Have syscollector collect/obtain the device serial number

[fernandogont]

Description

One of the most important identifiers in a workstation or system is its serial number. However, it seems syscollerctor fails to collect it.

In Linux, you can get this information via:
sudo dmidecode -t system

In MacOS, you can collect this information via:
system_profiler SPHardwareDataType

Tasks

The steps that have to be completed in order to close the issue.

• [Collect serial number in Linux systems]
• [Collect serial number for Window systems ]
• [Collect the serial number for MacOS systems]

Additional information

As noted before, this is how you can collect the aforementioned information:

In Linux, you can get this information via:
sudo dmidecode -t system

In MacOS, you can collect this information via:
system_profiler SPHardwareDataType

[Dwordcito]

Hi @fernandogont

It's nice to receive this comment from you!

This data is currently being collected by syscollector, moreover, this data is the primary key of the hardware info table.

What happens here is that this data is not being shown, therefore it is correct where I created the issue!

Linux implementation
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/blob/ffa66c34698cb12b52161b022f69e3f5f02a1229/src/data_provider/src/sysInfoLinux.cpp#L138
MacOS implementation
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/blob/ffa66c34698cb12b52161b022f69e3f5f02a1229/src/data_provider/src/hardware/hardwareWrapperImplMac.h#L36
Windows implementation
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/blob/ffa66c34698cb12b52161b022f69e3f5f02a1229/src/data_provider/src/sysInfoWin.cpp#L436

Here you can see how to obtain this information from the API
https://documentation.wazuh.com/current/user-manual/api/reference.html#operation/api.controllers.syscollector_controller.get_hardware_info

[JuanGarriuz]

Hello @fernandogont

Hi, this capability has already been implemented since version 4.7.2. You can check it in this issue:

• Add hostname board serial fields to agent inventory #6191

[fernandogont]

Note: the device serial number is different than the board serial number.

IOW, in the most majority of cases I've seen, the two are the same. But this need not be the case. The "device serial number" is the serial number you'll usually find e.g. in a sticker at the back of the laptop. But for some vendors, this number may differ from the board serial number.

[divyanshuc3ii]

Note: the device serial number is different than the board serial number.

IOW, in the most majority of cases I've seen, the two are the same. But this need not be the case. The "device serial number" is the serial number you'll usually find e.g. in a sticker at the back of the laptop. But for some vendors, this number may differ from the board serial number.

Yes it differs for many vendors