Collecting Software Information

Policy Server communicates with the Agent to collect software information that is running on end users Linux devices and displays it on The [Software Information - Software] List tab of the node information.

  1. Go to Policy in the top panel.
  2. Go to Policy > Node Policy > Agent Action in the left Policy panel.
  3. Find and click Collect Software Information in the Agent Action window. window (Notice there are three, one for Windows, one for MacOS and another for Linux)

Under General section:

  1. For CWP Message, add message to be displayed in accordance with the Policy.
  2. For Label, add labels to help categorize your plugins with custom labels that appear in the "Description" field.

Under Agent Actions section:

  1. For Boolean Operator, choose AND or OR to add optional conditions.
  2. For Condition, click Add and select your optional conditions. Criteria/Operator/Value
  3. For Execution Interval, adjust Periodic Interval. (Seconds - hours)
  4. Click Update.
  5. Go to Node Policy in the left Policy panel.
  6. Click the Default Policy in Node Policy window.
  7. Find Agent Action. Click Assign.
  8. Find Collect Software Information in the Available section. Select and drag it into the Selected section.
  9. Click Add.
  10. Click Update.