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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+#ABSTRACT: script to update the agents within the mysql database
+#PODNAME: ossec-update-agents-database.pl
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use File::Basename;
+use OSSEC;
+use XML::LibXML;
+use Try::Tiny;
+
+my $ossec = OSSEC->new();
+my $mysql = $ossec->mysql();
+
+# clear rules from database
+$mysql->deleteAllAgents();
+
+my $help = readpipe($ossec->ossecPath()."/bin/agent_control -l");
+my @lines = split /\n/, $help;
+
+
+for my $l (@lines)
+{
+  if ($l =~ /^\s*ID:\s(\d+)/)
+  {
+    my $help = readpipe($ossec->ossecPath()."/bin/agent_control -i $1");
+    my @lines = split /\n/, $help;
+    my $name;
+    my $ip;
+    my $version;
+    my $information;
+
+    for my $l2 (@lines)
+    {
+      if ($l2 =~ /Name:\s+(\S+)/)
+      {
+        $name = $1;
+      }
+
+      if ($l2 =~ /IP.*:\s+(\S+)/)
+      {
+        $ip   = $1;
+      }
+
+      if ($l2 =~ /version:\s+OSSEC\sHIDS\sv(\S+)/)
+      {
+        $version = $1;
+      }
+
+      if ($l2 =~ /system:\s+(.*)$/)
+      {
+        $information=$1;
+      }
+    }
+
+    $mysql->addAgent("1", 0, $ip, $version,$name, $information );
+
+  }
+}