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

[Traiano Welcome]

How easy would it be to use the database schema and backend code, possibly with a different UI, do you think? 
Well, it's worth a try, it's one of those ymmv things :-)



-----Original Message-----
From: Lance Vermilion [mailto:lavermil at gheek.net]
Sent: Mon 9/22/2008 6:47 PM
To: Traiano Welcome
Cc: Oliver Gorwits; rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
Subject: Re: [rancid] Re: RANCID as an Element of a CMDB System
 
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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