Gathering FlexNet Inventory FlexNet Manager Suite 2025 R1.1

• Gathering FlexNet Inventory
• The FlexNet Inventory Agent
  • Understanding What, Where, How, and Why
    • What Can Be Used for FlexNet Inventory Collection
      • Agent Architecture
    • Deployment Overview: Where to, and How
    • Typical Scenarios and Use Cases
    • Support for IPv6 Networks
    • FlexNet Inventory Agent Unique Identifier (AgentID)
  • Adopted: Details
    • Recommended Best Practices for the Flexera Inventory Agent on Windows
    • Adopted: Normal Operation
      • Adopted: Services on UNIX
    • Adopted: System Requirements
    • Adopted: Accounts and Privileges
    • Adopted: Implementation
      • Adopted: Specifying an Installed Agent Upgrade
    • Adopted: Troubleshooting Inventory
  • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Details
    • Recommended Best Practices for the Flexera Inventory Agent on Windows
    • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Normal Operation
      • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Services on UNIX
    • Agent Third-Party Deployment: System Requirements
    • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Accounts and Privileges
    • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Implementation
      • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Collecting the Software
      • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Configuring Installation on Microsoft Windows
        • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Edit the Configuration File for Microsoft Windows
        • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Customizing the Windows Installer Command Line
        • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Deployment Notes for Windows Platforms
        • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Uninstalling from Windows Platforms
      • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Configuring Installations on UNIX-like Platforms
        • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Configuring the Bootstrap File for UNIX
          • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Sample UNIX Bootstrap Configuration File
        • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Installing FlexNet inventory agent on UNIX
          • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Configuring the Operation Mode on UNIX
            • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Least Privilege Operation Mode
            • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Sample Sudoers File
          • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Enabling the HTTPS Protocol on UNIX Agents
          • Agent Third-Party Deployment: HTTPS CA Certificate File Format (UNIX)
        • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Updating config.ini on a UNIX Device
        • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Uninstalling FlexNet Inventory Agent from UNIX
      • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Protecting Your Customizations
      • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Checking the Installed Version
    • Agent Third-Party Deployment: Troubleshooting Inventory
  • Zero-Footprint: Details
    • Zero-Footprint: Normal Operation
      • Zero-Footprint: Non-Root Accounts
    • Zero-Footprint: System Requirements
    • Zero-Footprint: Accounts and Privileges
    • Zero-Footprint: Implementation
    • Zero-Footprint: Troubleshooting Inventory
  • FlexNet Inventory Scanner: Details
    • FlexNet Inventory Scanner: Normal Operation
      • FlexNet Inventory Scanner: Operation on Windows
      • FlexNet Inventory Scanner: Operation on UNIX-Like Platforms
    • FlexNet Inventory Scanner: System Requirements
    • FlexNet Inventory Scanner: Accounts and Privileges
    • FlexNet Inventory Scanner: Implementation
      • FlexNet Inventory Scanner: Implementation on Windows
        • Configuring WMI for FlexNet Inventory Scanner
      • FlexNet Inventory Scanner: Implementation on Unix-Like Platforms
        • Configuring ndtrack.ini for UNIX-like Platforms
      • Customizing Searches for FlexNet Inventory Scanner
      • FlexNet Inventory Scanner Command Line
    • FlexNet Inventory Scanner: Troubleshooting Inventory
  • Core Deployment: Details
    • Core Deployment: Normal Operation
