Re: Asset management recommendations

[Chuck Reynolds]

Cisco and juniper both use CLoudShell for these activities. 

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> On Aug 24, 2019, at 4:36 AM, George Herbert  wrote:
> 
> Do you really want asset management tools, or configuration management tools 
> with asset discovery / inventory capability?
> 
> Juniper supports Chef configuration management pretty extensively, and is 
> widely used for systems management and patch management on Linux.  Scales to 
> multisite well.  There are tie-ins to be able to export monitoring and 
> alerting tool configurations based on server and network inventories, etc.
> 
> https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos-chef11.10/topics/concept/chef-overview.html
> 
> There are also Puppet, Ansible, and Saltstack in this product space, slightly 
> less well supported with Juniper as I understand it (haven't looked 
> extensively, someone else may have better info).
> 
>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 9:10 PM Mehmet Akcin  wrote:
>> Hey there
>> 
>> I am looking for a tool recommendation for network and server asset 
>> management which can scale in multiple sites and integrate with other 
>> platforms like nagios, librenms. Being able to do patch management is plus. 
>> Mostly linux and juniper shop
>> 
>> Any recommendations?
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Mehmet
>> +1-424-298-1903
> 
> 
> -- 
> -george william herbert
> george.herb...@gmail.com

Re: Asset management recommendations

[Chuck Reynolds]

Quali CLoudshell does this and much more. Give me a call or email and we can 
hook you up. 407-257-3069 


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> On Aug 24, 2019, at 12:07 AM, Mehmet Akcin  wrote:
> 
> Hey there
> 
> I am looking for a tool recommendation for network and server asset 
> management which can scale in multiple sites and integrate with other 
> platforms like nagios, librenms. Being able to do patch management is plus. 
> Mostly linux and juniper shop
> 
> Any recommendations?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mehmet
> +1-424-298-1903

Re: Asset management recommendations

[John A. Kilpatrick]

Agreed. Current environment is a saltstack/netbox combo that's, shall we say, 
"in development".

On Sat, Aug 24, 2019, at 5:43 AM, Raymond Burkholder wrote:
> Expanding further, there are those that use ansible for network management. 
> But I don't think it does well in scaling out for functionality. I have used 
> saltstack for network config and server builds, as it becomes the source of 
> truth for the infrastructure, allowing for consistent upgrades and additions. 
> Combining with something like netbox for infrastructure source of truth, one 
> can build to spec, and then use something like rancid as an independent 
> confirmation of 'build to spec'.
> 
>  I've been able to script builds to automatically boot a blank device via 
> pxeboot, get an operating system and customized modules installed, restarted, 
> automatically registered to receive the starting configuration, register 
> against a check_mk/nagios based monitoring system, and for servers, to 
> automatically create and build containers and their contents. It greatly 
> simplifies the maintenance and upgrade tasks in to repeatable and 
> reproducible build solutions. Plus the source of truth configuration files 
> can be version controlled to provide a history infrastructure adjustments.
> 
>  What I like about saltstack and netbox, is that they are both based upon 
> python, which is a relatively common skillset and a growing ecosystem.
> 
> https://netbox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
> https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/states/
> 
> 
> On 2019-08-24 6:05 a.m., J. Hellenthal via NANOG wrote:
>> I would have to agree with this too. Unless you are looking at a 
>> multifaceted approach where you can compare two different sources of 
>> knowledge then use the config mgmt tools to cover that baseline is pretty 
>> adequate until 
>> 
>> You have client computers and hardware along that level to track. So in that 
>> instance since everything has an IP these days then phpIPAM or similar can 
>> do quite the job storing serial numbers, makes, models, descriptions and 
>> tracking the on and offline status plus plenty more.
>> 
>> https://phpipam.net/documents/screenshots/
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>>  J. Hellenthal
>> 
>> The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven says a 
>> lot about anticipated traffic volume.
>> 
>>> On Aug 24, 2019, at 03:37, George Herbert  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Do you really want asset management tools, or configuration management 
>>> tools with asset discovery / inventory capability? 
>>> 
>>> Juniper supports Chef configuration management pretty extensively, and is 
>>> widely used for systems management and patch management on Linux. Scales to 
>>> multisite well. There are tie-ins to be able to export monitoring and 
>>> alerting tool configurations based on server and network inventories, etc.
>>> 
>>> https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos-chef11.10/topics/concept/chef-overview.html
>>> 
>>> There are also Puppet, Ansible, and Saltstack in this product space, 
>>> slightly less well supported with Juniper as I understand it (haven't 
>>> looked extensively, someone else may have better info).
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 9:10 PM Mehmet Akcin  wrote:
 Hey there
 
 I am looking for a tool recommendation for network and server asset 
 management which can scale in multiple sites and integrate with other 
 platforms like nagios, librenms. Being able to do patch management is 
 plus. Mostly linux and juniper shop
 
 Any recommendations?
 
 
 --
 
 Mehmet
  +1-424-298-1903
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> -george william herbert
>>> george.herb...@gmail.com

Re: Asset management recommendations

[Raymond Burkholder]

Expanding further, there are those that use ansible for network 
management.  But I don't think it does well in scaling out for 
functionality.  I have used saltstack for network config and server 
builds, as it becomes the source of truth for the infrastructure, 
allowing for consistent upgrades and additions. Combining with something 
like netbox for infrastructure source of truth, one can build to spec, 
and then use something like rancid as an independent confirmation of 
'build to spec'.


