Features
- Monitors configurable parameters on any number of client machines
- Keeps track of changes, and only new files are stored to minimize DB size
- Configurable for any UNIX host
- SSH used for security, as well as keys for unattended operation
- Group-based configuration for easy addition of new hosts to system
Future Enhancements
- Use to generate DNS information
- Extend to network devices using SNMP
- Move all config from flat files into database
- Create data maintenance screens for config
- Scalability through multiple collectors
- Write install guide
- Create "helper" applications that turn raw resources into useful tidbits (such as MAC address, etc.)
- Write an installer that will set up database connections, etc.