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The FusionInventory projectRMLL / LSM 2012
Walid Nouh - Mathieu Simon
Geneve
Juillet 2012
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About us
Walid Nouh
I FusionInventory contributorI GLPI contributorI Working for TECLIB’, Montpellier
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About us
Mathieu Simon
I FusionInventory contributor (l10n)I GLPI plugin translationI Working for Gymnasium Koniz-Lerbermatt, Bern
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Outline
Project overview
GLPI and FusionInventory
Agent: installation and OS support
Task: Network discovery
Task: network inventory
Task: Wake On Lan
Task: software deployment
Task: vCenter / ESX / ESXi inventory
Task: inventory
QA
The developer point of view
Soon to come
Real use experience
Questions
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FusionInventory timeline
2006 First unified inventory agent for Unix2008 First server implementation (Tracker, a plugin
for GLPI)2009 Agent and server integration2010 FusionInventory project is born!2010 Uranos integration2011 Rudder (cfengine) integration2012 OTRS integration
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The project
FusionInventory is a community driven project
I Active mailing listI IRC: #FusionInventory on FreeNodeI Forge, Git repositories, etc
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Contributors
I 4 active developersI An active communityI 2 companies involved
We’re looking for more contributors !
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Contributors
I 4 active developersI An active communityI 2 companies involved
We’re looking for more contributors !
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Before starting
FusionInventory is not a software
I Agent: a software to install on the computersI Server: handles communication with the agentsI Task: is prepared by the server, executed by an agent
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pull / push
FusionInventory enables ”push” or ”pull” mode
I ”pull”: Agent =⇒ Serverthe agent contacts the server.
I ”push”: Agent⇐= Serverthe server initiates the contact.
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Available servers today
4 solutions so far
I FusionInventory for GLPIhttp://www.FusionInventory.org
I Uranoshttp://uranos.sourceforge.net/
I Rudder by Normationhttp://www.normation.com/#produits
I OCS Inventory NGI Mandriva Pulse 2
... it’s also possible to perform local XML inventory (soon:switch to JSON).
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In contact with developers of
I FusionDirectoryI OTRS ITSM (work already in progress)
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Outline
Project overview
GLPI and FusionInventory
Agent: installation and OS support
Task: Network discovery
Task: network inventory
Task: Wake On Lan
Task: software deployment
Task: vCenter / ESX / ESXi inventory
Task: inventory
QA
The developer point of view
Soon to come
Real use experience
Questions
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Why GLPI for the server?
I We’re also members of the GLPI communityI Motivation: Don’t reinvent the wheel!I Avoid having a second database and
synchronizationI Focus on what’s important to us - let GLPI do the rest
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GLPI: about (1/4)
I Powerfull web based asset management softwareI Project started in 2003I LAMPI Provides a complete plugin API
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GLPI: inventory (2/4)
I Computers, screens, printers, etcI Network devices, phonesI Financial informationsI WarrantiesI Licenses
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GLPI: Service Desk (3/4)
I ITIL compatible ServicedeskI Incident managementI Problem managementI Statistics
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GLPI (4/4)
I Reports and statisticsI Powerful authorization system (LDAP, IMAP/POP, etc)I WebSSO (CAS, LemonLDAP, etc)
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Outline
Project overview
GLPI and FusionInventory
Agent: installation and OS support
Task: Network discovery
Task: network inventory
Task: Wake On Lan
Task: software deployment
Task: vCenter / ESX / ESXi inventory
Task: inventory
QA
The developer point of view
Soon to come
Real use experience
Questions
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Agent: Installation
Many ways to do it
I Distribution packagesDebian, Fedora, EPEL, Ubuntu, Mageia, ...
I Windows installerGPO, psexec, ...
I Static prebuilt packages: untar and run62 differents system so far
I Tarball and CPAN
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Agent: Installation
There’s also an Android agentavailable on Google Play.
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Supported operating systems
I LinuxI WindowsI MacOSXI BSDI illumosI AIXI HP-UXI SolarisI Android
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Outline
Project overview
GLPI and FusionInventory
Agent: installation and OS support
Task: Network discovery
Task: network inventory
Task: Wake On Lan
Task: software deployment
Task: vCenter / ESX / ESXi inventory
Task: inventory
QA
The developer point of view
Soon to come
Real use experience
Questions
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Network discovery
Quickly detect and collect all connected devices
I nmapI NetBIOSI SNMP queries
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Outline
Project overview
GLPI and FusionInventory
Agent: installation and OS support
Task: Network discovery
Task: network inventory
Task: Wake On Lan
Task: software deployment
Task: vCenter / ESX / ESXi inventory
Task: inventory
QA
The developer point of view
Soon to come
Real use experience
Questions
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... INTERLUDE ...
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SNMP
SNMP origin
I A standardFirst RFC in 1988
I Designed to monitor equipmentsI 3 versions 1, 2c, 3 (Cyphering)I OID: Information locationI MIB: A collection of OIDs
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SNMP: what for in FusionInventory?
