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 (for example: i386, x86_64)
• OS information.

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

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

To remove a Package node manually, find the necessary Package node, select it in the list and pick Destroy from the Actions list.

Package node attributes

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

 Package node relationships

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