Hi,
I'm not a python pro but rather a novice at best. I'm looking to maybe build a small little project on the side to better help with my IT asset management inventory. I have about 500+ devices (switches, routers, firewalls, physical desktops, vdi machines, and servers)
I know there are a ton of applications out there that would help me with this but i feel like it might be fun to smash my head against the desk for a few months trying to work this out in python rather then taking the easy way out and paying the money for something like this.
I have a idea of what i would like the application to do and ill list the goals/objectives below. I would like some feedback maybe or just some chatter with others. I think this project if anything else will strengthen my rusty skills in python and heck, maybe ill learn a bunch of new stuff along the way.
Goals:
-allow user to input assets into sqlite database
-assets should have the attributes of asset_type,asset_id,serial_number,hostname,ip_addr,location,os_version and confirmation for new addition
-asset should be able to be removed with one click and confirmation
-would like to ping asset with 1-click box beside asset to see if asset is online
-would like to use the rdp protocol to remote into asset
-should have a easy to view dashboard which can be accessed via web-gui. This would be able to import/export existing assets from a csv file into database
What do you think, Can python do this? :)
mbaker_wv
I'm not a python pro but rather a novice at best. I'm looking to maybe build a small little project on the side to better help with my IT asset management inventory. I have about 500+ devices (switches, routers, firewalls, physical desktops, vdi machines, and servers)
I know there are a ton of applications out there that would help me with this but i feel like it might be fun to smash my head against the desk for a few months trying to work this out in python rather then taking the easy way out and paying the money for something like this.
I have a idea of what i would like the application to do and ill list the goals/objectives below. I would like some feedback maybe or just some chatter with others. I think this project if anything else will strengthen my rusty skills in python and heck, maybe ill learn a bunch of new stuff along the way.
Goals:
-allow user to input assets into sqlite database
-assets should have the attributes of asset_type,asset_id,serial_number,hostname,ip_addr,location,os_version and confirmation for new addition
-asset should be able to be removed with one click and confirmation
-would like to ping asset with 1-click box beside asset to see if asset is online
-would like to use the rdp protocol to remote into asset
-should have a easy to view dashboard which can be accessed via web-gui. This would be able to import/export existing assets from a csv file into database
What do you think, Can python do this? :)
mbaker_wv