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[Discuss] Change Management / Server Room auditor/logger recommendations?



On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 8:23 AM, Scott Ehrlich <scott at ehrlichtronics.com>
wrote:

> I am looking for recommendations for a free, easy-to-use [web-based]
> tool that will permit people who log into it the ability to enter the
> details of the machine or network switch touched and what was done.
> Once entered, the entry cannot be changed, but notes can be added.
>
> In-house coding skills are very limited for this request.
>
> Maybe bugzilla could be an option?   I've build and used it before...
>

I thought manually tracking changes to machines and environments was
outdated.  I've only "used" tools like juju, vagrant, puppet, bcfg2.  I
haven't setup a network or infrastructure to be managed by them.  But isn't
that what you really want?  Automated Network Configuration Management
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_configuration_management_software

~ Greg

Greg Rundlett
http://eQuality-Tech.com <http://equality-tech.com/>
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