feature list

The features marked with (*) are part of a cofunding project and fee is required at the moment.

opsi server

• opsi server runs on Debian, Ubuntu, OpenSuse, SLES, UCS, CentOS, RHEL
• It can be used in virtual machines (VMWare / Xen / VirtualBox / KVM) for productive environments
• Possible data backends are: file based, LDAP based, MySQL based (*)
• Graphical statistic interface

Management Interface - opsi configed

• The opsi configed (configuration editor) is a graphical management interface. It can be used cross-platform via web browser
• The list of opsi-clients can be sorted by clientname, description, date, IP-number, inventory-number and "last seen"
• Group management
  • Selection and processing as groups of clients
  • Save and load client groups
  • Hierarchic group management (group in group) (*)
• Sort clients by e.g. deployed software, software version, hardware
• Wake on LAN support
• Display of installable and installed software and versions
• Display and analysis of product dependencies and installation orders
• Display installation progress, installation results and last action
• Display and editing of client specific product properties, which will be used during the installation process
• Presentation of the hardware inventory data
• Presentation of the software inventory data
• Display of the client specific logfiles written by the server, the client agent and the bootimage
• Documented API
• Administration by command line and scripts available
• Administration by web service (JSON-RPC) available

OS-Installation

• Supported Operating Systems:
  • Windows XP (32/64 Bit)
  • MS-Server 2003 (32/64 Bit)
  • Windows Vista (32/64 Bit)
  • MS-Server 2008 (32/64 Bit)
  • Windows 7 (32/64 Bit)
  • MS-Server 2008R2 (64 Bit)
  • Windows 8 (32/64 Bit)
  • MS-Server 2012 (64 Bit)
• Installation via PXE-Boot
• Installation via CD
• Simple integration and automatic detection of new client hardware drivers

opsi client agent

• Several configservers can be configurated for higher reliability and load sharing
• Messages can be sent to the clients desktop (popups)
• Opsi client agent hooks into the Windows logon process and starts as a system service. Software can be installed before user login occurs ('pull' Installation)
• Software installation may also be 'pushed' by the server ('push' Installation)
• Highly configurable with failure reports and warnings, possibilities of breaking off the installation and reboot
• Customizing in a corporate design is possible

Software deployment

• Client software can be assigned to individual machines and/or dedicated groups of machines
• Automatic, non interactive software installation
• Software installation and deinstallation via different methods like silent / unattended installation, interactive setup with recorded answers and difference analysis
• Script driven setup program with special commands for:
  • Start of programs and exit code detection
  • Detection of the running OS, language and national settings as well as evaluation of Ini-files, text files, registry entries and environment variables
  • Editing of registry, start menu and desktop entries, Ini-files, XML files and text files
  • Editing of user specific profile registry entries and files (in case of not using 'roaming profiles')
  • Calling external programs and scripts, catch and provide their output as variables for further processing
  • File copy with version control
  • Installation of 32 bit and 64 bit software is supported
  • Reboot and shutdown control
  • Logging (log level can be configured)
  • Administrative tasks e.g. via WMI calls

Patchmanagement

• Deploy OS Hotfixes (Update subscription is fee required)
• Deploy MS-Office Hotfixes (Update subscription is fee required)
• Deploy security updates and patches for the opsi standard packets (Update subscription is fee required)

Hardware Inventory

• Detailed detection of hardware information via WMI and other commands
• Which kind of information will be detected can be configured
• No data will be lost if the configuration is changed
• Detection and storage of hardware changes (History)
• Data storage on a SQL-database with documented data structure for generating free style reports
• Presentation of the inventory data in the Management Interface
• Simple queries on the inventory data via Management Interface

Software Inventory

• Gathering software inventory data from the registry (Windows)
• 64 Bit support
• Detection of licensekeys
• Data storage on a SQL-database with documented data structure for free reports
• Presentation of the inventory data in the Management Interface

Support of multiple locations

• Central storage and administration of all configuration data
• Decentral software repositories with central management
• Administration of clients at different locations using a single central management interface
• Configuration data for all clients can be stored on a single configserver (masterserver)
• All clients connect via webservice with the masterserver and get the configuration information from there
• Software may be deposited on decentral servers and is available for installation for a central server via network mount
• Decentral pxe servers with central management
• Support of multiple depot-servers for the installation and deinstallation of software packages
• Detection of inconsistencies between master-depotshares and other depotshares using metadata
• A single or several depotshares can be choosen while selecting clients in the management interface
• Clients connected to different depots can be managed in one bundle if the involved depots are synchronized (have all product packages in identical versions)
• Clients can be moved from one depot server to another location via management interface
• The opsi-product-updater is designed to download and install comfortable opsi packages from a repository or another opsi server. It may be also used to keep depot server in sync with the config server

License Management(*)

• Integrating the license management into the opsi config editor, which is the standard opsi user interface for managing the software configuration of opsi clients.
• Software license management features, which are insertion, reservation, (automated) assignment, release and deletion of license keys and license pools.
• Several types of licenses are available:
  - standard single licenses (a single license key assigned to a single client)
  - volume licenses (a single license key valid for a certain amount of installations)
  - campus licenses (a single license key valid for an unlimited amount of installations within the company/site)
  - client bound licenses (which is a single license valid for a dedicated client only, e.g. OEM licenses).
• Release of license assignment after deinstallation of the corresponding software.
• Optional manual maintenance of the license data base regarding manual installations
• Reports about existing licenses, used licenses according to the software deployment and according to the software inventory.

There is a separate window for the License Management in the opsi-config editor. It can be shown clicking the switch area named "Licenses" in the main window. This window is available only if the License Management module is activated with a 'modules-file'.