Category:MachDB
From Mybrainhurts
MachDB is machine database to catalog of the changing state of your hosts. It consists of a database, an aggregator, an XML spec and some example information gathering scripts. Along with a Web UI, these form the basis of a system that will allow you to catalog the current and historical state of the hosts in your infrastructure. It has been designed with scale in mind, the goal is to support 10k hosts. It is being actively developed and although in alpha testing, is used in production at a few organizations.
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FAQ
Where can I submit bugs and feature requests?
- Currently, I'm using SourgeForge to manage these tasks.
What causes an interface to be listed as 'offline'?
- When an interface is no longer active that was previously in the database.
What the heck is wrong with the 'software' page?
- Oh yea, I overlooked that broken 'feature'. To be cleaned up in another release.
What does the MachDB key off of? You know, to uniquely identify a host?
- Well, that is up to you. You pass me a unique identifier in XML. I recommend UUID or Primary MAC Address, since these are (supposed) to be unique. That is how my example gathering script works. UUID or Primary MAC, preferred in that order.
