nethserver-phonenehome

This tool is used to tracks all NethServer's installations around the world.

• Use API to get and set installation
• Visualize the installations in Google Maps with nice markers

Overview

This tool is composed by two parts: server and client and the data are stored and read through REST APIs. The REST APIs can be found in index.php file. To send data to REST APIs check out the phone-home file in root/etc/cron.weekly.

Configuration

After the repository clonig, you must set the correct placeholders in certain files.

Server

config.php

Line 2 change __dbhost__, __dbuser__, __dbpass__, __dbname__ with your own credentials:

$GLOBALS['$dbhost'] = "__dbhost__";
$GLOBALS['$dbuser'] = "__dbuser__";
$GLOBALS['$dbpass'] = "__dbpass__";
$GLOBALS['$dbname'] = "__dbname__";

widget_map.html

Line 53 change __serverip__ with the server ip used to host REST APIs:

// ip server with api
var server_ip = '__serverip__';

Create table in your database

After setting up your own credentials, simply run (MySQL syntax):

CREATE DATABASE phonehome;
GRANT ALL ON phonehome.* TO user IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS phone_home_tb (
 uuid                  VARCHAR(40) PRIMARY KEY,
 release_tag           VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
 ip                    VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL,
 country_code          VARCHAR(5),
 country_name          VARCHAR(40),
 country_location_lat  VARCHAR(40),
 country_location_lng  VARCHAR(40),
 reg_date              TIMESTAMP
)

Client

phone-home

Create a file named phone-home in /etc/sysconfig and set the correct infos:

SERVER_IP=__serverip__
PROXY_SERVER=__proxyserver__
PROXY_USER=__proxyuser__
PROXY_PASS=__proxypass__
PROXY_PORT=__proxyport__

the variables PROXY_SERVER, PROXY_USER, PROXY_PASS, PROXY_PORT are not mandatory.