Re: inventory / configuration management tools
Dan Langille <[email protected]>
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Vincent Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 14/4/09 16:34, Tom Judge wrote: >> Dan Langille wrote: >>> Are you using a configuration management tool? If so what? >>> >>> I don't mean a tool to manage /etc/rc.conf (for example). >>> >>> What I'm looking for is something to keep track of all the hardware, >>> where it's installed, mac addresses, etc. There has to be some kind >>> of API into it so we can plug utilize our existing processes, >>> >>> We are looking at http://onecmdb.org/ but I'm wondering about other >>> options. >>> >>> >> In addition to my last response (which I can't reply to because its >> not made it back to me yet). >> >> We also use RackTables (http://www.racktables.org/) for storing data >> such as locations, configurations etc.. There is not really any real >> API for it but the DB is fairly simple to interface with.. >> The code is not exactly clean, but it works. I have a work in >> progress rewrite that is based on MVC that I can share. It also has >> added features for managing package installation sets, and jails, and >> glue code to interface the package sets to Tinderboxes for binary >> builds.. Additional glue to hook it into CFEngine to manage jail >> deployment (via ezjail) and package installation. Let me know if you >> are interested in any of this.. >> >> Tom >> > was going to suggest looking at http://flux.org.uk/projects/rackmonkey > but racktables looks more fully featured. > > Vince We agree. :) I did install RackMonkey. For me, personally, I like that it can use PostgreSQL (as well as SQLite and MySQL). RackMonkey did not have the level of details we require. For example, I didn't see a way to specify MAC address or ports on a given system. If I was to use RackMonkey, I think the first thing I'd do is write a clear installation document. Regardless, thanks Vince. -- Dan Langille myYearbook.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"