Archive for the ‘zenoss’ Category

How to create a egg file from your ZenPack

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008


cd
python setup.py bdist_egg

This creates the egg file in the dist directory.

Ref: Section 3.5 Zenoss Dev Guide (V2.3.0)

How to add a zProperty in your ZenPack

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Define it in the class in __init__.py in the ZenPack’s home directory.

Ref: Section 3.4.1 “Base ZenPack Class” of the Zenoss Developers Guide. (V2.3)

Debugging ZenPacks: why isn’t an event being generated?

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Check the zenhub.log file to make sure that there isn’t a syntax error in the code

How to see the Software Inventory

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Install the HRSWInstalledMap.

How to add collectors to a device class

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

In the device class, go More>Collector Plugins; or go to the zProperties screen, then click the edit button next to the zCollectorPlugins field.

To add a new collector, click the very faint “Add Fields” link and a box will pop up with all the available ones.