How to view codebases returned to the Altiris Agent through getpackageinfo.aspx request

Products

• IT Management Suite

Issue/Introduction

Question

How can you view codebases returned to the Altiris Agent from the Notification Server through the getpackageinfo.aspx page?

Environment

ITMS 8.x

Resolution

Answer

When the Altiris Agent is required to download a package it will request the appropriate codebases from the Notification Server through getpackageinfo.aspx. The information returned from getpackageinfo.aspx is ultimately stored as the package.xml on the client computer under 'Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Software Delivery\<package GUID>'.

For example, a client computer will show the following in the logs during the getpackageinfo.aspx request (when trace logging is enabled on the client computer):

Date: Nov 08 14:23:41:011
Source: AeXNetworkTransport
Description: GET:
url=http://[server_name]/Altiris/NS/Agent/GetPackageInfo.aspx?xml=<request resource="{89782D60-FFA1-487A-B4BA-38E909ABB6DF}" version="1" type="codebases" compress="1" totalTime="0">
<packages>
<package guid="{8661D7F2-039B-4418-9A0A-70A9C7445F9C}"/>
</packages>
<addresses>
<address ip="[IP Address]"/>
</addresses>
</request>

The IIS logs on the server record the following:

2005-11-08 21:23:41 [IP Address] GET /Altiris/NS/Agent/GetPackageInfo.aspx xml=%3Crequest%20resource=%22%7B89782D60-FFA1-487A-B4BA-38E909ABB6DF%7D%22%20version=%221%22%20type=%22codebases%22%20compress=%221%22%20totalTime=%220%22%3E%0A%3Cpackages%3E%0A%09%3Cpackage%20guid=%22%7B8661D7F2-039B-4418-9A0A-70A9C7445F9C%7D%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fpackages%3E%0A%3Caddresses%3E%0A%09%3Caddress%20ip=%22[IP Address]%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Faddresses%3E%0A%3C%2Frequest%3E%0A 80 - [IP Address] - 200 0 0

To view the codebases in your browser, take the IIS log entry and make the following changes:

1. Replace the space between getpackageinfo.aspx and XML with a question mark.
2. Remove the section referring to compress=%221%22 (highlighted in red below).
3. Complete the URL by adding 'http://server_name' at the beginning of the line.

Before:

/Altiris/NS/Agent/GetPackageInfo.aspx xml=%3Crequest%20resource=%22%7B89782D60-FFA1-487A-B4BA-38E909ABB6DF%7D%22%20version=%221%22%20type=%22codebases%22%20compress=%221%22%20totalTime=%220%22%3E%0A%3Cpackages%3E%0A%09%3Cpackage%20guid=%22%7B8661D7F2-039B-4418-9A0A-70A9C7445F9C%7D%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fpackages%3E%0A%3Caddresses%3E%0A%09%3Caddress%20ip=%22[IP Address]%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Faddresses%3E%0A%3C%2Frequest%3E%0A

After:

http://[server_name]/Altiris/NS/Agent/GetPackageInfo.aspx?xml=%3Crequest%20resource=%22%7B89782D60-FFA1-487A-B4BA-38E909ABB6DF%7D%22%20version=%221%22%20type=%22codebases%22%20%20totalTime=%220%22%3E%0A%3Cpackages%3E%0A%09%3Cpackage%20guid=%22%7B8661D7F2-039B-4418-9A0A-70A9C7445F9C%7D%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fpackages%3E%0A%3Caddresses%3E%0A%09%3Caddress%20ip=%22[IP Address]%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Faddresses%3E%0A%3C%2Frequest%3E%0A

Another solution is:

http://<[server_name]>/ALTIRIS/NS/Agent/GetPackageInfo.aspx?xml=<request resource="{1675E076-73CA-4CDD-BAD8-7130435F447E}" version="1" type="codebases"><packages><package guid="{01B54EB5-3679-4C73-9E10-E169D5A5EC59}"/></packages><addresses><address ip="[IP Address]"/></addresses></request>

By default Getpackageinfo provides encrypted response.

To see the actual response the following registry key needs to be created on NS

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Altiris\eXpress\Notification Server\SW Delivery

DWORD(32-bit) EncryptPackageInfo

0 = Not encrypted

1 = Encrypted