[kwlug-disc] Simple computer inventory software

Peter Melse (Mobile) peter_melse at gto.net
Fri Aug 19 22:20:40 EDT 2016


Phpipam might be worth A look. 

On August 19, 2016 10:08:18 PM EDT, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>Is there some software that satisfies the following requirements?
>
>- FLOSS
>- Can run on a Linux web server
>- Allows me to keep a collection of nodes (in my case, lab computers)
>- Allows me to EASILY enter new notes as a worklog for a lab computer
>- Allows me to EASILY choose one of the lab computers without a lot of
>  clicks
>- Allows me to see the log histor for a lab computer
>- Ideally, lets me index computers via a unique identifier (MAC
>  address, serial number...) and a common name (the name of the
>  computer in the lab). 
>
>There are a bunch of inventory systems out there (OpenBravo,
>Open-AudIT, GLPI) but they all want to do way too much. I am JUST
>looking to keep notes on lab computers as they develop problems. 
>
>We have some spreadsheet to do this now, but the spreadsheet is not
>convenient for us to do data entry when we need data entry.
>
>This is the kind of project one could code up in Django or Ruby on
>Rails with a few weeks of effort, but if something good exists we
>should just use that.
>
>- Paul
>
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