From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 14 15:45:38 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31A33106566B for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:45:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@tomjudge.com) Received: from eu1sys200aog118.obsmtp.com (eu1sys200aog118.obsmtp.com [207.126.144.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C8F358FC1A for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:45:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@tomjudge.com) Received: from source ([63.174.175.251]) by eu1sys200aob118.postini.com ([207.126.147.11]) with SMTP ID DSNKSeSvhPhtnPEAJDmwQvqwUY8cdFFUXlba@postini.com; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:45:37 UTC Received: from [0.0.0.0] (suntimes.usdmm.com [172.17.0.57]) by bbbx3.usdmm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E21FFD024; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:45:08 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <49E4AEB9.4020803@tomjudge.com> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:41:45 -0500 From: Tom Judge User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090318) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mathias.Picker@virtual-earth.de References: <6dd019370904140548n783825f6ub53c205dfd152689@mail.gmail.com> <1239718230.2192.19.camel@mp.virtual-earth.de> In-Reply-To: <1239718230.2192.19.camel@mp.virtual-earth.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, Dan Langille Subject: Re: inventory / configuration management tools X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:45:38 -0000 Mathias Picker wrote: > For configuration I'm using puppet and looking into controltier, I have > not yet found a real use for inventory. > We use inventory for at least the following: * Licensing Compliance * Helpdesk data collection (what software/hardware etc a user has installed) * Automated data collection for our asset database * One off reporting - e.g. find workstations with less that 1Gb ram so that we can schedule upgrades for them. * A feed back loop for our software deployment systems * Role management server systems * IP Space management and allocation * Role based package deployment and management * Other things that I can't remember off the top of my head... It can be very useful when combined with a nagios, cacti, netdisco, rancid, an asset database and an automation tool like puppet or cfengine. Tom > Am Dienstag, den 14.04.2009, 08:48 -0400 schrieb Dan Langille: > >> 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. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >