Ask more information about the Source of Truth for the network

dgarros / netdevops-survey

The goal of this survey is to collect information to understand how network operators and engineers are using automation to operate their network today.

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Ask more information about the Source of Truth for the network #69

Closed dgarros closed 4 years ago

dgarros commented 4 years ago

I think it would be great to capture more information regarding the Source of Truth for the network.
@abenokraitis proposed some ideas in #62 as well.

In addition to "what is your current SOT", it would be interesting to understand

How the SOT has been populated (manually, automatically)
- for greenfield deployment
- for brownfield deployment
How many systems are composing the SOT
What level of information is currently stored in the SOT (this one might be a bit too advanced)

abenokraitis commented 4 years ago

Just brainstorming:

1) What is your "source of truth?" a) What's a source of truth? It's our dude, Jerry. b) spreadsheets c) an open source CMDB (like netbox) d) an enterprise CMDB (like SNOW or Infoblox) e) homegrown database/implementation

2) Does the network team integrate with other teams for inventory management? a) yes b) no

dgarros commented 4 years ago

I opened #74 and #75 based on the conversation on Slack few days ago.