Linux Alternatives to Windows Spiceworks?
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I really like Spiceworks for managing our network at work; but there's a problem with it; it runs on Windows, and I don't want to have to buy a copy of Windows just so I can manage, ticketing, scans, etc on my home network.
Is there anything similar to this that can be run on Linux?
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I really like Spiceworks for managing our network at work; but there's a problem with it; it runs on Windows, and I don't want to have to buy a copy of Windows just so I can manage, ticketing, scans, etc on my home network.
Is there anything similar to this that can be run on Linux?
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asked Apr 25 '14 at 18:16
leeand00
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Spiceworks is a large application. What parts of it were you wanting to have going on in your home network? I'm assuming you wouldn't want stuff like asset management (which would be overkill, I would think) for a home network. Are you just looking for a ticketing system?
– Bratchley
Apr 25 '14 at 18:20
Asset management would be good too..
– leeand00
Apr 25 '14 at 19:49
Out of curiosity why do you need asset management for your home network? Shouldn't it just be a matter of keeping track of 3-4 laptops and a linksys router or something on that level?
– Bratchley
Apr 25 '14 at 21:24
@slm Thanks, I wasn't quite sure what to call Spiceworks exactly, it seems like a bunch of different types of programs jammed into a single web interface.
– leeand00
May 3 '14 at 14:43
Yeah the whole category of monitoring is a full time job 8-)
– slm♦
May 3 '14 at 14:46
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I really like Spiceworks for managing our network at work; but there's a problem with it; it runs on Windows, and I don't want to have to buy a copy of Windows just so I can manage, ticketing, scans, etc on my home network.
Is there anything similar to this that can be run on Linux?
free-software
asked Apr 25 '14 at 18:16
leeand00
1,35332341
I really like Spiceworks for managing our network at work; but there's a problem with it; it runs on Windows, and I don't want to have to buy a copy of Windows just so I can manage, ticketing, scans, etc on my home network.
Is there anything similar to this that can be run on Linux?
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free-software
asked Apr 25 '14 at 18:16
leeand00
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asked Apr 25 '14 at 18:16
leeand00
1,35332341
asked Apr 25 '14 at 18:16
leeand00
1,35332341
asked Apr 25 '14 at 18:16
leeand00
1,35332341
asked Apr 25 '14 at 18:16
leeand00
1,35332341
1,35332341
Spiceworks is a large application. What parts of it were you wanting to have going on in your home network? I'm assuming you wouldn't want stuff like asset management (which would be overkill, I would think) for a home network. Are you just looking for a ticketing system?
– Bratchley
Apr 25 '14 at 18:20
Asset management would be good too..
– leeand00
Apr 25 '14 at 19:49
Out of curiosity why do you need asset management for your home network? Shouldn't it just be a matter of keeping track of 3-4 laptops and a linksys router or something on that level?
– Bratchley
Apr 25 '14 at 21:24
@slm Thanks, I wasn't quite sure what to call Spiceworks exactly, it seems like a bunch of different types of programs jammed into a single web interface.
– leeand00
May 3 '14 at 14:43
Yeah the whole category of monitoring is a full time job 8-)
– slm♦
May 3 '14 at 14:46
|
show 1 more comment
Spiceworks is a large application. What parts of it were you wanting to have going on in your home network? I'm assuming you wouldn't want stuff like asset management (which would be overkill, I would think) for a home network. Are you just looking for a ticketing system?
– Bratchley
Apr 25 '14 at 18:20
Asset management would be good too..
– leeand00
Apr 25 '14 at 19:49
Out of curiosity why do you need asset management for your home network? Shouldn't it just be a matter of keeping track of 3-4 laptops and a linksys router or something on that level?
– Bratchley
Apr 25 '14 at 21:24
@slm Thanks, I wasn't quite sure what to call Spiceworks exactly, it seems like a bunch of different types of programs jammed into a single web interface.
– leeand00
May 3 '14 at 14:43
Yeah the whole category of monitoring is a full time job 8-)
– slm♦
May 3 '14 at 14:46
Spiceworks is a large application. What parts of it were you wanting to have going on in your home network? I'm assuming you wouldn't want stuff like asset management (which would be overkill, I would think) for a home network. Are you just looking for a ticketing system?
– Bratchley
Apr 25 '14 at 18:20
Spiceworks is a large application. What parts of it were you wanting to have going on in your home network? I'm assuming you wouldn't want stuff like asset management (which would be overkill, I would think) for a home network. Are you just looking for a ticketing system?
– Bratchley
Apr 25 '14 at 18:20
Asset management would be good too..
– leeand00
Apr 25 '14 at 19:49
Asset management would be good too..
– leeand00
Apr 25 '14 at 19:49
Out of curiosity why do you need asset management for your home network? Shouldn't it just be a matter of keeping track of 3-4 laptops and a linksys router or something on that level?
– Bratchley
Apr 25 '14 at 21:24
Out of curiosity why do you need asset management for your home network? Shouldn't it just be a matter of keeping track of 3-4 laptops and a linksys router or something on that level?
