I too have been "working" on putting up a billing system for over a year now. I have a working VM from Freeside, but it really seems like it's not a full install. I can't get anything to really work in it, or maybe it's just that there's no documentation and I don't know how to get it working.
>From what I've played with it, it does not have half the inventory tracking that I would like, and the whole table structure looks so darn complicated, it would take me a few full days studying all the tables to come up with a python script that would generate my nagios config file for my clients -- which are my full intentions for whichever system I put in unless it has it's own monitoring system. I found this page a few weeks ago: http://www.cio.com.au/article/324595/5_open_source_billing_systems_watch/ I've taken a quick look at each, and so far the CitrusDB seems to be the easiest one to work with and extent to what I would like to have. Unless we can put our heads together and document how to get freeside working because I've heard that you can without much effort extend it to do most anything. Mark On 08/22/2010 04:16 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: > I'm looking to have something completely in place by the end of the > year. Because of the issues Matt pointed out, I don't want to really > add much more until it's automated. > > Well, after I rebuild a bunch of backhauls and turn a new network into a > routed one, the backends are next on my list. > > There sure isn't much information out there on Azotel. If I didn't get > the Solutions4ebiz emails, I'd think it was a secret. I remember > deciding against Platypus years ago, but now I don't remember why. > Maybe I should revisit. > > The thing I don't like about WISPMon is that it's outsourced. Well, > unless I pay $10k, which would be inappropriate for my size. I don't > outsource my email, my DNS, my hosting, my lawn cutting, etc. > Everything is in-house . > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > On 8/22/2010 8:52 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > >> I've been setting up FreeSide... forever. 1) I'm too poor to hire >> it out properly. 2) I haven't had the time to dedicate to it to >> finishing it up. >> >> I remember seeing someone on here made a new backend system. I'm >> thinking it was WISPMon, but I'm not sure if there's another out there >> that a WISP made. >> >> It looks as though WISPMon certain does things that FreeSide doesn't and >> looks a hell of a lot better. However, does it do everything that >> FreeSide does? >> >> >> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
