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#!/usr/bin/env perl

use warnings;

use strict;  

# sysinfo

# Author: R. W. Rodolico

# Primary client portion of sysinfo system. Will collect information about its current

# host and create a report containing the information. This report can then be processed

# by process_sysinfo.pl on the collection computer.

# output file consists of a YAML file of the form:

#  <sysinfo3.0.0>

#    <diskinfo name='/dev/xvda3'>

#      <fstype>ext3</fstype>

#      <mount>/home</mount>

#      <size>51606140</size>

#      <used>331472</used>

#    </diskinfo>

#    <network name='eth0'>

#      <address>192.168.1.3</address>

#      <ip6address>fe80::216:3eff:fefb:4e10</ip6address>

#      <ip6networkbits>64</ip6networkbits>

#      <mac>00:16:3e:fb:4e:10</mac>

#      <mtu>1500</mtu>

#      <netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask>

#    </network>

#    <operatingsystem>

#      <codename>squeeze</codename>

#      <description>Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.4 (squeeze)</description>

#      <distribution>Debian</distribution>

#      <kernel>2.6.32-5-xen-686</kernel>

#      <os_name>Linux</os_name>

#      <os_version>Linux version 2.6.32-5-xen-686 (Debian 2.6.32-41) (ben@decadent.org.uk) (gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-4) ) #1 SMP Mon Jan 16 19:46:09 UTC 2012</os_version>

#      <release>6.0.4</release>

#    </operatingsystem>

#    <pci name='0000:00:00.0'>

#      <class>RAM memory</class>

#      <device>MCP55 Memory Controller</device>

#      <rev>a2</rev>

#      <sdevice>Device cb84</sdevice>

#      <slot>0000:00:00.0</slot>

#      <svendor>nVidia Corporation</svendor>

#      <vendor>nVidia Corporation</vendor>

#    </pci>

#    <report>

#      <client>Staffmasters</client>

#      <date>2012-05-01 03:00</date>

#      <version>2.0.0</version>

#    </report>

#    <software name='aptitude'>

#      <description>terminal-based package manager (terminal interface only)</description>

#      <version>0.6.3-3.2+squeeze1</version>

#    </software>

#    <system>

#      <cpu_speed>1800.103</cpu_speed>

#      <cpu_sub>i686</cpu_sub>

#      <cpu_type>GenuineIntel</cpu_type>

#      <hostname>backup.staffmasters.local</hostname>

#      <last_boot>1333259809</last_boot>

#      <memory>520852</memory>

#      <num_cpu>1</num_cpu>

#    </system>

#  </sysinfo3.0.0>

#

# Version 1.3 20071104

# added capability of e-mailing the results by itself and external configuration file

# Version 1.3.1 20071110

# added du -sk to explicitly do directory sizes in 'k'. Also, fixed some documentation

# Version 1.3.3 20081104

# modified hostname to hostname -f, and allowed user to place custom value in configuration file

# also, modified to go with Debian standards in preparation to creating a debian package.

# Version 2.0 20081208

# Modified to use different libraries for different OS's in preparation to porting to Windows

# Uses different packages based on which OS it is on.

# Version 3.0 20120923

# Major revision. Most internal intelligence pulled out and put into modules and data transfer format has been changed to YAML

#

# Base system only pulls client name, machine name and machine number, all of which can be set in the configuration file

# if the value is not set, it attempts various means to determine the values and, if it fails, aborts with an error message

#    client name -- REQUIRED, must come from configuration file

#    machine name --  REQUIRED, if not set via conf file, attempts hostname command (hostname -f) or module getHostName

#    machine number -- REQUIRED, if not set via conf file, attempts "echo `hostname -f`-clientname | md5sum" or module getSerial

# modules are stored in "configuration directory/modules" (/etc/sysinfo/modules on most Linux systems) and are processed in 

# standard sort order (case sensitive). 

# Module filenames may contain alpha-numeric, underscore and the period only (files containing other characters are ignored).