How do we use SNMP?
I Identify remote devices (network equipments,printers, ...)
I Perform a remote inventoryI Get the most important informations
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SNMP: a nightmare
“Please support my hardware, here is the MIB!”
I Might be hard to findI Often no free or not redistributableI Important informations might be missingI But worth, they may be wrong !
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SNMP: a nightmare
“Please support my hardware, here is the MIB!”
I Might be hard to findI Often no free or not redistributableI Important informations might be missingI But worth, they may be wrong !
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SNMP: an example
Example: Cisco 6500 firmware
12.2(33)SXI2a (02-Sep-09 01:00)I Serial OID:
.1.3.6.1.2.1.47.1.1.1.1.11.112.2(33)SXI3 (27-Oct-09 11:12)
I Serial OID:.1.3.6.1.2.1.47.1.1.1.1.11.2⇐=Gni?!
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SNMP: outch
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SNMP: how to be reliable ?
We prepared our own “MIB”
I Manual work for each equipmentI stored in an XML fileI Defines relations between an OID and an information
ex: serial number→ OID 1.2.4.34.53...I Supports dynamics OIDs
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SNMP: how to be reliable ?
A centralized database
I We’re implementing a centralized databaseI In Beta stageI You create and account and upload snmpwalksI The tool helps you to make the modelI It’ll be available in the next release!
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... END OF INTERLUDE ...
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SNMP: network equipments (1/3)
Common informations
I Serial numberI SupplierI ModelI Firmware versionI MAC addressI CPU load / RAMI etc
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SNMP: network equipments (2/3)
Advanced support
I Number of portsI SpeedI Internal statusI Errors countersI VLANI Trunk (tagged)I ...
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SNMP: network equipments (3/3)
Port to port connections
I MAC addressone to many
I LLDP / CDP discoveryPOIP informations, etc
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SNMP: a network equipment example
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SNMP: Printers (1/2)
General information
I Serial numberI SupplierI ModelI FirmwareI MemoryI MAC AddressI etc
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SNMP: Printers (2/2)
Advanced informations
I Cartridges stateI Pages counters
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SNMP: a printer example
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Outline
Project overview
GLPI and FusionInventory
Agent: installation and OS support
Task: Network discovery
Task: network inventory
Task: Wake On Lan
Task: software deployment
Task: vCenter / ESX / ESXi inventory
Task: inventory
QA
The developer point of view
Soon to come
Real use experience
Questions
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Wake On Lan
WoL
I Agent can be used as a proxy to send WoL packets.
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Wake On Lan: Example
Example
I A remote networkI 50 computers
What FusionInventory can do
I Wake up all computers at 2 am for updates.
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Outline
Project overview
GLPI and FusionInventory
Agent: installation and OS support
Task: Network discovery
Task: network inventory
Task: Wake On Lan
Task: software deployment
Task: vCenter / ESX / ESXi inventory
Task: inventory
QA
The developer point of view
Soon to come
Real use experience
Questions
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Software deployment (1/2)
What can be done
I Perform actions on the target computerI Send filesI Consume less bandwith thanks to peer to peer
Attention: FI is not a configuration management tool !
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Software deployment (2/2)
Why a new software deployment solution ?
I Use existing GLPI UII Use GLPI habilitations (groups/profils/entities)I Multi-platform
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Outline
Project overview
GLPI and FusionInventory
Agent: installation and OS support
Task: Network discovery
Task: network inventory
Task: Wake On Lan
Task: software deployment
Task: vCenter / ESX / ESXi inventory
Task: inventory
QA
The developer point of view
Soon to come
Real use experience
Questions
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vCenter / ESX / ESXi
The problem
Black boxes: no way to install an agent on the host...
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vCenter / ESX / ESXi
The solutionThe agent can use SOAP API to:
I inventorize hardwareI list virtual machines per hostI inventorize each ESX box (in case of a vCenter)
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vCenter / ESX / ESXi: the command line tool
fus ioninventory−esx −−host vcenter −−user foo \−−password bar −−directory /tmp
Send inventories to the server :
fus ioninventory−i n jecto r −v −− f i l e /tmp/∗ . ocs \−u https : / / server / plugins / fus ioninventory /
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vCenter / ESX / ESXi: GLPI UI
An interface in GLPI
I Define credentialsI Define vCenter/ESX/ESXi
addressI Plan inventories
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Outline
Project overview
GLPI and FusionInventory
Agent: installation and OS support
Task: Network discovery
Task: network inventory
Task: Wake On Lan
Task: software deployment
Task: vCenter / ESX / ESXi inventory
Task: inventory
QA
The developer point of view
Soon to come
Real use experience
Questions
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Informations gathered (1/3)
I BIOSI PCI modulesI memory slotsI CPUsI hard drivers, drives, etcI motherboardI operating systemI screensI portsI slotsI partitionsI software
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Informations gathered (2/3)
I connected usersI video cardsI virtual machinesI soundcardsI modemsI environment variablesI USB devicesI network configurationsI batteriesI printersI processesI antivirusI LVM
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Informations gathered (3/3)
Android: Simcard, IMEI , etc
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Outline
Project overview
GLPI and FusionInventory
Agent: installation and OS support
Task: Network discovery
Task: network inventory
Task: Wake On Lan
Task: software deployment
Task: vCenter / ESX / ESXi inventory
Task: inventory
QA
The developer point of view
Soon to come
Real use experience
Questions
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Some statistics
Today
I 194 Perl modulesI 21851 lines of codeI 938 unit tests
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Unit tests
What for?