I've been able to script builds to automatically boot a blank device via 
pxeboot, get an operating system and customized modules installed, 
restarted, automatically registered to receive the starting 
configuration, register against a check_mk/nagios based monitoring 
system, and for servers, to automatically create and build containers 
and their contents.  It greatly simplifies the maintenance and upgrade 
tasks in to repeatable and reproducible build solutions.  Plus the 
source of truth configuration files can be version controlled to provide 
a history infrastructure adjustments.


What I like about saltstack and netbox, is that they are both based upon 
python, which is a relatively common skillset and a growing ecosystem.


https://netbox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/states/


On 2019-08-24 6:05 a.m., J. Hellenthal via NANOG wrote:
I would have to agree with this too. Unless you are looking at a 
multifaceted approach where you can compare two different sources of 
knowledge then use the config mgmt tools to cover that baseline is 
pretty adequate until


You have client computers and hardware along that level to track. So 
in that instance since everything has an IP these days then phpIPAM or 
similar can do quite the job storing serial numbers, makes, models, 
descriptions and tracking the on and offline status plus plenty more.


https://phpipam.net/documents/screenshots/


--
 J. Hellenthal

The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven 
says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.


On Aug 24, 2019, at 03:37, George Herbert  
wrote:



Do you really want asset management tools, or configuration 
management tools with asset discovery / inventory capability?


Juniper supports Chef configuration management pretty extensively, 
and is widely used for systems management and patch management on 
Linux.  Scales to multisite well.  There are tie-ins to be able to 
export monitoring and alerting tool configurations based on server 
and network inventories, etc.


https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos-chef11.10/topics/concept/chef-overview.html

There are also Puppet, Ansible, and Saltstack in this product space, 
slightly less well supported with Juniper as I understand it (haven't 
looked extensively, someone else may have better info).


On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 9:10 PM Mehmet Akcin > wrote:


Hey there

I am looking for a tool recommendation for network and server
asset management which can scale in multiple sites and integrate
with other platforms like nagios, librenms. Being able to do
patch management is plus. Mostly linux and juniper shop

Any recommendations?


-- 
Mehmet

+1-424-298-1903



--
-george william herbert
george.herb...@gmail.com 

Re: Asset management recommendations

[J. Hellenthal via NANOG]

I would have to agree with this too. Unless you are looking at a multifaceted 
approach where you can compare two different sources of knowledge then use the 
config mgmt tools to cover that baseline is pretty adequate until

You have client computers and hardware along that level to track. So in that 
instance since everything has an IP these days then phpIPAM or similar can do 
quite the job storing serial numbers, makes, models, descriptions and tracking 
the on and offline status plus plenty more.

https://phpipam.net/documents/screenshots/


-- 
 J. Hellenthal

The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven says a 
lot about anticipated traffic volume.

> On Aug 24, 2019, at 03:37, George Herbert  wrote:
> 
> 
> Do you really want asset management tools, or configuration management tools 
> with asset discovery / inventory capability?
> 
> Juniper supports Chef configuration management pretty extensively, and is 
> widely used for systems management and patch management on Linux.  Scales to 
> multisite well.  There are tie-ins to be able to export monitoring and 
> alerting tool configurations based on server and network inventories, etc.
> 
> https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos-chef11.10/topics/concept/chef-overview.html
> 
> There are also Puppet, Ansible, and Saltstack in this product space, slightly 
> less well supported with Juniper as I understand it (haven't looked 
> extensively, someone else may have better info).
> 
>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 9:10 PM Mehmet Akcin  wrote:
>> Hey there
>> 
>> I am looking for a tool recommendation for network and server asset 
>> management which can scale in multiple sites and integrate with other 
>> platforms like nagios, librenms. Being able to do patch management is plus. 
>> Mostly linux and juniper shop
>> 
>> Any recommendations?
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Mehmet
>> +1-424-298-1903
> 
> 
> -- 
> -george william herbert
> george.herb...@gmail.com

Re: Asset management recommendations

[George Herbert]

Do you really want asset management tools, or configuration management
tools with asset discovery / inventory capability?

Juniper supports Chef configuration management pretty extensively, and is
widely used for systems management and patch management on Linux.  Scales
to multisite well.  There are tie-ins to be able to export monitoring and
alerting tool configurations based on server and network inventories, etc.

https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos-chef11.10/topics/concept/chef-overview.html

There are also Puppet, Ansible, and Saltstack in this product space,
slightly less well supported with Juniper as I understand it (haven't
looked extensively, someone else may have better info).

On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 9:10 PM Mehmet Akcin  wrote:

> Hey there
>
> I am looking for a tool recommendation for network and server asset
> management which can scale in multiple sites and integrate with other
> platforms like nagios, librenms. Being able to do patch management is plus.
> Mostly linux and juniper shop
>
> Any recommendations?
>
>
> --
> Mehmet
> +1-424-298-1903
>


-- 
-george william herbert
george.herb...@gmail.com

Asset management recommendations

[Mehmet Akcin]

Hey there

I am looking for a tool recommendation for network and server asset
management which can scale in multiple sites and integrate with other
platforms like nagios, librenms. Being able to do patch management is plus.
Mostly linux and juniper shop

Any recommendations?


-- 
Mehmet
+1-424-298-1903