# Modules should set their exit code to 0 for success, and non-zero for failure

# Modules should return 0 or more tab delimited, newline terminated strings, processed as one record per line

# A module return string line is processed as follows:

#     category \t [category \t ...] \t key \t value

# example:

#    System \t num_cpu \t 1

#    System \t Users \t root \t /root/

# (note, if non-zero exit code returned, return value is assumed to be error message and is printed to STDERR) 

# sysinfo stores the result in a hash, using categories as the keys (case sensitive), thus, the above results in

# $store{'System'}{'num_cpu'} = '1';

# $store{'System'}{'Users'}{'root'} = '/root';

# upon completion, sysinfo converts the $store hash into an XML or YAML string for transfer

# It then sends it to the main server as defined in the conf file.

# NOTE: YAML is hand crafted to kill any requirements for external libraries

# see sub hashToYAML for details

# Version 3.0.1 20160321

# Renamed to sysinfo-client to not conflict with Linux package sysinfo

# created installer in Perl to not rely on package managers

# default path for configuration file changed to /etc/camp/sysinfo-client.conf

# $VERSION changed to $DATA_VERSION to not conflict with $main::VERSION (script version vs data format version)

#

# Version 3.1.0 20160401

# module and script dirs now arrays to be searched. Idea is that default

#    modules/scripts are in installdir/modules or installdir/scripts, and

#    user supplied are in /etc/scripts and /etc/modules

# Tightened up the file systems checks, requiring all scripts and modules

#    be set 0700 at least, and owned by root

# Transport layers now an array, and if one fails to send the report, the others

#    are tried in turn

# Worked on logic for sendReport to give better error checking.

# Doing a search for the configuration file matching cwd, then /etc/camp, then /usr/local/etc/camp

# Self documenting, ie a key for software\tsysinfo-client\version\current version is inserted

#

# Version 3.1.1 20160915 RWR

# set use strict and use warnings, then fixed errors

#

# Version 3.1.2 20160922 RWR

# $exitCode 1 (not applicable to this machine) does not throw warning

#

# Version 3.1.3 20161010 RWR

# Removed extra use warnings

#

# Version 3.1.4 20161023 RWR

# Would error out if moduledir does not exist, added a return

#

# Version 3.1.5 20170327 RWR

# On freeBSD systems, was looking in wrong place for configuration file

#

# Version 3.2.0 20180320 RWR

# Major change in the configuration file format; All entries are loaded into 

# hash %configuration, so clientname is no longer $clientname, but is now

# $configuration{'clientname'}

# NOT backwards compatible

# changed configuration to be loaded into hash (vs directly loaded into variables)

# added UUID to configuration file

#

# Version 3.2.1 20180424 RWR

# Finally got a semi-stable version of this running. Fixed a bunch of bugs

# and appears to be working correctly.

#

# Version 3.3.0 20190419 RWR

# Converted to use YAML config file

#

# Version 3.4.0 20191111 RWR

# adding logging with priority. logging is a hash inside of %cvonfiguration which contains the following

# $configuration{ 'logging' } = {

#    'log type'  => 'string',

#    'log level' => #,

#    'other params' => something,

# };

#

# The default log type is cache, which builds an array of all messages passed. When the log type is changed, the cache is

# checked for values and, if they exist, they are dumped to the log, then removed.

#

# Currently, the only log type is 'file', which has one other additional parameter, 'log path' which

# points to the actual log to be created. The log is NOT limited in size, so use something else to

# do that.

# log level is an integer which is compared the a priority passed to the logging function. The

# higher log level is set, the more verbose the log.

# 0 - Normal, basically logs when the program starts and ends, and any warnings.

# 1 - a little more information about flow

# 2 - Gives ending information on structures

# 3 - Gives a lot of info about structures when they are initialized and at the end

# 4 - Crazy. Dumps just about every structure every time they are changed

#

# $TESTING has been set to a binary. If true, the report is not sent via the transports, but is dumped to /tmp/sysinfo.testing.yaml

#

# Version 3.4.1 20191117 RWR

# Added syslog as a possible option for logging.

#

# find our location and use it for searching for libraries

BEGIN {

   use FindBin;

   use File::Spec;

   use lib File::Spec->catdir($FindBin::Bin);

}

use YAML::Tiny;

use Data::Dumper;

# Following are global variables overridden if configuration file exists

my $TESTING = 0; # if set to 1, will do everything, but will dump output to /tmp/sysinfo.testing.yaml

our $VERSION = '3.4.1';

my $indentLevel = 2; # number of spaces to indent per level in XML or YAML

# paths to search for configuration file

my @confFileSearchPath = ( '.', '/etc/camp/sysinfo-client', '/etc/camp', '/usr/local/etc/camp/sysinfo-client' );

my $configurationFile = 'sysinfo-client.yaml'; # name of the configuration file

my $reportDate = &timeStamp(); # set report date

my %configuration = (

   'logging' => { 'log type' => 'cache', 'log level' => 0 },    # if set, will point to logging

   'moduleDirs' => [], # search paths for modules

   'scriptDirs' => [], # search paths for scripts

   'clientName' => '',  # Required!! Must be set in conf file (no defaults)

   'serialNumber' => '', # serial number of machine

   'UUID'         => '', # UUID of machine

   'transports'   => [], # hash with various transports

   'hostname' => &getHostName() # fully qualified host name of machine

)

;

my $DATA_VERSION = '3.0.0'; # used in sending the data file. sets version of XML/YAML data file

#######################################################

#

# timeStamp

#

# return current system date as YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS

#

#######################################################

sub timeStamp {

   my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst)=localtime(time);

   return sprintf "%4d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d",$year+1900,$mon+1,$mday,$hour,$min,$sec;

}

#######################################################

# function to simply log things

# first parameter is the priority, if <= $logDef->{'log level'} will print

# all subsequent parameters assumed to be strings to sent to the log

# returns 0 on failure

#         1 on success

#         2 if priority > log level

#        -1 if $logDef is unset

# currently, only logs to a file

#######################################################

sub logIt {

   my $priority = shift;

   return -1 unless exists $configuration{'logging'};

   return 2 unless $priority <= $configuration{'logging'}{'log level'};

   if ( $configuration{'logging'}{'log type'} eq 'cache' ) {

      push @{ $configuration{'logging'}{'cache'} }, @_;

      return;

   } elsif ( defined( $configuration{'logging'}{'cache'} ) ) {

      unshift @_, @{ $configuration{'logging'}{'cache'} };

      delete $configuration{'logging'}{'cache'};

   }

   if ( $configuration{'logging'}{'log type'} eq 'file' ) {

      if ( open LOG, '>>' . $configuration{'logging'}{'log path'} ) {

         while ( my $t = shift ) {

            print LOG &timeStamp() . "\t$t\n";

         }

         close LOG;

      }

   } elsif ( $configuration{'logging'}{'log type'} eq 'syslog' ) {

      use Sys::Syslog;                        # all except setlogsock()

      use Sys::Syslog qw(:standard :macros);  # standard functions & macros

      my $syslogName = 'sysinfo-client';

      my $logopt = 'nofatal';

      my $facility = 'LOG_LOCAL0';

      my $priority = 'LOG_NOTICE';

      openlog( $syslogName, $logopt, $facility);

      syslog($priority, '%s', @_ );

      closelog();

   } else {

      warn "Log type $configuration{'logging'} incorrectly configured\n";

      return 0;

   }

   return 1;

}

#######################################################

#

# findFile( $filename, @directories )

#

# Locates a file by searching sequentially in one or more

# directories, returning the first one found

# 

# Returns '' if not found

#

#######################################################

sub findFile {

   my ( $filename, $directories ) = @_;

   &logIt( 3, "Looking for $filename in findFile" );

   for ( my $i = 0; $i < scalar( @{$directories} ); $i++ ) {

      my $confFile = $$directories[$i] . '/' . $filename;

      &logIt( 4, "Looking for $filename in $confFile" );

      return $confFile if ( -f $confFile );

   }

   return '';

}

#######################################################

#

# loadConfigurationFile($confFile)

#

# Loads configuration file defined by $configurationFile, and dies if not available

# This is a YAML file containing serialized contents of 

# Parameters: configuration file fully path/file name

# NOTE: conf file must be a valid Perl file

#

#######################################################

sub loadConfigurationFile {   

   my ( $fileName, @searchPath ) = @_;

   &logIt( 2, "Looking for config file $fileName in " . join( ', ', @searchPath ) );

   my $confFile;

   if ( $confFile = &findFile( $fileName, \@searchPath ) ) {

      &logIt( 3, "Opening configuration from $confFile" );

      my $yaml = YAML::Tiny->read( $confFile );

      &logIt( 4, "Configuration file contents\n$yaml" );

      return $yaml->[0];

   }

   die "Can not find $fileName in any of " . join( "\n\t", @searchPath ) . "\n";

