#GECOS Agent

GECOS Agent is a piece of GECOS architecture. Installed onto a GECOS compatible distribution, makes it manageable from a remote GECOS Control Center.

Version 2 substitutes a complex network of packages, configuration files and recipes with a simple agent+notification app all in one package

COMPONENTS

• Chef Client Wrapper: this script launches a chef-client after making some smart checks. It is called on...
  • ... Boot
  • ... Login
  • ... Logout
  • ... Shutdown
  • ... Periodic lapses
• GECOS First Login: desktop application that locks the user screen the first time he/she logs in the system, until workstation and user policies are downloaded and executed.
• Configuration Files: needed files for autolaunching Chef Client Wrapper when certain events occur (boot, login...)
  • /etc/init/gecos-first-login.conf
  • /etc/init/gecos-snitch-service.conf
  • /etc/xdg/autostart/gecos-first-login.conf
  • /etc/xdg/autostart/gecos-snitch-systray.conf
  • /etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.gecos.firstlogin.conf
  • /etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.gecos.chefsnitch.conf
  • /etc/sudoers
  • /etc/mdm/PostSession/default
  • /home/USER/.gecos-firstlogin
• GECOS-snitch: small applet that sits on the desktop panel and notifies the user when policies are being installed.

BUILDING

GECOS-Agent has a python standard setup in src/ This setup generates a debian source package skel (using python setup.py sdist from src/) in deb_dist Then, with py2dsc --maintainer "NAME src/dist/gecos-agent-1.0.tar.gz --suite trusty Finally, a debian package is constructed with debuild in deb_dist/gecos-agent-1.0 after some configuration tuning (debian/control, debian/copyright, debian/changelog)