Package node

A Package node represents a software package in your environment and is linked to all Host Nodes which contain it.

Package node lifecycle

The following section describes the scenarios in which a Package is created, updated or destroyed. Package nodes are identical in behavior to Patch Nodes, see Patch Node.

Creation

Package nodes are created when they are first detected on a host. The generated key of a Package node consists of the following critical properties;

name
version
revision
epoch
architecture (e.g.: i386, x86_64)
operating system information.

Package nodes are shared by all host nodes with the same package installed, the same architecture and that are running the same operating system.

Update

A Package node is never updated because its key consists of the critical properties described above, and a change to any of these properties will result in a new Package node being created.

Removal

Package nodes are never removed.

Package node attributes

The attributes and relationships of a Package node are described in the table below.

UI Name Attribute Name and Type	Description
Name `name string`	Name.
Vendor `vendor string`	Package vendor.
Version `version string`	Package version.
Epoch `epoch int`	Package epoch.
Revision `revision string`	Package revision.
Operating System `os string`	Operating System this Package is for. Derived from the os_type attribute of the Host Nodes it is installed on.
Not displayed in UI `key string`	Unique key.
Architecture `arch string`	CPU type Package runs under.
Description `description string`	Package description.
Solaris Full Name `pkgname string`	Full Solaris package name.

Package node relationships

The relationships of a Package node are described in the table below.

UI name	Relationship	Description
Hosts	`Package: InstalledSoftware: HostedSoftware: Host: Host`	Hosts with this package.
Not displayed in UI	`Package: Associate: Inference: InferredElement: SoftwareInstance`	Software related in some way to this package.
Not displayed in UI	`Package: Contributor: Inference: InferredElement: SoftwareInstance`	Software whose attributes have been partly or wholly determined from this package.

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