This blog will be a diary of an open source project, as of now untitled, that will create a open source system management tool. This tool will have a central server that clients connect to, which will provide system management functionality.
Scope
- SuSE Linux for both client and server
- Manage system file permissions
- Execute arbitrary scripts on machines
- Key based verification
- Collect hardware inventory
- Component Policies: Firefox, GDM, Gnome Desktop, Networking, Services, Icons
- Ping devices
- Permissions / Scripts / Policies applied via Profiles
I am a python developer by trade, so for this project we will use Java for everything.
- Groovy on Grails for backend server
- Postgresql for database
- Netbeans 6.5 for IDE
- Git for source control
