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This page lists plugins for Ohai plugins and Chef Infra Client handlers that are developed and maintained by the Chef community.
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The following Ohai plugins are available from the open source community:
| Plugin | Description |
|---|---|
| dell.rb | Adds some useful Dell server information to Ohai. For example: service tag, express service code, storage info, RAC info, and so on. To use this plugin, OMSA and SMBIOS applications need to be installed. |
| ipmi.rb | Adds a MAC address and an IP address to Ohai, where available. |
| kvm_extensions.rb | Adds extensions for virtualization attributes to provide additional host and guest information for KVM. |
| ladvd.rb | Adds ladvd information to Ohai, when it exists. |
| lxc_virtualization.rb | Adds extensions for virtualization attributes to provide host and guest information for Linux containers. |
| network_addr.rb | Adds extensions for network attributes with additional ipaddrtype_iface attributes to make it semantically easier to retrieve addresses. |
| network_ports.rb | Adds extensions for network attributes so that Ohai can detect to which interfaces TCP and UDP ports are bound. |
| parse_host_plugin.rb | Adds the ability to parse a host name using three top-level attribute and five nested attributes. |
| r.rb | Adds the ability to collect basic information about the R Project. |
| sysctl.rb | Adds sysctl information to Ohai. |
| vserver.rb | Adds extensions for virtualization attributes to allow a Linux virtual server host and guest information to be used by Ohai. |
| wtf.rb | Adds the irreverent wtfismyip.com service so that Ohai can determine a machine's external IPv4 address and geographical location. |
| xenserver.rb | Adds extensions for virtualization attributes to load up Citrix XenServer host and guest information. |
| win32_software.rb | Adds the ability for Ohai to use Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to discover useful information about software that is installed on any node that is running Windows. |
| win32_svc.rb | Adds the ability for Ohai to query using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to get information about all services that are registered on a node that is running Windows. |
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