1. Zhechka Toteva IT/DI-SM
CMDB in Snow Part 4
Zhechka Toteva
IT/DI-SM

2. Conclusions from last meeting
Snow table column
Snow table
Source for Puppet
Source for CDB
From where
Comments
How
on demand
Status
Cluster
Server/Cluster/Cluster Node
Puppet_nodes
CDB
foreman
push single
Not started
Importance
Server
Puppet_db
Yes/no for puppet
Last Modified in CDB -
Not need in the future for push
Push! Via ? JSON. Pull of a single host information from hwdb.
Location
CDB?
LANDB->INFOR
Better from LANDB. Later from INFOR.
pull database view
Done
Name
LANDB
Rack
Server/Rack
Null for VM ?
Serial Number
hwdb ?
take from HWDB
Partially
Vendor
? Script by ServiceNow
Warranty
Retired flag
Conclusions from last meeting
Discussion last meeting

3. Conclusions from last meeting
Snow table column
Snow table
Source for Puppet
Source for CDB
From where
Comments
How
on demand
Status
Cluster
Server/Cluster/Cluster Node
Puppet_nodes
CDB
foreman
push single
Test done
Importance
Server
Puppet_db
Yes/no for puppet
Tests done
Last Modified in CDB -
Not need in the future for push
Push! Via ? JSON. Pull of a single host information from hwdb.
Not needed
Location
CDB?
LANDB->INFOR
Better from LANDB. Later from INFOR.
pull database view
Done
Name
LANDB
Rack
Server/Rack
Null for VM ?
Serial Number
hwdb ?
take from HWDB
Done in DEV
Vendor
? Script by ServiceNow
Warranty
Retired flag
Done for warranties
Conclusions from last meeting
Status today

4. HWDB -> Snow: Status
Automatic push via the Snow JSON interface using basic authentication
Modular code
Verification of the Warranty and Vendor
Insertion in DEV
Update in DEV
Problem with memory dump (while processing 9K hosts)
Pull the warranty information
Incremental synchronisation
Done
Full data pull on regular basis

5. HWDB -> Snow: Future plan
TO BE FINISHED:
Pull the retired flag (done per warranty)
Feed Snow Production
Run the code with a service account certificate
To be finished

6. Puppet/Forman -> Snow: Status
Automatic push via the Snow JSON interface using basic authentication
Retrieve from Puppet/Forman
Initial tests done: retrieved all information for a host
Modular code
Push in Snow: updates only (?)
Push in Snow
A JSON view containing hostname, cluster, importance
Done
Need to start
Full data pull on regular basis

7. Puppet/Forman -> Snow: Status II
Pull from Snow on demand (per host)
Create a proxy code running at CERN that
Provide SOAP interface for Snow via basic authentication
Pull data from Puppet using certificate
A JSON view containing hostname, cluster, importance
Need to start
Pull on demand

8. What else
Enclosure information
From INFOR

9. THANKS TO
Daniel who did the job on our side (inheriting my spaghetti code)
Afroditi who gave us all hwdb world
Alexandre who revealled to us the certificate secrets and who assisted us with the initial tests to retrieve data from puppet

10. Discussion last meeting – full table
Snow table column
Snow table
Source for Puppet
Source for CDB
From where
Comments
How
on demand
Cluster
Server/Cluster/Cluster Node
Puppet_nodes
CDB
foreman
push single
Contract Type
Server
Can it disappear? Rename?
Department
CDB/SDB
Importance
Puppet_db
Yes/no for puppet
IT Contact
Last Modified in CDB -
Not need in the future for push
Push! Via ? JSON. Pull of a single host information from hwdb.
Location
CDB?
LANDB->INFOR
Better from LANDB. Later from INFOR.
pull database view
Hardware Model
Name
LANDB
Operating System
Not needed.
Rack
Server/Rack
Null for VM ?
Serial Number
hwdb ?
take from HWDB
Vendor
? Script by ServiceNow
Warranty

11. Puppet/Forman -> Snow: Future plan
Try to consume directly the Snow JSON from Puppet (?)
Data push on demand
Need to start