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benjojo posted 05 Nov 2026 13:13 +0000

At the current pace of software buggery, it is looking like one of the best things I did last year was setup a proper server/software/asset inventory system

benjojo replied 05 Nov 2026 14:01 +0000
in reply to: https://feed.yopp.me/users/alex/statuses/117564101557482386

@alex Home made stuff, It's a crontab process on all servers that gathers stuff like:

(A) Packages
(B) OS Versions
(C) Firewall/NIC Config
(D) Hardware Inventory (RAM/Disks/Serial numbers)
(E) The same for the child LXCs

and then a WebUI that renders/searches all of this out, and tracks parts that have left servers (and are either in the ewaste or spares pile)

Extremely non-exciting software

Some of this was the response to various compliance requirements, YMMV