Re: [PLUG] Open Source IT Asset Management

JP, that might be perfect for assets that have an IP address. The question I have is (since I can't find it) if there is a way to link that with a bigger program that handles non-IP addressed assets.

-Will

On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 11:53 AM JP Vossen via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:

What about something like:
https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox
https://netbox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

On 1/23/20 10:32 AM, brent saner via plug wrote:
> (Apologies for top-posting)
>
> What I'd recommend is closer to what Will said. There are some asset
> tracking systems out there, but they're usually tied to a MUCH larger
> management system. For *these*, I'd recommend either Spacewalk/Satellite
> or SaltStack, the latter of which has some nice baremetal features for
> certain OSes and the latter of which can pretty quickly dynamically get
> you a whole SLEW of information about the host and is MUCH more clean
> and simple (no built-in web application, but it's easy to write one if
> you use a DB-backed inventory). Both will also let you incorporate
> change management.
>
> But if you want something simple, lightweight, tailored to your specific
> environment, and you're feeling a little NIH-y, a relational DB (doesn't
> have to be pgsql but I'd stay away from e.g. Sqlite3 as it has no
> network capabilities or ACL system), a web form.displayer (PHP or
> flask/django app), and you should be fine.
>
> I'd recommend QR code over barcode; you get better error leniency and
> more space for data, readers are ubiquitous (the two major mobile
> platforms have plethora of reader apps, and tend to have URI
> auto-detection), dedicated scanners tend to be cheaper/newer (if you
> decide you need them), and you have a swathe of generating libraries to
> choose from.[0]
>
>
>
> [0] e.g. https://pypi.org/search/?q=qr+code
> https://pear.php.net/package/Image_QRCode
>
>
> sent from my toaster.
>
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 09:26 Chris Thistlethwaite via plug
> <plug@lists.phillylinux.org <mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org>> wrote:
>
> I've messed around a bit with Snipe-IT, which I liked a lot but
> didn't meet my oddly specific and completely unrealistic needs. I
> was trying to do some asset management around servers/VM/colo
> hosts/etc, not stuff around an office on a LAN. That's where Snipe
> is good, local auto discovery, and exactly what you're trying to do.
>
> There are a few others on this list
> https://github.com/n1trux/awesome-sysadmin#it-asset-management but I
> haven't tried them at all, but for no good reason, just my needs
> changed.
>
> I know you said open source, but I'd also suggest Spiceworks. It's
> free as in beer and generally good at doing a bunch of stuff. At the
> very least, I'd say try it out and you'll get an idea of comparable
> software. Same thing with ManageEngine products like AssetExplorer,
> free to use for some amount of time then limited after that, but
> you'll get to understand what the paid features are and what fits
> your needs. Unless you know/use something already and know what
> you're looking for, then completely ignore that last bit :)
>
> -Chris T.
>
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 3:47 AM Will via plug
> <plug@lists.phillylinux.org <mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org>> wrote:
>
> Asset management? Not really sure odoo is the way to go. But I
> would research this link and see if it can be used like asset
> management. https://www.odoo.com/page/warehouse
>
> No reason a little creativity won't make it work. As far as a
> bare bones asset management? Postgress. Making a web front end
> is cake. If you want a dirty trick for pulling system info and
> seeing when they last checked in, puppet with a base install of
> Foreman. I have a script that would check for last check in and
> it wouldn't be hard to pull facts from systems.
>
> The biggest question I have is what is the scope of the asset
> management? What kind of reclamation or inventory is needed?
> What types of equipment?
>
> Speaking from my manufacturing and warehousing background, all
> you need is a database and a barcode scanner (keyboard wedge).
> 90% of what you want can be done with a database and really
> simple programming.
>
> -Will C
>
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 02:53 KP via plug
> <plug@lists.phillylinux.org <mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org>>
> wrote:
>
> I think Odoo (formerly OpenERP) has some form of asset
> management. Not sure if its one of the free modules though.
>
> On January 22, 2020 10:08:44 PM EST, Thomas Delrue via plug
> <plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> <mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org>> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations for Open Source IT Asset Management
> systems? We'd like to be able track the different assets we have and
> have a check-in/check-out functionality for 'loaner' devices as well.
> If it can generate bar/QR codes to put on the assets, that'd be a great
> feature too.

Later,
JP
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