I test parsing for OSes that we don’t haveI check Win32 code from another OS
from WMI to registryI check sensitive things
unicode, HTTPS, etc
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Outline
Project overview
GLPI and FusionInventory
Agent: installation and OS support
Task: Network discovery
Task: network inventory
Task: Wake On Lan
Task: software deployment
Task: vCenter / ESX / ESXi inventory
Task: inventory
QA
The developer point of view
Soon to come
Real use experience
Questions
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What FusionInventory can bring to you
Several scenarios
I Use inventory in your own applicationI Extend inventory with your own modulesI Interface with GLPI or other
Uranos, soon OTRS, etcI Create new tasks
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Outline
Project overview
GLPI and FusionInventory
Agent: installation and OS support
Task: Network discovery
Task: network inventory
Task: Wake On Lan
Task: software deployment
Task: vCenter / ESX / ESXi inventory
Task: inventory
QA
The developer point of view
Soon to come
Real use experience
Questions
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What else?
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Our roadmap
Next steps:I FusionInventory Agent 2.3.xI Tool to edit SNMP XML modelsI NUT integration
Transition in progress:I OCS/XML→ REST/JSON planned for agent 3.0.0
already used by OTRS
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Our roadmap
Next steps:I FusionInventory Agent 2.3.xI Tool to edit SNMP XML modelsI NUT integration
Transition in progress:I OCS/XML→ REST/JSON planned for agent 3.0.0
already used by OTRS
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Outline
Project overview
GLPI and FusionInventory
Agent: installation and OS support
Task: Network discovery
Task: network inventory
Task: Wake On Lan
Task: software deployment
Task: vCenter / ESX / ESXi inventory
Task: inventory
QA
The developer point of view
Soon to come
Real use experience
Questions
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Real use experience
Why use FusionInventory and GLPI (1/2):I 2 schools were merged and had grown: 400 each→
1000 students todayI IT departments merged and quickly grownI 2008: Regular financial audit - including IT assets.
We had to get a an inventory without tons of man-hours:QUICKLY.
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Real use experience
Why use FusionInventory and GLPI (2/2):I Proprietary solution highly cost intensive - while
restricted in featuresI Experience with superiors: If it’s OSS, it has to workI OCS was able to get all our computers’ dataI GLPI had the nice UI + held all other asset data
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Real use experience
OCSinventory-ng side:I OCS lagged behind with Windows compatibility,
regular GLPI sync problemsWhy FusionInventory:
I Client: Agent easier to deploy 3 platformsI Server: PHP + Perl→ PHPI Deployment: 1 internal git tree of GLPI + pluginsI IT staff: 2 UIs→ 1 UI
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The good, the bad ...
There are also downsides - nothing is perfect:I Documentation mostly fr-FR focusedI l10n: de-DE had quite some ”frenchisms”I FI for GLPI lags behind major GLPI releasesI Ticket notifications require lots of local tuning (yet)
... no: There is no true ugly thing I found
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Finally
I GLPI + FI automated lots of tasks no sysadmin wants todo manually with +300 computers
I We still use a fraction of GLPI’s features, but growing(Cert management!)
I Auditability→ Made superiors happyI OSS proved to work: Swiss-german education -
normally not that easyI Got in touch with nice communityI Have to polish my french regularly ;-)
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Outline
Project overview
GLPI and FusionInventory
Agent: installation and OS support
Task: Network discovery
Task: network inventory
Task: Wake On Lan
Task: software deployment
Task: vCenter / ESX / ESXi inventory
Task: inventory
QA
The developer point of view
Soon to come
Real use experience
Questions
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Questions?
Question?
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Thanks
Thanks!
I Windows http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeu04117/430338509/sizes/z/in/photostream/
I AIX http://www.flickr.com/photos/pchow98/5115638572/
I MacOSXhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/adriannier/5555516312/sizes/l/in/photostream/
I Cisco 6500http://www.flickr.com/photos/joachim_s_mueller/3084164647/sizes/z/in/photostream/
I Teletubbies http://www.flickr.com/photos/tudor/232849285/lightbox/
I Worker http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/6783674428/sizes/l/in/photostream/
I Bee http://www.flickr.com/photos/8583446@N05/7454903214/sizes/l/in/photostream/
I Montagne http://www.flickr.com/photos/blmiers2/6167391543/sizes/l/in/photostream/