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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)

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)

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

Install the HRSWInstalledMap.

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.

openssl pkcs12 -in .p12 -out .pem

And if you want to take the password off, add -nodes

Open Disk Utility. Open Finder. Drag the ISO from the Finder window into the Disk Utility window. Select ISO in Disk Utility and click Burn.

Look in the .svn/entries file for the URL of the repo.

Get the number of the last revision the file was in before you deleted (or if you don’t know, start from the current one and work backwards)

svn cp -r <rev> <repourl>/<filename> ./<filename>

Then commit.

Make sure the USB drive is listed as the first drive in the hard drive list, as well as being first in the list of devices to boot from.

When moving a database from mysql to postgres, it’s often necessary to reset the sequences (.i.e. autoupdated row ids)

Find out what the largest one is with select max (id) from mytable;

Set the sequence with select setval('mytable_id_seq',x+1) ;