I take the example in the reference manual http://www.cfengine.org/manuals/cf3-reference.html#control-reporter
and run it: cf-report -f ~/tmp/cftest.cf Then I open the html page produced /tmp/nerves/last-seen.html Peers as last seen by atlas This report was last updated at Mon Mar 1 17:43:51 2010 out (+) cf001lin.cfengine.com 62.109.39.150 Last seen at Tue Feb 23 08:27 153.28 hrs ago Av 0.00 hrs ± 0.00 hrs out (+) eternity.iu.hio.no 128.39.89.233 Last seen at Tue Feb 23 08:27 153.28 hrs ago Av 0.00 hrs ± 0.00 hrs Erlend Leganger wrote: > On 26 February 2010 13:18, Mark Burgess <mark.burg...@iu.hio.no> wrote: >> I don't know what "in transition" means. The last seen report is available >> in community. >> Select a report type like html and and output directory (default >> /var/cfengine/reports) >> >> M > > The term "in transition" is a quote from an unanswered post on > cf-report [1], it's probably a euphemism for "not working". > > It is good that cf-report does indeed work, but since it doesn't seem > to be documented, I can't use it, simply because I cannot figure it > out on my own with only cf-report --help to assist me. > > Here is what I think is true: > - cf_LastSeen.db on the policy server is updated every time a client > contacts the policy server, registering at least when the contact was > made. > - There is no need to use report promises to enable this, > cf_LastSeen.db is always updated. > - cf-report can be used to query cf_LastSeen.db to get access to this > information (again without report promises), so that I can get a list > of which clients have contacted the policyserver and when. > - The above is not documented anywhere I can access it. > > Is this correct? If cf-report can be used as described, which > parameters do I give it to provide the report of client contacts? > > - Erlend > > [1]: https://cfengine.org/pipermail/help-cfengine/2009-April/005121.html > _______________________________________________ > Help-cfengine mailing list > Help-cfengine@cfengine.org > https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine -- Mark Burgess ------------------------------------------------- Professor of Network and System Administration Oslo University College, Norway Personal Web: http://www.iu.hio.no/~mark Office Telf : +47 22453272 ------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
