[K12OSN] Documenting the Network

[Huck]

You might want to check out 'spiceworks'...


Rob Owens wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:13:11PM -0400, j.w. thomas wrote:
>> How do you guys document your networking environment?
>>
>> I am the sole admin of a small system, and it just seems bad practice  
>> for the sole repository of all that info to be my head.  For one, my  
>> head is notoriously unreliable for that sort of thing.  Also, it can't  
>> be backed up.
>>
>> Right now I have a small setup with a firewall, an ltsp server, five  
>> clients, a wireless connection, and a stand-alone workstation.  More to  
>> come later (printers, more services, etc).
>>
>> I'm planning to fire up an svn server to use as a repo for all the /etc  
>> directories on all the machines.  I also have a text file with  
>> descriptions of every technical detail I could think to put in it:
>> equipment specs, models, location, function, wireless encryption keys,  
>> power feeds (i.e., ups or not), ip addresses, services, etc.
>>
> I'd use BackupPC to backup all the /etc directories (and /usr/local and
> whatever else is important to you).
> 
> -Rob
> 
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