen when the client is run: +With all of these pieces in place, the following series of events will +happen when the client is run: #. Client runs #. Server hands down our ``scratchlocal`` probe script @@ -120,6 +121,10 @@ specific one is used. Only one instance of a probe is served to a given client, so if a host-specific version and generic version apply, only the client-specific one will be used. +If you want to to detect information about the client operating system, +the :ref:`server-plugins-misc-ohai` plugin can help. + + Other examples ============== @@ -133,37 +138,3 @@ 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. |