[chef] Re: Visualizing your network with Chef, chef-span, and Gephi

[Steffen Gebert < >]

Joshua, that looks very nice!

Steffen
On 6/5/13 7:26 AM, Joshua Miller wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've just pushed the code for a project I've been working on to visualize
> logical network connectivity in my environment using chef server node data.
>  I'm calling it "chef-span".
> 
> In short, we can query the chef server about information that shows
> connections between nodes, then build vertices and edges to describe them,
> and output the content in a graphing-software-compatible format.  This info
> can be used to see system dependencies, central services, and unexpected
> connections, among other uses.
> 
> To extend what chef knows about connections between nodes, I've created a
> cookbook that collects and rolls up netstat connections, which are then
> picked up by an ohai plugin.
> 
> Check it out and let me know what you think.
> 
> Highlights video here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtnzTwzJXZY
> 
> https://github.com/edmunds/chef-span
> https://github.com/edmunds/cookbook-chef-span
> https://github.com/edmunds/cookbook-connections
> 
> Thanks,
> Joshua Miller
>