Adding Ansible to the existing License Metric Tool environment

Available from 9.2.22.

If you already have License Metric Tool installed but you want to manage the collection of software and capacity data from computers without the BigFix client, you can add Ansible to your existing License Metric Tool infrastructure.

1. Create a disconnected data source.
   1. Log in to License Metric Tool, and go to Management > Data Sources.
   2. To add a data source, click New.
   3. From the Data Source Type list, select Disconnected.
   4. Optional: Specify the name of the disconnected data source and the location of the directory on the License Metric Tool server where you upload results of disconnected scans.
   5. To create the data source, click Create.
2. Install and configure Ansible.
   1. Install Ansible. For detailed instructions, see the Ansible documentation.
   2. Create an inventory of computers on which you want to manage software and hardware discovery with Ansible. For detailed instructions, see the Ansible documentation.
3. Use playbooks to install and configure the disconnected scanner, and upload disconnected scan results to the License Metric Tool server. For more information, see: Running scans by using Ansible playbooks (Ansible scenario).