[rancid] Re: RANCID as an Element of a CMDB System

[Lance Vermilion]

Traiano,

The biggest downfall to Netdisco is that it is not a simple install. I
think that is what has plagued the project. The UI could use a little
updating, but it gets the job done.

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Lance Vermilion <lavermil at gheek.net> wrote:
> Traiano,
>
> The biggest downfall to Netdisco is that it is not a simple install. I
> think that is what has plagued the project. The UI could use a little
> updating, but it gets the job done.
>
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:47 AM, Traiano Welcome <twelcome at tenet.ac.za> wrote:
>> Hi Oliver
>>
>> I've gone some way towards building the router schema based on ENTITY-MIB
>> and others (quite labour intensive :-)). Netdisco seems to overlap a lot of
>> what I've done, and offer a number of better features, so it might be worth
>> looking at integrating it into the CMDB system I'm trying to build, as
>> opposed to the custom stuff I've scripted.
>>
>> Many Thanks!
>> Traiano
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net on behalf of Oliver Gorwits
>> Sent: Fri 9/19/2008 3:46 PM
>> To: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
>> Subject: [rancid] Re: RANCID as an Element of a CMDB System
>>
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>> Hi Traiano,
>>
>> Traiano Welcome wrote:
>> | what I want is a pre-canned sql schema for each
>> | model router config (or a single generic one!) which would allow me
>> | to easily import a router config into a database.
>>
>> If you were using SNMP, you could poll the ENTITY-MIB on the network
>> devices. This would reveal their hardware configuration, and it uses a
>> standardized language as described in section 3 of RFC 2737.
>>
>> Some systems such as Netdisco will do this, and insert it into an SQL
>> database. The database schema is quite simple; the RFC uses a strict
>> hierachical model for the physical entities.
>>
>> You could look at the Netdisco or SNMP::Info code for some ideas,
>> perhaps, and translate them for your RANCID-based system.
>>
>> regards,
>> oliver.
>> - --
>> Oliver Gorwits, Network and Telecommunications Group,
>> Oxford University Computing Services
>>
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