The first step, when we want to install an application is to download the latest version. We head over to the official OCS Inventory NG website and locate the latest Win32 agent binaries in the archived format in the Download section. At the time of writing, the latest final version of the agent is 1.02, also known as internal version 4.0.5.4.
The archive is named in the following way: OCSNG_WINDOWS_AGENT_1.02.zip
, where the last digits stand for the version number. Its size is around 2.5MB. Once it is downloaded and extracted, we find the following files:
ocsagent.exe:
Installs the standalone agentOcsAgentSetup.exe:
Launches the installation wizard (service type)OcsLogon.exe:
Downloads the binaries from the communication server, or if it's already installed, the agent is launched again (it can install both types)Changelog:
Contains the change log of the latest modificationsLICENSE.txt:
The GPL v2 License
There are various command-line arguments...