    • Core Deployment: System Requirements
    • Core Deployment: Accounts and Privileges
    • Core Deployment: Implementation
    • Core Deployment: Troubleshooting Inventory
  • Common: Details
    • Common: Child Processes Invoked by the Tracker
      • Common: Child Processes on UNIX-Like Platforms
      • Common: Child Processes on Windows Platforms
    • Common: Supporting Mutual TLS
    • Common: Collection from Virtual Environments
    • Common: Gathering Inventory from Solaris Zones
      • Common: Targeting for Solaris Zones
      • Common: License Reconciliation Considerations for Processor-Based Licenses
    • Common: Importing Registry Settings
      • Targeting Individual Entries
      • Collecting All Uploaded Entries
    • Common: Acting on Inventory Results
    • Common: Resolving Inventory Records
      • Common: Ensuring Distinct Inventory
      • Common: Identifying Related Inventory
      • Common: Choosing Values from Multiple Inventory Records
  • Selecting Inventory Beacons
    • Overview
    • Saving the Configuration
    • Prioritizing Inventory Beacons
    • Using a Single Inventory Beacon
    • Supplied Algorithms
      • MgsADSiteMatch: Match to Active Directory Site
      • MgsBandwidth: Bandwidth Priorities
      • MgsDHCP: Retrieve location list from DHCP server options
        • Configuring the DHCP Option
      • MgsDomainMatch: Match to Domain Name
      • MgsIPMatch: Match to IP Address
      • MgsNameMatch: Match Prefixes of Computer Names
      • MgsPing: Server with the Fastest Response
      • MgsRandom: Random Priorities
      • MgsServersFromAD: Retrieve List from AD
      • MgsSubnetMatch: Match to Subnet
  • Command Lines
    • flxconfig Command Line
    • ndschedag Command Line
    • ndtrack Command Line
    • ndupload Command Line
  • Preferences
    • [Registry] Explained
    • AddClientCertificateAndKey
    • Application
    • AutoPriority
    • CALInventory
    • CALInventoryPeriod
    • Catchup
    • CheckCertificateRevocation
    • CheckServerCertificate
    • CommonAppDataFolder
    • Compress (application usage component)
    • ComputerDomain
    • CRLDirectory
    • DateTimeFormat
    • Directory
    • DisableAllAgentUploads
    • Disabled (application usage component)
    • Disabled (schedule component)
    • DisablePeriod
    • DownloadSettings
    • EmbedFileContentDirectory
    • EmbedFileContentExtension
    • EmbedFileContentMaxSize
    • ExcludeDirectory
    • ExcludedMSIs
    • ExcludeEmbedFileContentDirectory
    • ExcludeExtension
    • ExcludeFile
    • ExcludeFileSystemType
    • ExcludeLocalScriptRule
    • ExcludeMD5
    • ExcludeUnixSoftwareProcessDirectory
    • ExecutablePath
    • GenerateMD5
    • Hardware
    • HardwareChangesClassPropertyBlacklist
    • HighestPriority
    • Host
    • http_proxy
    • https_proxy
    • IBMDB2CommandTimeoutSeconds
    • IncludeDirectory
    • IncludeExecutables
    • IncludeExtension
    • IncludeFile
    • IncludeFileSystemType
    • IncludeLocalScriptRule
    • IncludeMachineInventory
    • IncludeMD5
    • IncludeNetworkDrives
    • IncludeRegistryKey
    • IncludeUserInventory
    • InventoryFile
    • InventoryScriptsDir
    • InventorySettingsPath
    • InventoryType
    • JavaCmdTimeoutSeconds
    • JavaFullVersion
    • LastLogonWMIEnabled
    • LogFile (agent configuration component)
    • LogFile (application usage component)
    • LogFile (inventory component)
    • LogFile (upload component)
    • LogFileOld (agent configuration component)
    • LogFileOld (application usage component)
    • LogFileOld (upload component)
    • LogFileSize (agent configuration component)
    • LogFileSize (application usage component)
    • LogFileSize (upload component)
    • LogLevel (inventory component)
    • LogModules (application usage component)
    • LogModules (inventory component)
    • LowestPriority
    • LowProfile (application usage component)
    • LowProfile (inventory component)
    • MachineID
    • MachineInventoryDirectory
    • MachineName
    • MachineScheduleDirectory
    • MachineZeroTouchDirectory
    • ManualMapperDefaultPriority
    • MaxFSScanReportFileSizeInMB
    • MaxKeepAliveLifetime
    • MaxKeepAliveRequests
    • MinInventoryInterval
    • MinRunTime
    • MSI
    • Name
    • ndsensNetType
    • NetworkHighSpeed
    • NetworkHighUsage
