If you are looking to just catalog Linux machines, you
could write a script/program to parse through the proc
directory. Pick and choose what info you want, and
then push it to a MySql database. Someone would have
to write a pretty Win32 front end to present it on a
windows machine, though. Or it could be done in HTML,
XML, Java or the like. For this kind of app, though,
I think I would go with either a Java app or C/C++ app
for security reasons.
Things brings up an interesting (at least to me) point
about Linux and standardization. Does anyone know or
can anyone point me too a good resource to help
understand what needs to be where on a minimum Linux
(OS only) system. I have gotten quite good at
compiling a kernel without modules... I want to make
modules for anything that might be upgraded or
replaced due to failure. Right now it's a little
difficult to get a handle on Symbol Versioning, and
module dependencies.. ie... does every linux system
need isapnp, and pci-scan as a module.. or is it
module specific?
I could get interested in helping map out standards
for presenting inventory data mined from proc. Could
be very useful in trying to manage a network of Linux
machines.
--- Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 09:20:33AM -0400,
> thor_consulting@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > does anyone know of a tool that manages the
> allocation of hardware
> > (motherboard/video card/memory/network/sound)?
> >
> > ideally what i would like to have is a database
> (MySQL) of all of my
> > hardware (including related drivers) and be able
> to manage it through a web
> > interface (PHP).
> >
> > i would also like to be able to run a
> program/utility from either winXX,
> > xBSD, or Linux, which would identify hardware
> components and either produce
> > a report or better yet update the HWDB directly.
> >
> > i once came across a tool for winNT that
> identified memory specifications
> > including manufacturer, part number, and speed.
> >
> > unfortunately, i can't seem to find it again.
> >
> > if i can't find what i'm looking for then i will
> have to build it myself but
> > i would rather not reinvent the wheel if i don't
> have to.
>
> Closest I can get right off is lshw, a C++ program
> that does a nice job
> of letting you know about your hardware. It will
> output in HTML if you
> give it a -html parameter, or -xml similarly.
> Obviously, though, it must
> reside on the machine it is testing. It does _not_
> store data in any
> database. It can be found via freshmeat, if I'm not
> mistaken.
>
> Paul
>
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