Minor - P4 Server should be able to determine what os/distro/platform it is running on.
To get a better picture of what is going on "under the hood", as well as be able to provide platform-specific guidance in regards to particular operating systems/distributions, we should have a method of reporting back these bits of information.
Possibly collect them via mms_agent and report them back so we can then inspect and act on the details.
Here's a few methods for collecting relevant information from the linux command line, and you can see there are differences. Possibly have a decision-making process to determine which method should be used to collect the rest?
# ----------------- # Centos System: $ cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64 (mockbuild@c6-x8664-build.centos.org) (gcc version 4.4.6 20110731 (Red Hat 4.4.6-3) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Fri Dec 23 02:21:33 CST 2011 $ uname -a Linux myserver.biz 2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Dec 23 02:21:33 CST 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ uname -rs Linux 2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64 $ lsb_release -a LSB Version: :core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch Distributor ID: CentOS Description: CentOS release 6.2 (Final) Release: 6.2 Codename: Final $ cat /etc/*-release CentOS release 6.2 (Final) CentOS release 6.2 (Final) CentOS release 6.2 (Final) $ ll /etc/*-release -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 27 Dec 8 22:05 /etc/centos-release lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 Dec 23 16:21 /etc/redhat-release -> centos-release lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 Dec 23 16:21 /etc/system-release -> centos-release $ cat /etc/issue CentOS release 6.2 (Final) Kernel \r on an \m # ----------------- # On an Amazon AMI instance (modeled after Fedora): $ cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.35.14-97.44.amzn1.x86_64 (mockbuild@build-31006.build) (gcc version 4.4.5 20110214 (Red Hat 4.4.5-6) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Mon Oct 24 16:03:08 UTC 2011 $ uname -a Linux myserver.com 2.6.35.14-97.44.amzn1.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Oct 24 16:03:08 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ uname -rs Linux 2.6.35.14-97.44.amzn1.x86_64 $ lsb_release -a -bash: lsb_release: command not found $ cat /etc/*-release Amazon Linux AMI release 2011.09 $ ll /etc/*-release -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33 Oct 27 21:24 /etc/system-release $ cat /etc/issue Amazon Linux AMI release 2011.09 Kernel \r on an \m # ----------------- # Ubunutu Maverick 10.10: $ cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.35-22-server (buildd@allspice) (gcc version 4.4.5 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.4-14ubuntu4) ) #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:48:58 UTC 2010 $ uname -a Linux myserver.net 2.6.35-22-server #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:48:58 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ uname -rs Linux 2.6.35-22-server $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu maverick (development branch) Release: 10.10 Codename: maverick $ cat /etc/*-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu maverick (development branch)" $ ll /etc/*-release -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 125 2010-05-04 12:41 /etc/lsb-release $ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu maverick (development branch) \n \l # ----------------- # On OSX 10.7.2: $ cat /proc/version cat: /proc/version: No such file or directory $ uname -a Darwin fledgling.local 11.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 11.2.0: Tue Aug 9 20:54:00 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1699.24.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 $ uname -rs Darwin 11.2.0 $ lsb_release -a -bash: lsb_release: command not found $ cat /etc/*-release cat: /etc/*-release: No such file or directory $ ll /etc/*-release ls: /etc/*-release: No such file or directory $ cat /etc/issue cat: /etc/issue: No such file or directory
So it seems like on a *nix system, running a `uname` will provide whether it is Darwin vs Linux, and then other tests could be run to grab relevant information.
Things I'd care about knowing:
Distro (CentOS, RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu)
Distro Version (6.2, 5.7, 10.04, etc)
Architecture (i386 vs x64_86)
Kernel version (2.6.18, 2.6.32, etc)
Windows has a different method, using the `systeminfo` command line tool, like so:
C:\>systeminfo | findstr /C:"OS"
OS Name: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
OS Version: 6.1.7600 N/A Build 7600
OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration: Standalone Server
OS Build Type: Multiprocessor Free
BIOS Version: IBM -[BWE117AUS-1.05]-, 7/28/2005
This returns too much, including the BIOS, so using a better find like this: `findstr /B /C:"OS Name" /C:"OS Version"` should get the relevant information.