}

#######################################################

#

# sendResults( $parameters, $message, $scriptDirectory )

#

# Sends results of run to server using external script. If external

# script not defined, just print to STDOUT

#

# Parameters

#  $parameters - a hash containing the information necessary to make the transfer

#  $message - the message to be sent

#  $scriptDirectory - path (not filename) of script to be executed

# 

# $parameters contains different key/value pairs depending on the script used

#             for example, a stand-alone SMTP script may need a username/password,

#             smtp server name, port number, from and to address

#             while an http transfer may only need a script name

#             See the individual scripts to determine what parameters need to be

#             filled in.

#             The only required parameter is 'sendScript' which must contain the

#             name of the script to execute (and it must be located in $scriptDirectory)

# SCRIPT must contain one sub named doit, that accepts three parameters, the hash, 

#       the message, and, optionally, the script directory

#

# If script not defined, just dump to STDOUT. With a properly set up cron job, the output

# would then be sent via e-mail to an administrative account, possibly root

#

#######################################################

sub sendResults {

   my ( $globals, $transports, $message, $scriptDirectory ) = @_;

   &logIt( 3, "Entering sendResults" );

   foreach my $key ( sort { $a <=> $b } %$transports ) {

      if ( $transports->{$key}->{'sendScript'} ) {

         &logIt( 3, "Trying to find file " . $transports->{$key}->{'sendScript'} . " in " . join( "\n\t", @{$scriptDirectory} ) );

         my $sendScript = &findFile( $transports->{$key}->{'sendScript'}, $scriptDirectory );

         if ( $sendScript ) {

            # load the chosen script into memory

            require $sendScript;

            # merge the globals in

            while ( my ( $gkey, $value ) = each %$globals ) { 

               $transports->{$key}->{$gkey} = $value; 

            }

            # do variable substitution for any values which need it

            foreach my $thisOne ( keys %{$transports->{$key}} ) {

               &logIt( 4, "$thisOne" );

               if ( $transports->{$key}->{$thisOne} =~ m/(\$configuration\{'hostname'\})|(\$reportDate)|(\$configuration\{'clientName'\})|(\$configuration\{'serialNumber'\})/ ) {

                  $transports->{$key}->{$thisOne} = eval "\"$transports->{$key}->{$thisOne}\"";

               }

            }

            #%$transports{$key}{keys %$globals} = values %$globals;

            #print Dumper( $$transports[$key] );

            #next;

            # execute the "doit" sub from that script

            &logIt( 3, $message );

            my $return = &doit( $transports->{$key}, $message );

            return $return if ( $return == 1 );

         } else {

            &logIt( 0,"Could not find " . $$transports[$key]{'sendScript'} . ", trying next transport" );

         } # if..else

      } # if

   } # foreach

   # if we made it here, we have not sent the report, so just return it to the user

   # if called from a cron job, it will (hopefully) be sent to root

   &logIt( 0, 'Error, reached ' . __LINE__ . " which should not happen, message was\n$message" );

   print $message;

   return 1;

}

#######################################################

#

# getHostName

#

# return hostname from hostname -f

#

#######################################################

sub getHostName {

   &logIt( 3, "Entering getHostName" );

   my $hostname = `hostname -f`;

   chomp $hostname;

   return $hostname;

}

#######################################################

#

# escapeForYAML

#

# Escapes values put into YAML report

#

# DEPRECATED AS OF VERSION 3.3.0

# uses YAML::Tiny

#

#######################################################

#sub escapeForYAML {

#   my $value = shift;

#   $value =~ s/'/\\'/gi; # escape single quotes

#   $value =~ s/"/\\"/gi; # escape double quotes

#   # pound sign indicates start of a comment and thus loses part

#   # of strings. Surrounding it by double quotes in next statement

#   # allows 

#   $value = '"' . $value . '"' if ( $value =~ m/[#:]/ );

#   return $value;

#}

#######################################################

#

# hashToYAML( $hashRef, $indent )

#

# Converts a hash to a YAML string

#

# NOTE: This routine recursively calls itself for every level

#       in the hash

#

# Parameters

#     $hashref - reference (address) of a hash

#     $indent  - current indent level, defaults to 0

#

# Even though there are some very good libraries that do this

# I chose to hand-code it so sysinfo can be run with no libraries

# loaded. I chose to NOT do a full implementation, so special chars

# that would normally be escaped are not in here. 

# However, I followed all the RFC for the values that were given, so

# assume any YAML reader can parse this

# NOTE: YAML appears to give a resulting file 1/3 smaller than the above

#       XML, and compresses down in like manner

#

# DEPRECATED AS OF VERSION 3.3.0

# uses YAML::Tiny

#

#######################################################

#sub hashToYAML {

#   my ($hashRef, $indent) = @_;

#   $indent = 0 unless $indent; # default to 0 if not defined

#   

#   my $output; # where the output is stored

#   foreach my $key ( keys %$hashRef ) { # for each key in the current reference

#      print "Looking at $key\n" if $TESTING > 3;

#      # see http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=175651 for isa function

#      if ( UNIVERSAL::isa( $$hashRef{$key}, 'HASH' ) ) { # is the value another hash?

#            # NOTE: unlike xml, indentation is NOT optional in YAML, so the following line verifies $indentlevel is non-zero

