# Including or Excluding Vendors in Building License Configuration

Open iT Autodetect is an application that automatically detects license information by scanning process arguments. After this, the openit_licenseconfigbuilder configures licpoll.xml, flexlogcollector2.xml, and flexpoller.xml for the license collection based on the detected servers or vendors.

# Specifying the Vendors to Include or Exclude

These are the required steps to configure the vendor.exclude file for listing the vendors to include or exclude in building the license configuration:

Open the vendor.exclude file in the Configuration directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration.
List vendors to include with the following syntax:
vendor.exclude
```
<use> vendor=<pattern>
```
where:
use is used to specify if you want to include or exclude a vendor name pattern.
pattern is used to specify the pattern that the vendor name needs to match. Globbing is allowed.

For example, you want to include vendors starting with flex, use the following syntax:
Example
```
include vendor=flex*
```
Save the changes.

Open the vendor.exclude file in the etc directory, which is by default in /var/opt/openit/etc.
List vendors to include with the following syntax:
vendor.exclude
```
<use> vendor=<pattern>
```
where:
use is used to specify if you want to include or exclude a vendor name pattern.
pattern is used to specify the pattern that the vendor name needs to match. Globbing is allowed.

For example, you want to include vendors starting with flex, use the following syntax:
Example
```
include vendor=flex*
```
Save the changes.

You can create a different file for listing the vendors to include or exclude but you need to update licenseconfigbuilder.xml to specify the path to the said file; read Specifying the Exclude path for more information. If not, proceed to Verifying Successful Configuration.

# Specifying the Exclude Path

Follow these steps if you created a new exclude file; otherwise, skip to Verifying Successful Configuration.

Open licenseconfigbuilder.xml in the Components directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration\Components.

Locate object vendor-exclude-file and set its value to the full path to the exclude file:

licenseconfigbuilder.xml
<Object>
	<Name>vendor-exclude-file</Name>
	<Description>Exclude/Include configuration file</Description>
	<Value type="FileName">${OpeniT.directories.conf}/vendor.exclude</Value>
</Object>

Example: licenseconfigbuilder.xml
<Object>
	<Name>vendor-exclude-file</Name>
	<Description>Exclude/Include configuration file</Description>
	<Value type="FileName">${OpeniT.directories.conf}/sample.exclude</Value>
</Object>

Save the changes.
Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin, run the command:
Example: Command Syntax
```
cd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
```
Update the configuration file, run the command:
Command Syntax
```
openit_confbuilder --client
```

Open licenseconfigbuilder.xml in the Components directory, which is by default in /var/opt/openit/etc/Components.

Locate object vendor-exclude-file and set its value to the full path to the exclude file:

licenseconfigbuilder.xml
<Object>
	<Name>vendor-exclude-file</Name>
	<Description>Exclude/Include configuration file</Description>
	<Value type="FileName">${OpeniT.directories.conf}/vendor.exclude</Value>
</Object>

Example: licenseconfigbuilder.xml
<Object>
	<Name>vendor-exclude-file</Name>
	<Description>Exclude/Include configuration file</Description>
	<Value type="FileName">${OpeniT.directories.conf}/sample.exclude</Value>
</Object>

Save the changes.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in /var/opt/openit/bin, run the command:
Example: Command Syntax
```
cd /var/opt/openit/bin
```
Update the configuration file, run the command:
Command Syntax
```
./openit_confbuilder --client
```

# Verifying Successful Configuration

After configuration, you can verify if the changes take effect by running the openit_licenseconfigbuilder application. It runs periodically based on the defined triggers under the scheduling attribute in core_licenseconfigbuilder.oconf in the scheduler directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration\scheduler.

If you want to verify immediately, follow these steps:

Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin, run the command:
Example: Command Syntax
```
cd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
```
Run the command:
Command Syntax
```
openit_licenseconfigbuilder
```
Verify that the configurations of vendors you wanted to collect usage data from are present and the vendors you wanted to exclude are not found in the configuration files licpoll.xml, flexlogcollector2.xml, or flexpoller.xml.

Configurations based on the detected autocollectors start with auto_.

If you want to verify immediately, follow these steps:

Go to the bin directory, which is by default in /var/opt/openit/bin, run the command:
Example: Command Syntax
```
cd /var/opt/openit/bin
```
Run the command:
Command Syntax
```
./openit_licenseconfigbuilder
```
Verify that the configurations of vendors you wanted to collect usage data from are present and the vendors you wanted to exclude are not found in the configuration files licpoll.xml, flexlogcollector2.xml, or flexpoller.xml.

Configurations based on the detected autocollectors start with auto_.