[chef] Re: Re: Re: Chef for asset management

[Joshua Timberman < >]

I simply track devices on my home network (consoles, phones, etc) with data bag items.

On Dec 21, 2011, at 11:02, John Alberts < "> > wrote:

Thanks for the links.  I didn't realize there was already talk about something like this.  This is awesome.

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Matt Ray < "> > wrote:

At the Summit last month this was discussed:
First discussion:
http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Management+of+External+Entitites
Followup with notes from previous internal discussions:
http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Managed+Nodes+Part+2
and Dell's short-term work-around planning for Crowbar:
http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/External+Entity+Hack+and+Design

Thanks,
Matt Ray
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On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:55 AM, John Alberts < "> > wrote:
> I'm considering starting a project to use Chef as the basis for an asset
> management system.  All of my important and most up to date information
> information for my servers is already stored as node attributes in Chef.
>  The only thing missing is node entries for switches, SAN devices, VPN
> devices, etc.
>
> I'm wondering what anyone thinks about this idea and if there might already
> be other projects started to do this?
>
> Thanks
> John
>

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John Alberts