[kwlug-disc] Simple computer inventory software

William Park opengeometry at yahoo.ca
Sat Aug 20 15:23:53 EDT 2016


I forgot about "Can run on Linux web server".  How about "bugzilla" or
any variation?  Each computer can be "bug".  You can certainly add notes
to it.
-- 
William

On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 01:13:22PM -0400, Bob Jonkman wrote:
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> If you're using RT for trouble tickets then you could use its Assets
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> - --Bob.
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> 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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