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Change Managment #4778

Closed pboatone closed 4 years ago

pboatone commented 4 years ago

Environment

Proposed Functionality

Netbox is a nice tool for documentation, but it would be if there came a change-managment with it. It should be possible to add changes to device such as "20.06.2020 - changed HDD because it was too small" or "20.06.2020 - Deaktivated user" --> maybe as plugin

Use Case

It is nice to have all in one tool, so you have all information about your devices, ip and co in one tool.

Database Changes

none

External Dependencies

none

ziggekatten commented 4 years ago

This is where I think we should be careful. I for one do NOT like a core Netbox swelling to a garganruan product horrible to maintain. This is where the plugin architechure would come in handy.

As I see it, a plugin that integrates with a change management tool (iTop, Remedy, Snow etc) is useful.

And normally, a change in terms of ITIL (if we go that interesting route) should start in the ITSM, and update Netbox through the API.

Now, for those not using ITSM tools for change management today, a custom script with custom field and som python could probably solve it without having to develop Netbox itself.

jeremystretch commented 4 years ago

Have a look at #151, as that likely addresses the use case you have in mind.