ClusterInformationAggregationTool (CIAT)

This page is for a staff meeting presentation. Usage instructions can be found on the project repository.

Problem

• ~140 nodes of the tembo cluster need to be added to inventory
  • Nodes are not all identical, minor subtleties
• Helpful if barcode were written into BMC

Solution

Automate the one time task with a general purpose script in hope of future usefulness

Tech Stack

• Python chosen as scripting language
  • I am familiar with it
  • High level features available ex. JSON Parsing
• Salt Stack
  • Used to run script to collect information from all nodes (Salt selector "*")
  • Can be optionally used to associate barcodes with hostnames
• lshw, lscpu
  • Simple tools to get system specs with JSON output
  • Available though most package managers
• Input and output as CSV files
  • Easy to work with in python
  • Compatible with CSCF inventory

Usage

Repo Readme

Fill out example_data.csv

Links

Git Repo

RT