ID: 2275
Title: windows agent: new subfolders, improved folder cleanup during uninstall
Component: Checks & Agents
Level: 1
Class: New Feature
Version: 1.2.7i1
The windows agent now comes with the following folders
<table>
<tr><th>Folder</th><th>Description</th></tr>
<tr><td>local</td>local scripts<td></td></tr>
<tr><td>plugins</td>plugin scripts<td></td></tr>
<tr><td>config</td><td>configuration files for
scripts</td></tr>
<tr><td>state</td><td>state files for scripts and the agent, e.g.
logwatch state</td></tr>
<tr><td>spool</td><td>spoolfiles from other
applications</td>/tr>
<tr><td>log</td>logfiles from scripts and the
agent<td></td></tr>
<tr><td>temp</td>working directory for
scripts<td></td></tr>
</table>
When you update the agent to a newer version, the content of this folders will not get
deleted.
Only during the uninstall everything is cleaned up, with two exceptions.
Self-written scripts in the <i>local</i> and <i>plugin</i> folders
are not automatically
deleted during uninstall. These files will linger around till you remove them manually.
The incompatible part of this werk is the changed location of the state files for the
logwatch and logfiles checks. These files were located in the agent directory, now they
are located in the subdirectory <i>state</i>. As a result, if you start the
new agent there
will be no known last offsets of the logwatch and the eventlog monitoring. In this
scenario
the agent will start at the end.
If you want to start at the old offsets, you need to copy the files
<i>logstate.txt</i> and
<i>eventstate.txt</i> into the <i>state</i> directory.
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