There is an easy way to do this. First, you'll need to download the command line version. You can choose to download the version with or without the JRE (depending on whether you already have the JRE installed on your machines). You can then use your existing asset management or system management to deliver the OpenLogic Discovery tool out to each machine and use the command line interface to create a script to kick it off (and delete it when done if you want). We've done this with several beta sites and it was pretty simple to set up. There are details about using the command line interface in the User's Guide that is available on our website.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions and I'll hook you up with one of our engineers for details on how to do this.
Thanks for the feedback. Due to popular demand, we are planning to remove the registration requirement to download the tool. We've got to get the website updated to make that happen, but I'm hoping that will all get done by end of day tomorrow Fri the 13th. So you can check back in a couple of days and try it out.
This is still an early version, so we are definitely looking for feedback on what people like or don't like. We are still working on adding more open source "fingerprints" to the library -- so it may not find everything if it's not in our fingerprint library yet.
I just want to let you know OpenLogic is a big fan of source. Our mission is to enable companies to use more open source software. Our whole business is built around that proposition, so we are definitely not trying to get companies to remove FOSS.
The reality is that enterprises we work with are already using lots of FOSS -- whether they realize it or not. However, the corporate legal, compliance, IT and architecture folks want to know that they have certain policies and procedures in place around open source -- especially for software that's going outside the company or software that's going into production. By getting certification, support and indemnification from OpenLogic, it allows the corporate compliance types to feel MORE comfortable about FOSS and therefore be more willing to let developers use FOSS.
The reason that we developed this free tool is that when we talked to companies, they weren't really sure what FOSS they were using. For many companies, the asset management tools that they already have in place can not necessarily detect open source software. We wanted a simple tool that would let them create that inventory.
As far as registration, we have been debating that internally and have some changes planned to reduce the barriers -- so stay tuned on that front.
Kim Weins
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Feel free to contact me if you have any questions and I'll hook you up with one of our engineers for details on how to do this.
Kim WeinsThis is still an early version, so we are definitely looking for feedback on what people like or don't like. We are still working on adding more open source "fingerprints" to the library -- so it may not find everything if it's not in our fingerprint library yet.
Kim WeinsI just want to let you know OpenLogic is a big fan of source. Our mission is to enable companies to use more open source software. Our whole business is built around that proposition, so we are definitely not trying to get companies to remove FOSS. The reality is that enterprises we work with are already using lots of FOSS -- whether they realize it or not. However, the corporate legal, compliance, IT and architecture folks want to know that they have certain policies and procedures in place around open source -- especially for software that's going outside the company or software that's going into production. By getting certification, support and indemnification from OpenLogic, it allows the corporate compliance types to feel MORE comfortable about FOSS and therefore be more willing to let developers use FOSS. The reason that we developed this free tool is that when we talked to companies, they weren't really sure what FOSS they were using. For many companies, the asset management tools that they already have in place can not necessarily detect open source software. We wanted a simple tool that would let them create that inventory. As far as registration, we have been debating that internally and have some changes planned to reduce the barriers -- so stay tuned on that front. Kim Weins