1.2 Installing ZenPacks - Open Source Network Monitoring and Systems Management
1.2 Installing ZenPacks - Open Source Network Monitoring and Systems Management: "#2. Installing ZenPacks
ZenPacks are distributed as .egg files. Zenoss also supports .zip files.
You can install ZenPacks from the command line on the Zenoss server, or from the Zenoss user interface.
#2.1. Installing from the Command Line
The following ZenPack command can be used from the command line to install ZenPack files. After installing or updating ZenPacks you need to restart Zenoss:
zenpack --install
zenoss restart
If you have the source code for the ZenPack you can install directly from that rather than from a .egg or .zip file. The command is the same, you just specify the directory containing the source code. This copies the source code into either $ZENHOME/ZenPacks (for newer egg ZenPacks) or $ZENHOME/Products (for older style ZenPacks.)
zenpack --install
zenoss restart
If you are developing a ZenPack you usually will want to maintain your source code outside of $ZENHOME/ZenPacks or $ZENHOME/Products. This is advisable for two reasons. First, if you issue a zenpack --remove command it will delete your code from either of those two locations and you would lose your files unless you had them backed up elsewhere. Second, if you are maintaining your source code in a version control system it is frequently more convenient to have the files reside elsewhere on the file system. Using the --link option you can install the ZenPack but have Zenoss use your code from its current location. Instead of installing your code in $ZENHOME/ZenPacks or $ZENHOME/Products Zenoss will create a link in one of those locations that points to your source code directory.
zenpack --link --install
zenoss restart
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ZenPacks are distributed as .egg files. Zenoss also supports .zip files.
You can install ZenPacks from the command line on the Zenoss server, or from the Zenoss user interface.
#2.1. Installing from the Command Line
The following ZenPack command can be used from the command line to install ZenPack files. After installing or updating ZenPacks you need to restart Zenoss:
zenpack --install
zenoss restart
If you have the source code for the ZenPack you can install directly from that rather than from a .egg or .zip file. The command is the same, you just specify the directory containing the source code. This copies the source code into either $ZENHOME/ZenPacks (for newer egg ZenPacks) or $ZENHOME/Products (for older style ZenPacks.)
zenpack --install
zenoss restart
If you are developing a ZenPack you usually will want to maintain your source code outside of $ZENHOME/ZenPacks or $ZENHOME/Products. This is advisable for two reasons. First, if you issue a zenpack --remove command it will delete your code from either of those two locations and you would lose your files unless you had them backed up elsewhere. Second, if you are maintaining your source code in a version control system it is frequently more convenient to have the files reside elsewhere on the file system. Using the --link option you can install the ZenPack but have Zenoss use your code from its current location. Instead of installing your code in $ZENHOME/ZenPacks or $ZENHOME/Products Zenoss will create a link in one of those locations that points to your source code directory.
zenpack --link --install
zenoss restart
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