# Computers and Structures, Inc. (CSI) Cloud

# Introduction

Open iT supports CSI Cloud usage reporting through the generic license type format. This will produce the following aggregated data types used for historical and real-time reporting:

The following sections will guide you in setting up the necessary configuration to collect and send the required data to the server.

Apply the configurations shown in the Open iT client.

# Requirements

An Open iT Client connected to an Open iT Server or a coexistent Open iT setup
Activated LicenseAnalyzer collection and license poller
Non-SSO CSI cloud account with Administrator access to the CSI Portal

# Setting up CSI Cloud Data Collection

These are the required steps to set up data collection from the CSI portal.

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:
Command Syntax
```
 cd $BIN_DIR
```
Example
```
 cd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
```

Run the command:

Command Syntax
openit_csistat --init --username <username> --password <password> 

where:

Parameter	Description
`--init`	Use this to set up the CSI portal configuration.
`--username <csi_username>`	Use this to specify the username for accessing the CSI portal.
`--password <csi_password>`	Use this to specify the password for accessing the CSI portal.

Parameters for Setting Up CSI Cloud Data Collection

Example
openit_csistat --init --username jsmith@email.com --password csiAdm!n123

This example shows how to specify the necessary authentication credentials for accessing the CSI Cloud using the administrator account jsmith@email.com and the password csiAdm!n123.

Open iT saves the hashed CSI Cloud credential file, csistat.ini, in the OpeniT directory, which is by default in C:\ProgramData\OpeniT.

Parameter	Description
`--home-url <home_url>`	Use this to specify the web address of CSI.
`--license-monitor-url <license-monitor_url>`	Use this to specify the web address for retrieving CSI License Monitor data.
`--assets-info-url <assets-info_url>`	Use this to specify the web address for retrieving asset data.
`--usages-info-url-matcher <usages-info-url-matcher_url>`	Use this to match keywords in CSI License Monitor APIs.
`--assets-info-url-matcher <assets-info-url-matcher_url>`	Use this to match keywords in the CSI asset info APIs.
`--show-gui`	Use this to show the web interface.
`--debug`	Use this to turn on debug logging.
`-h, --help`	Use this to display help text.

# Activating Data Collection

These are the required steps to activate collection of usage data.

Go to the Components directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration\Components, and back up the licpoll.xml configuration file.
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:
Command Syntax
```
 cd $BIN_DIR
```
Example
```
 cd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
```
Once in the directory, activate the collection of CSI Cloud data, run the command:
Command Syntax
```
 openit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.genericlicense-csi-sample.active=true"
```
Run the following command to update the configuration files:
Command Syntax
```
openit_confbuilder --client
```
Make sure that there are no errors encountered.

Refer to the CSI Cloud Data Collection Configuration table to learn more about CSI Cloud configuration in licpoll.xml.

Object Name	Accepted Value	Description
active	Boolean (`true` or `false`)	Setting this to true activates CSI Cloud usage data collection.
type	String (i.e., `GenericLicense`)	The license manager type.
interval	Timespan (e.g., `P30S`, `P5M`, `P1H`)	The span of time between each polling round (it is recommended to set a value no less than P1M).
offset	Timespan (e.g., `P30S`, `P5M`, `P1H`)	The span of time the aligned poll time decided by interval is shifted.
product-name	String (e.g., `%host%;csi`)	This object is defined if a product name other than the default `%host%;csi` will be used.
status-command	FileName (e.g., `${OpeniT.directories.bin}/openit_csistat.exe`)	The binary used to obtain status from the license manager.
status-command.arguments	String (e.g., `--show-gui`)	The arguments used for the status command. Leave this blank.

CSI Cloud Data Collection Configuration

# Verifying Data Collection

After configuration, you can verify that the data is collected by following 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:
Command Syntax
```
 cd $BIN_DIR
```
Example
```
 cd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
```
Run the command:
Command Syntax
```
 openit_licpoll -# 1
```
Verify that the temp directory, which is by default in C:\ProgramData\OpeniT\Data\temp, contains a LicPoll directory containing .data and status-*.log files.

# Computers and Structures, Inc. (CSI) Cloud

# Introduction

# Requirements

# Setting up CSI Cloud Data Collection

# Activating Data Collection

# Verifying Data Collection

# Sample Reports

# Historical Reports

# Real-time Report

# Next Steps?