Using local proxy cache to deploy on remote network

Since 2.0 version, it's possible to use proxies cache as a redistribution server. Agents witch are located on a different entity than OCS Inventory server will download their deployment packages on local proxy, and will not use WAN connection to get back packages so.

Operating principe

A new deployment package is created from OCS Inventory NG server and affected to differents machines located on a different geographical entity. On remote entity, first agent will download package on OCS Inventory server. HTTP is filtered through the remote entity proxy and cached, that's why next agents will retrieve the package directly in proxy cache (because stored in the cache at the previous query), and will not use WAN connection so.

  • + : avoids overloading of you WAN connection bandwidth.
  • - : if a package is defective, you will have to clean the proxy cache, in order to avoid next agents to download this bad package.

Architecture

Proxy diagramm

Prerequires

  • an OCS Inventory NG server configured to use deployment feature OPT_DEPLOY to ON, SSL activate, certificate SSL cacert.pem presents on computers)
  • a proxy on remote entity with a cache relatively large (depending on you packages size)
  • agents configured to use proxy (ProxyType, Proxy, ProxyPort, ProxyAuthRequired, ProxyUser, ProxyPwd in ocsinventory.ini)

Agents configuration

Depending on proxy type (transparent/authentificator), differents configurations are possibles.

Configuration step by step

Launch OCS-NG-Windows-Agent-Setup.exe file. A windows opens. Click on Next button.

Start install agent

Accept user licence clicking on I accept.

Licence Agreement

Specify the address of your OCS Inventory NG server, authentification parameters of web server (optionnal) and if you want to do a SSL control, define certificate path.

Specify proxy type, proxy address, listen port, and its authentification parameters.

Proxy properties

Specify if you want to have a better verbose in your logs, if you want to register OCS as a service and if you want or not see it in systray, administrative TAG of machine, and then if you want to send an inventory just after the end of the installation. Click on Next button.

OCS agent properties

Choose installation directory of binaries. Click on Install button.

Install folder

Installation is in progress.

Install in progress

Click on Close button.

End Install

End of installation.

Result in ocsinventory.ini

Here, the configuration file of an agent using authentifiant proxy:

[OCS Inventory Agent]
ComProvider=ComHTTP.dll
Debug=2
Local=
HKCU=0
NoTAG=0
IpDisc=
[HTTP]
Server=http://OCSserveur.mondomaine/ocsinventory
SSL=1
CaBundle=cacert.pem
AuthRequired=1
User=
Pwd=
ProxyType=1
Proxy=ProxyLocal.mondomaine
ProxyPort=8080
ProxyAuthRequired=1
ProxyUser=EdJdsJc6fNXRXzMlaDblzQ==|||E02L5EtgtxzUSEPp98J25Q==
ProxyPwd=BHC2aWyaiD5Pgl1UmLXBmw==|||NH5R4H3hZiDiDFkVezPAVQ==
[OCS Inventory Service]
PROLOG_FREQ=24
OLD_PROLOG_FREQ=24
TTO_WAIT=83460

Note: User name and password used to proxy authentification are encrypted.