How to configure Assets Discovery on non GUI Linux
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Summary
Administrators sometimes want to use Assets Discovery on a Linux environment that does not have a Graphical User Interface Configured. The Asset Discovery Tool is designed to work in a GUI and will not work without the use of a Graphical User Interface.
Environment
Asset Discovery tool version 3.x +
Jira Service Management 5.x +
Cause
Asset Discovery tool is only supported in GUI-enabled Linux OS. Discovery system requirements doc mentions that the Discovery tool is tested on the following platform.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Ubuntu Desktop 16 Debian 9 (GNOME) Debian 9 (KDE) CentOS 7 (GNOME) Linux Mint 18.2 Cinnamon Requirements: NET Core Runtime Mono 5.2.0 or laterIn RHEL OS as well user should have similar GUI package GNOME,KDE or Cinnamon else Discovery tool will not work as expected.
Solution
On Linux, Discovery tool must be installed on a GUI Enabled OS, otherwise it will not work as expected. There is a documentation improvement request JSDSERVER-12490 - Assets Discovery documentation requires an important update! to improve existing Discovery system requirements documentation.
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