#            #       and, if it is, uses a default 3 character indentation

#            $output .= (' ' x $indent ) . &escapeForYAML($key) . ":\n" . # key, plus colon, plus newline

#                    &hashToYAML( $$hashRef{$key}, $indent+($indentLevel ? $indentLevel : 3) ) . # add results of recursive call

#                    "\n";

#      } elsif ( UNIVERSAL::isa( $$hashRef{$key}, 'ARRAY' ) ) { # is it an array? ignore it

#      } else { # it is a scalar, so just do <key>value</key>

#         $output .= (' ' x $indent ) . &escapeForYAML($key) . ': ' . &escapeForYAML($$hashRef{$key}) . "\n";

#      }

#   }

#   return $output;

#}

#######################################################

#

# tabDelimitedToHash ($hashRef, $tabdelim)

#

# Takes a tab delimited multi line string and adds it

# to a hash. The final field in each line is considered to

# be the value, and all prior fields are considered to be

# hierachial keys.

#

# Parameters

#     $hashref - reference (address) of a hash

#     $tabdelim - A tab delimited, newline terminated set of records

#

#

#######################################################

sub tabDelimitedToHash {

   my ($hashRef, $tabdelim) = @_;

   &logIt( 3, "Entering tabDelimitedToHash" );

   foreach my $line ( split( "\n", $tabdelim ) ) { # split on newlines, then process each line in turn

      $line =~ s/'/\\'/gi; # escape single quotes

      my @fields = split( / *\t */, $line ); # get all the field values into array

      my $theValue = pop @fields; # the last one is the value, so save it

      # now, we build a Perl statement that would create the assignment. The goal is

      # to have a string that says something like $$hashRef{'key'}{'key'} = $value;

      # then, eval that.

      my $command = '$$hashRef'; # start with the name of the dereferenced hash (parameter 1)

      while (my $key = shift @fields) { # while we have a key, from left to right

         $command .= '{' . "'$key'" . '}'; # build it as {'key'} concated to string

      }

      $command .= "='$theValue';"; # add the assignment

      #print STDERR "$command\n"; 

      eval $command; # eval the string to make the actual assignment

   }

}

#######################################################

#

# validatePermission ( $file )

#

# Checks that file is owned by root, and has permission

# 0700 or less

# 

# Returns empty string on success, error message

# on failure

#

#######################################################

sub validatePermission {

   my $file = shift;

   &logIt( 3, "Entering validatePermission with $file" );

   my $return;

   # must be owned by root

   my $owner = (stat($file))[4];

   $return .= " - Bad Owner [$owner]" if $owner;

   # must not have any permissions for group or world

   # ie, 0700 or less

   my $mode = (stat($file))[2];

   $mode = sprintf( '%04o', $mode & 07777 );

   $return .= " - Bad Permission [$mode]" unless $mode =~ m/0.00/;

   return $return ? $file . $return : '';

}

#######################################################

#

# ProcessModules ( $system, $moduleDir )

#

# Processes all modules in $moduleDir, adding result to $system hash

# 

# Parameters

#     $system - reference (address) of a hash

#     $moduleDir - full path to a directory containing executable scripts

#  

# Each file in the $moduleDir directory that matches the regex in the grep

# and is executable is run. It is assumed the script will return 0 on success

# or a non-zero on failure

# The output of the script is assumed to be a tab delimited, newline separated

# list of records that should be added to the hash $system. This is done by calling 

# &parseModule above.

# on failure, the returned output of the script is assumed to be an error message

# and is displayed on STDERR

#######################################################

sub ProcessModules {

   my ( $system, $moduleDir ) = @_;

   &logIt( 3, "Entering processModules" );

   # open the module directory

   return unless -d $moduleDir;

   opendir( my $dh, $moduleDir ) || die "Module Directory $moduleDir can not be opened: $!\n";

   # and get all files which are executable and contain nothing but alpha-numerics and underscores (must begin with alpha-numeric)

   my @modules = grep { /^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_]+$/ && -x "$moduleDir/$_" } readdir( $dh );

   closedir $dh;

   foreach my $modFile ( sort @modules ) { # for each valid script

      if ( my $error = &validatePermission( "$moduleDir$modFile" ) ) {

         print STDERR "Not Processed: $error\n";

         next;

