[Nodeshot] Not reinventing the wheel and Helping out

[Clauz]

On 01/05/2014 05:39 PM, nemesis wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 10:39:50 -0600, "Charles N. Wyble"
> <charles at knownelement.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I found this approach so good that I decided to extract a feature of
>>> nodeshot into a separate pure-python repository:
>>> https://github.com/nemesisdesign/netengine
>>
>>
>> Please embrace/extend/use trigger:
>>
>> http://trigger.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
>>
>> Adding OpenWRT support to that package would be a HUGE win.
> 
> 
> That would be interesting. But we should get in touch with the authors
> of that library before proceeding.
> 
> Our main need is to have a common API to extract information from
> devices. We have to understand if some features we need are compatible
> with the goals of that library and if authors are willing to let us
> contribute. If they're positive about it that would be awsome :)
> 
> @Clauz, have you checked that out?^

Hi, everybody.
Sorry for the lag :) I had a look at the docs and it looks like an
awesome project. But, I understand that this is meant to be a tool to
configure devices from a central point, not to monitor them.

For instance there is no support for SNMP or HTTP (some routers might
have SNMP disabled, no monitoring SSH access but still a web page
showing some information) and there are some features that we don't need
and that perhaps can slow down development, such as the translation of
configurations between vendors.

Instead I suggest a merge with some of this code:
https://github.com/FFM/FFM/tree/master/spider

Clauz



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