[kwlug-disc] Simple computer inventory software

[Hubert Chathi]

Would a simple wiki suffice?  One wiki page per computer.  Include the
Mac address, serial number, etc in the page so that you can do a search
for it.  Enter notes directly into each page.

If you need more structure, maybe an extensible wiki like foswiki.
Something like its bug tracker plugin might work.  e.g. see
https://foswiki.org/Tasks/Item14105 as an example.  The "Metadata"
section might hold the identifiers, and work logs could go in the
"Comments" section.  Or something like that...

On Fri, 19 Aug 2016 22:08:18 -0400, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> said:

> 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