      }

      &logIt( 3, "Processing module $moduleDir$modFile");

      my $output = qx/$moduleDir$modFile $moduleDir/; # execute it and grab the output

      my $exitCode = $? >> 8; # process the exitCode

      # exitCode 0 - processed normally

      # exitCode 1 - not applicable to this machine

      if ( $exitCode && $exitCode > 1) { # if non-zero, error, so show an error message

         warn "Error in $moduleDir$modFile, [$output]\n";

         &logIt( 0, "Error in $moduleDir$modFile, [$output]" );

      } else { # otherwise, call tabDelimitedToHash to save the data

         &tabDelimitedToHash( $system, $output );

      } # if

   } # foreach

   # add sysinfo-client (me) to the software list, since we're obviously installed

   &tabDelimitedToHash( $system, "software\tsysinfo-client\tversion\t$main::VERSION\n" );

}

sub processParameters {

   while ( my $parameter = shift ) {

      if ( $parameter eq '-v' ) {

         print "$main::VERSION\n";

         exit;

      } elsif ( $parameter eq 'firstrun' ) {

         `touch /tmp/sysinfo.firstrun`;

      }

   } # while

}

&processParameters( @ARGV );

# load the configuration file

%configuration = %{ &loadConfigurationFile( $configurationFile, @confFileSearchPath) };

# user did not define a serial number, so make something up

$configuration{'serialNumber'} = '' unless $configuration{'serialNumber'};

# oops, no client name (required) so tell them and exit

die "No client name defined in $configurationFile" unless $configuration{'clientName'};

&logIt( 0, 'Starting sysinfo Run' );

&logIt( 3, "Configuration is\n" . Data::Dumper->Dump( [\%configuration], [ qw($configuration) ] ) );

$TESTING = $configuration{'TESTING'} if defined $configuration{'TESTING'};

&logIt( 0, "Testing => $TESTING" ) if $TESTING;

my $System; # hash reference that will store all info we are going to send to the server

# some defaults.

$System->{'report'}->{'version'} = $DATA_VERSION;

$System->{'report'}->{'date'} = $reportDate;

$System->{'report'}->{'client'} = $configuration{'clientName'};

$System->{'system'}->{'hostname'} = $configuration{'hostname'};

$System->{'system'}->{'serial'} = $configuration{'serialNumber'};

$System->{'system'}->{'UUID'} = $configuration{'UUID'};

&logIt( 3, "Initial System\n" . Data::Dumper->Dump( [$System], [qw( $System )] ) );

# process any modules in the system

foreach my $moduleDir ( @{$configuration{'moduleDirs'}} ) {

   &logIt( 3, "Processing modules from $moduleDir" );

   &ProcessModules( $System, "$moduleDir/" );

}

&logIt( 4, "After processing modules\n" . Data::Dumper->Dump( [$System], [qw( $System )] ) );

# now, everything ins in $System, so convert it to the proper output format

#my $out = "#sysinfo: $VERSION YAML\n---\n" . &hashToYAML( $System ) . "...\n";

my $out =  "#sysinfo: $VERSION YAML\n" . Dump( $System );

&logIt( 4, 'At line number ' . __LINE__ . "\n" . Data::Dumper->Dump([$System],[qw($System)]) );

# load some global values for use in the script, if required

my $globals = { 

      'data version' => $DATA_VERSION,

      'report date'  => $reportDate,

      'client name'  => $configuration{'clientName'},

      'host name'    => $configuration{'hostname'},

      'serial number'=> $configuration{'serialNumber'},

      'UUID'         => $configuration{'UUID'}

      };

&logIt( 4, "Globals initialized\n" . Data::Dumper->Dump([$globals],[qw($globals)]) );

if ( $TESTING ) {

   open DATA, ">/tmp/sysinfo.testing.yaml" or die "Could not write to /tmp/sysinfo.testing.yaml: $!\n";

   print DATA $out;

   close DATA;

} else {

   # and send the results to the server

   if ( my $success = &sendResults( $globals, $configuration{'transports'}, $out, $configuration{'scriptDirs'} ) != 1 ) {

      &logIt( 0, "Error $success while sending report from $configuration{'hostname'}" );

   }

}

&logIt( 0, 'Ending sysinfo Run' );

1;