Check_MK Werk 7217: HW/SW-Inventory: Execution order of plugins

ID: 7217 Title: HW/SW-Inventory: Execution order of plugins Component: Checks & agents Level: 1 Class: Bug fix Version: 1.6.0i1 The order in which the HW/SW inventory plugins are executed is now deterministic. Previously dependencies between inventory plugins could lead to missing data if the plugins happend to be executed in the wrong order. Plugins are now executed in alphabetical order by default. You can force a plugin to be executed after another plugin by setting the <tt>depends_on</tt> key in the inventory info variable <tt>inv_info</tt>. For instance writing <tt>inv_info['plugin_a'] = { ... 'depends_on' = ['plugin_b'], }</tt> will enforce "plugin_b" to be executed before "plugin_a".