[clue] Owners DB?

David L. Willson DLWillson at TheGeek.NU
Wed Nov 13 17:07:52 MST 2013


I'll check out redmine, and consider just using a wiki and continue to consider a custom app with a few simple pages for common tasks and reports. 

-- 
David L. Willson 
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This is a good time for a r3VOLution. 

----- Original Message -----

> Free-libre is pretty much a barrier to entry with me. Proprietary
> software is almost entirely uninteresting to me these days.

> --
> David L. Willson
> Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist
> RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA
> Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)

> This is a good time for a r3VOLution.

> ----- Original Message -----

> > Not sure if your - in "free-libre" is an "and" or an "or", and
> > so....
> 

> > Spiceworks should be able to be made to do what you describe. It's
> > free (not libre) and is windows only (though it seems to mostly be
> > a
> > packaging libre cross-platform products under the hood, aside from
> > UI elements and their network discovery special sauce), and has the
> > added bonus of that it can scan your network and do most of your
> > initial discovery and updating for you.
> 

> > It's not a perfect tool for the filesystems thing, but the server
> > thing I know it can do, and easily.
> 

> > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Michael J. Hammel <
> > mjhammel at graphics-muse.org > wrote:
> 

> > > On Wed, 2013-11-13 at 10:33 -0700, David L. Willson wrote:
> > 
> 
> > > > For file-systems, I'd want to store some notes about who
> > > > created
> > > > the
> > 
> 
> > > > file-system, it's intended purpose, whether others (not the
> > > > Owner)
> > > > can
> > 
> 
> > > > approve access requests... which systems should be able to
> > > > access
> > > > and
> > 
> 
> > > > who approved changes etc.
> > 
> 
> > > >
> > 
> 
> > > > For servers, I'd want the OS, who built it, what it does (it's
> > 
> 
> > > > "profile" or "class"), the SLA, and which team is responsible
> > > > for
> > 
> 
> > > > alerts and patching.
> > 
> 

> > > Redmine:
> > 
> 
> > > 1. Project 1: filesystems
> > 
> 
> > > 2. Project 2: servers
> > 
> 

> > > Each filesystem created uses the -L option to to provide a label
> > > with
> > > a
> > 
> 
> > > Redmine Issue id included. That issue id is the collection of
> > > history
> > 
> 
> > > about that filesystem in whatever format you describe for that
> > > project
> > 
> 
> > > in Redmine (you can add custom fields, for example).
> > 
> 

> > > Each server has an IP address which maps to a Redmine task name
> > > in
> > 
> 
> > > Project 2 that contains the history and current configuration of
> > > that
> > 
> 
> > > server. Custom fields are added for quick views of current
> > 
> 
> > > configuration.
> > 
> 

> > > Redmine: it's not just for tracking bugs....
> > 
> 

> > > --
> > 
> 
> > > Michael J. Hammel < mjhammel at graphics-muse.org >
> > 
> 

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