Tracker
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We use 'tracker', a Stanford-specific software, to track how many users use which software: http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/tracker/
Its default destination is hostname 'track'.
using tracker
Example, when I installed Stat/Transfer 11:
cd /farmshare/software/non-free/stattransfer11_64/ mv st .t%st mv stattransfer .t%stattransfer cp -ip /farmshare/user_data/chekh/chekh-from-gluster/src/tracker-1.1/tracker . ln -s tracker st ln -s tracker stattransfer
Now, do a license3:/root# tail -f /var/log/tracker/current and you'll see entries show up when you run st or stattransfer:
@400000004f98536f170f2ce4 chekh@171.67.216.88 stattransfer
Jane at the Software Licensing office uses this log to track usage. We have the logs available here: https://www/services/pubsw/tracker-stats/
Here's a way to make the tracker log more readable:
cat tracker/current | tai64nlocal | grep sas | perl -MRegexp::Common -pe 's/($RE{net}{IPv4})/`dig +short -x $1 | cut -f 1 -d '.' | tr "\n" " " `/ge'
2016-05-12
Compiled trackerd on license4, wrote a new systemd unit file and started it up, so it listens on udp port 1738 on license4.stanford.edu and logs to syslog
[root@license4 ~]# cat /etc/firewalld/services/trackerd.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <service> <short>trackerd</short> <description>trackerd</description> <port port="1738" protocol="udp"/> </service> [root@license4 ~]# cat /lib/systemd/system/trackerd.service [Unit] Description=Start trackerd at startup and log its stdout After=multi-user.target [Service] Type=simple ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/trackerd StandardOutput=journal [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
Changed DNS entry for track.stanford.edu from license3 to license4.