In the ZenPack situation a mess or am I an idiot ?

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Fellow users,

I have to install a new Zenoss instance, haven't done so in a while. This time, I have decided to go for 4.x (Core) for which the installation on Ubuntu using Hydruid script worked well.

Now I'm trying to download and install optional ZenPacks, I have found the directory on http://wiki.zenoss.org/Category:ZenPacks http://wiki.zenoss.org/Category:ZenPacks, and even the installation instructions (zenpack --install *.egg), but *where the hell can I find the eggs* ?

Numerous discussions in forums and instructions on how to use git with github, but where are the eggs ???

TIA,
Charles

P.S. for developers using git, http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/ check this.
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The issue is not all zenpacks are provided with an .egg, it seems to be up to the developer. See:
http://wiki.zenoss.org/ZenPack:Predictive_Threshold http://wiki.zenoss.org/ZenPack:Predictive_Threshold

For one that does have an .egg linked. I'm not really sure what it takes to make an .egg , and however github is set up for zenpacks confuses me as an admin. I don't love it, but given that you can download a tar from github and at the command line do a
zenpack --install /path/to/extracted/folder
I don't really know what the value of the .eggs are anymore anyway - especially as with the folder you also have the source for editing if you want.

I will try and get some clarity on how this is envisioned to work going forward.
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James Pulver
ZCA Member
CLASSE Computer Group
Cornell University
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ok, thanks James,

I have tried again with a Zenpack that is officially supported on Zenoss 4.2.4, namely ZenPacks.community.InterfaceGraphs. I could install it using

git clone https://github.com/zenoss/ZenPacks.community.InterfaceGraphs.git
zenpack --install ZenPacks.community.InterfaceGraphs

and it even works, congrats to Simon Helson for providing this ZenPack.

My problems are probably linked to the fact that very few developers have provided 4.x versions of their ZenPacks.
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The .egg files are available from the wiki.  Select your favorite zenpack from http://wiki.zenoss.org/Category:ZenPacks http://wiki.zenoss.org/Category:ZenPacks then look in the 'Releases' section and click on the Download button.

It used to be suggested that zenpack authors provide the .egg file on github, but now there's a system in place that slurps down the github files, builds the egg and makes it available on the wiki.
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That only work partially, I guess some ZenPacks can't get "compiled/egged" for Zenoss 4.x, causing the lack of files I have been observing.
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Glad to hear that people are having success with my script.

I tend to stick with the Core ZenPacks....they usually always work :p
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ok, I have found that migrating existing ZenPacks from Zenoss 3.x to Zenoss 4.x need a few steps, but I'm not really sure about the correct way of doing this. What I have done is :
* remove EGG-INFO/
* write your ZenPacks.xxx.yyy/GNUmakefile
* write your ZenPacks.xxx.yyy/setup.py
* write your ZenPacks.xxx.yyy/ZenPacks/xxx/yyy/configure.zcml
The Zenpack installation (using ---link) works then, and you can start fixing up the other issues (modeler, skins, etc).
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