    • NetworkHighUsageLowerLimit
    • NetworkHighUsageUpperLimit
    • NetworkLowUsage
    • NetworkLowUsageLowerLimit
    • NetworkLowUsageUpperLimit
    • NetworkMaxRate
    • NetworkMinSpeed
    • NetworkSpeed
    • NetworkTimeout
    • no_proxy
    • OnConnect
    • OnlyGenerateIfHardwareChanged
    • OracleEnvironmentCmdTimeoutSeconds
    • OracleInventoryAsSysdba
    • OracleInventoryUser
    • Password
    • PerformDockerInventoryScan
    • PerformIBMDB2Inventory
    • PerformIBMWebSphereMQScan
    • PerformJavaScan
    • PerformKvmInventory
    • PerformLocalScripting
    • PerformOracleEBSAuditScan
    • PerformOracleFMWScan
    • PerformOracleInventory
    • PerformOracleJavaAuditScan
    • PerformOracleListenerScan
    • PerformPodmanInventoryScan
    • PerformSoftwareUpdateScan
    • PerformSymantecSFScan
    • PerformUnixSoftwareProcessScan
    • PerformVirtualBoxInventory
    • Port
    • PreferenceUpdatePeriod
    • PreferIPVersion
    • PrioritizeRevocationChecks
    • Priority
    • Priority (manual mapper)
    • ProcessUpdatePeriod
    • ProductUpdatePeriod
    • ProgramFiles, ProgramFilesX86Folder, ProgramFilesX64Folder
    • Protocol
    • Recurse
    • Regex
    • RunInventoryScripts
    • ScheduleType
    • ScriptDir
    • SelectorAlgorithm
    • SendTCPKeepAlive
    • SessionBackupPeriod
    • ShowIcon (inventory component)
    • Software
    • SoftwareUpdateScanTimeoutSeconds
    • SourceFile
    • SourceRemove
    • SSLCACertificateFile
    • SSLCACertificatePath
    • SSLClientCertificateFile
    • SSLClientPrivateKeyFile
    • SSLCRLCacheLifetime
    • SSLCRLPath
    • SSLDirectory
    • Startup
    • SysDirectory
    • TrackProductKey
    • UILevel
    • UIMode
    • Upload
    • UploadLocation
    • UploadPassword
    • UploadPeriod
    • UploadRule
    • UploadSettings
    • UploadType
    • UploadUser
    • UsageDirectory
    • UseAddRemove
    • UseManualMapper
    • UseMSI
    • User
    • UserDefinedOracleHome
    • UserHardware
    • UserInteractionLevel (inventory agent)
    • UserInventoryDirectory
    • UserProcessesOnly
    • UserScheduleDirectory
    • UserZeroTouchDirectory
    • VerifySignatureCertificate
    • VerifySignatureCertificateRevocation
    • Version
    • VersionInfo
    • WinDirectory
    • WMI
    • WMIConfigFile
  • File Formats
    • Application Usage Files (.mmi)
    • WMI Configuration File (wmitrack.ini)
• Two FlexNet Kubernetes Agents
  • Download Flexera Kubernetes Inventory Agent
    • Editing configuration for the Flexera Kubernetes Inventory Agent
      • Flexera Kubernetes Inventory Agent Configuration Examples
      • Attributes for Agent Features
      • Full Flexera Kubernetes Agent Helm chart configuration and installation
    • Patching config.ini through Flexera Kubernetes Inventory Agent
    • Using Kubeaudit to audit Kubernetes clusters
    • Uninstalling the Flexera Kubernetes Agent
  • The Lightweight Kubernetes Agent
    • How the Lightweight Kubernetes Agent Works
    • Downloading the Lightweight Kubernetes Agent
      • Scripted Installation
      • Manual Installation
      • Managing Certificates for TLS
      • Uninstalling the Lightweight Kubernetes Agent
    • Options for the Lightweight Kubernetes Agent
    • Lightweight Kubernetes Agent Helm chart configuration and installation
    • Collecting Inventory from Container Images
      • Container Image Inventory Tool imgtrack
        • Prerequisites for imgtrack
        • Downloading the imgtrack Script
      • How imgtrack Works
        • Handling the ndtrack Binary
        • Identifying Container Images
        • Labels for the Derived Image
        • Options for the imgtrack Script
  • Inventory Uploaded by the Kubernetes Agents
    • Kubernetes Inventory Uploads
    • Inventory from IBM License Service
  • Kubernetes Agents Permissions
    • Understanding ClusterRoles, ClusterRoleBindings, and ServiceAccounts in Flexera's Kubernetes Agents
    • Overview of Cluster Resources and Permissions
      • Lightweight Kubernetes Agent (LWK) Permissions
      • Full Kubernetes Agent (KRM) Permissions
    • Detailed ClusterRoles and Permissions
      • ClusterRoles and Permissions for Lightweight Kubernetes Agent (LWK)
      • ClusterRoles and Permissions for Full Kubernetes Agent (KRM)
      • Shared ClusterRoles and Permissions for Both Agents
• Legal Information