# generate-software-statement
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Generates a software statement.

Agents must be registered with the broker to enable communication. Agents need a software statement in order to register with the broker. After the agent has a software statement, it can automatically register itself with the broker by using the [OAuth 2.0 Dynamic Client Registration Protocol](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7591). After the agent has registered with the broker, it receives a client ID and client secret that it uses to authenticate with the broker.

The broker and agent receive and use a default software statement when they're first installed. You can continue to use the default software statement, or you can choose to generate a new one. If you generate a new software statement, you must place the software statement into a new file on the agent, and then add the file path to the `agent.software_statement_path` parameter in the `agent.conf` file. After you have done this, stop and restart the agent so that it can use the new software statement to register with the broker.

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## Syntax
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## Output
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## Example
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## Syntax
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```
sudo -u root dcv-session-manager-broker generate-software-statement
```

## Output
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**`software-statement`**  
The software statement.

## Example
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The following example generates a software statement.

**Command**

```
sudo -u root dcv-session-manager-broker generate-software-statement
```

**Output**

```
software-statement: ewogICJpZCIgOiAiYjc1NTVhN2QtNWI0MC00OTJhLWJjOTUtNmUzOWNhYzkxMDcxIiwKICAiYWN0aXZlIiA6IHRydWUsCiAgImlzc3VlZEF0IiA6IDE1OTY3OTU4ODEuMDYxMDAwMDAwLAogICJicm9rZXJWZXJzaW9uIiA6ICIxLjAuMCIKfQ==
```