Hi community,

I just wanted to share that I've found a way to upload inventories gathered by the FlexNet Agent directly to FlexeraOne without the need of going through a beacon server.

Use case:

Some customers might have issues with inventorying remote devices (e.g. Laptops) which are not connected to a VPN. Here the way would be to deploy internet facing beacons with all the belonging security constraints and setup efforts.

Pre-Requisites:

• At least one deployed and connected beacon to retreive the beacon UID and encrypted password from the settings.xml
• A FlexNet agent on the remote device

How to send the inventory to F1 with an installed agent:

1. Add new registry key like in the screenshot -> Password = the encrypted password from the beacon settings.xml, User = the beacon UID from the settings.xml
2. Generate an ndi file with ndtrack and set the upload properties to false
3. Locate the ndi/gz file and change the name like this
   1.  Original Name: system on machinename at 20230601T133058 (Full).ndi.gz
   2. New Name: [YOUR TENANT ID]_system on machinename at 20230601T133058 (Full).ndi.gz
4. YOUR TENANT ID = the tenant ID of your instance (you will find this ID e.g. in the inventory import logs). The brackets and the underscore need to be in the string
5. Copy the new file to "C:\ProgramData\ManageSoft Corp\ManageSoft\Common\Uploads\Inventories"
6. Execute ndupload.exe -t Machine
7. Now the uploader will catch the ndi file and will upload it directly to FlexeraOne without going through a beacon
8. After the next full inventory import your device will be shown in your instance

Things to think about:

• I know, it is a PoC/workaround and it needs some effort to set this up correctly but in theory it could be a scripted process
• In the moment it is not possible to retreive agent policies from the instance so you have to handle this by yourself
• I would be happy if other customers can confirm this little PoC
• It would be a great thing if this would be an official feature (will submit an idea to the portal)

Best regards,

Maximilian Hensel