Inventories are generated daily during an agent run in the 00:00-06:00 time frame window local to the node. The exact time is randomly spread on the time frame for a set of nodes, but each node will always keep the same time (modulo the exact time of the run).
User can request the generation and upload of inventory with the command:
$ rudder agent inventory
In details, generating inventory does:
-
ask the node policy server for its UUID with an HTTP GET on
https://server/uuid, - generate an inventory by scanning the node hardware and software components,
- optionally make a digital signature of the generated inventory file,
-
send file(s) to the node’s policy server on
https://POLICY-SERVER/inventory-updates/
The individual commands can be displayed with the -i option to rudder agent
inventory command.
