[kwlug-disc] Simple computer inventory software

[Bob Jonkman]

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If you're using RT for trouble tickets then you could use its Assets
feature.

- --Bob.


On 2016-08-19 10:08 PM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc 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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