Building NSClient++¶
NSClient++ is fairly simple to build and setup. It requires python and cmake for the build process as well as a number of external libraries. This document is split between “Linux” and “Windows” since there is a substantial difference in how to build them. For people wanting a Apple osx version it can be built similarly to the Linux machines on that platform as well.
Linux¶
The dependencies are different on different Linux systems so we will start with a section on installing dependencies on various platforms.
Dependencies on Ubuntu¶
First we need to install a set of packages:
sudo apt-get install -y git sudo apt-get install -y build-essential sudo apt-get install -y cmake sudo apt-get install -y python python-dev sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev sudo apt-get install -y libboost-all-dev sudo apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler python-protobuf libprotobuf-dev sudo apt-get install -y python-sphinx sudo apt-get install -y libcrypto++-dev libcrypto++ sudo apt-get install -y liblua5.1-0-dev sudo apt-get install -y libgtest-dev
Getting the code from github¶
Next up we download the source code from github: git clone --recursive https://github.com/mickem/nscp.git
Building NSClient++¶
Create a folder in which we will build the code:
mkdir build cd build Run cmake to create the build files:
cmake ../nscp
Build the actual code:
make
Run the built-in test to make sure everything is working:
make test
## Windows ## Dependencies is a bit of a bother to manage on Windows since there is no general package mechanism for libraries. To help with the there is a script called fetch-deps.py which will help download and build all dependencies required. ### Tools ### All tools have to be installed manually by hand (fetchdeps only manages libraries): - CMake 2.6 - Python 2.7 (Make sure the right python platform is in your path) - Visual Studio (I use 2012 and 2015) - WiX 3.9 (or later) - Perl 5.12 (required by openssl) - A git client (if you want to fetch the git sources) Validate all tools are in your path:
cmake –version python -V perl -v cl /?
Get the source code using git:
git clone –recursive https://github.com/mickem/nscp.git
Create a build folder:
mkdir build cd build
Build all dependencies and required libraries (pick the right platform Win32 or x64):
nscp\build\python\fetchdeps.py --target <platform> --dyn --source <source path> --msver 2012
Validate that we have all dependencies:
cmake -D TARGET=dist -D SOURCE=nscp -P nscp\check_deps.cmake
Build NSClient++ (If you don’t know you your visual studio version name you can run cmake –help to list all available profiles):
cd dist cmake -G "VISUAL STUDIO GNERATOR STRING" ../nscp msbuild /p:Configuration=RelWithDebInfo NSCP.sln
Vagrant¶
We provide a number of vagrant profiles which will built NSClient++ as well:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/mickem/nscp.git
cd vagrant cd precise32 # Replace this with precise64 or oracle-linux-6.4_64 vagrant up -- provision
The resultiung packages will be found under packages