[ale] Server Record Keeping

[Jeff Hubbs]

Once I had actually gotten elbow-deep in OpenLDAP, I was heard to say 
something like "If you wanted to make it where you couldn't use the copy 
machine on a Tuesday if you had been issued a blue raincoat in March or 
December, LDAP will get you there."

On 3/5/10 12:39 AM, Brian MacLeod wrote:
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> On 3/4/10 9:09 AM, David Tomaschik wrote:
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>> TBH, I'm not even sure what to call this one.  I'm looking for a
>> web-based app that will let my department keep better track of our
>> servers.  Right now, our documentation on updates, installed versions,
>> configuration, hardware specs, etc. is pretty spotty.  I'm looking for
>> something that will let us keep that in one place and pull reports based
>> on almost any criteria (Memory in system, kernel version, IP address,
>> mac address, etc. all come to mind.)  We need a way to document when
>> updates are performed, when configuration is changed, etc.  Does anyone
>> know of a tool to help us keep such documentation?  For those of you who
>> admin multiple servers, what is your practice?
>>      
>
> Having seen and worked with it in this capacity for the past year, I
> have to say OpenLDAP.  Integrating the information into custom apps is
> easy.
>
> Whatever you want to track you can put in there.  Querying is easy since
> most distros include those tools by default, or are an easy install away.
>
> Brian
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