– Bratchley
Apr 25 '14 at 21:24
@slm Thanks, I wasn't quite sure what to call Spiceworks exactly, it seems like a bunch of different types of programs jammed into a single web interface.
– leeand00
May 3 '14 at 14:43
@slm Thanks, I wasn't quite sure what to call Spiceworks exactly, it seems like a bunch of different types of programs jammed into a single web interface.
– leeand00
May 3 '14 at 14:43
Yeah the whole category of monitoring is a full time job 8-)
– slm♦
May 3 '14 at 14:46
Yeah the whole category of monitoring is a full time job 8-)
– slm♦
May 3 '14 at 14:46
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Well you never responded so I'll try my best to list FOSS alternatives for each system:
Asset Management:
- RackTables
Ticketing:
- OTRS
- eticket
Network Monitoring/Notification:
- Nagios
- Zabbix
- collectd
General Systems Management
- Spacewalk
- Katello
- Foreman+puppet
- Ubuntu Landscape
Also, fyi, some of the "General Systems Management" also provide inventory/asset management functions. They're not typically as advanced as specialized software, though.
answered Apr 25 '14 at 19:12
Bratchley
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Am I interpreting this right? You want to control your home network(clients) like running a network scan, seeing network traffic, managing firewall?
If it is, then Nagios is the industry standard in IT infrastructure monitoring. **OR ** Icinga which is a fork of Nagios, and is FOSS.
I think this may be kind of overkill but then you could also use OpenNMS.
edited Nov 26 at 0:49
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1475127
answered Apr 25 '14 at 18:33
delta24
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up vote
0
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This list is probably the way to go:
Comparison of network monitoring systems.
There are literally 100's of packages geared to monitoring the various aspects of your network/infrastructure. It's probably best to think about the actual things you'd like to monitor and then find a package that is suited to those things. Personally I've used Nagios. It's extremely popular but can be a bit of a steep learning curve. Plan on a week or so to grok it.
If you're looking for an out of the box solution Fully Automated Nagios is a good compromise. Good docs and provide a decent frontend for setting up and managing Nagios.
Also take a look at the alternatives listed at alternatives.to:
- Alternative applications to Spiceworks
answered May 3 '14 at 14:47
slm♦
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3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
Well you never responded so I'll try my best to list FOSS alternatives for each system:
Asset Management:
- RackTables
Ticketing:
- OTRS
- eticket
Network Monitoring/Notification:
- Nagios
- Zabbix
- collectd
General Systems Management
- Spacewalk
- Katello
- Foreman+puppet
- Ubuntu Landscape
Also, fyi, some of the "General Systems Management" also provide inventory/asset management functions. They're not typically as advanced as specialized software, though.
answered Apr 25 '14 at 19:12
Bratchley
11.8k64388
add a comment |
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
Well you never responded so I'll try my best to list FOSS alternatives for each system:
Asset Management:
- RackTables
Ticketing:
- OTRS
- eticket
Network Monitoring/Notification:
- Nagios
- Zabbix
- collectd
General Systems Management
- Spacewalk
- Katello
- Foreman+puppet
- Ubuntu Landscape
Also, fyi, some of the "General Systems Management" also provide inventory/asset management functions. They're not typically as advanced as specialized software, though.
answered Apr 25 '14 at 19:12
Bratchley
11.8k64388
add a comment |
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
Well you never responded so I'll try my best to list FOSS alternatives for each system:
Asset Management:
- RackTables
Ticketing:
- OTRS
- eticket
Network Monitoring/Notification:
- Nagios
- Zabbix
- collectd
General Systems Management
- Spacewalk
- Katello
- Foreman+puppet
- Ubuntu Landscape
Also, fyi, some of the "General Systems Management" also provide inventory/asset management functions. They're not typically as advanced as specialized software, though.
answered Apr 25 '14 at 19:12
Bratchley
11.8k64388
Well you never responded so I'll try my best to list FOSS alternatives for each system:
Asset Management:
- RackTables
Ticketing:
- OTRS
- eticket
Network Monitoring/Notification:
- Nagios
- Zabbix
- collectd
General Systems Management
- Spacewalk
- Katello
- Foreman+puppet
- Ubuntu Landscape
Also, fyi, some of the "General Systems Management" also provide inventory/asset management functions. They're not typically as advanced as specialized software, though.
answered Apr 25 '14 at 19:12
Bratchley
11.8k64388
edited Jan 20 '15 at 14:49
answered Apr 25 '14 at 19:12
Bratchley
11.8k64388
answered Apr 25 '14 at 19:12
Bratchley
11.8k64388
answered Apr 25 '14 at 19:12
Bratchley
11.8k64388
11.8k64388
add a comment |
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
Am I interpreting this right? You want to control your home network(clients) like running a network scan, seeing network traffic, managing firewall?
If it is, then Nagios is the industry standard in IT infrastructure monitoring. **OR ** Icinga which is a fork of Nagios, and is FOSS.
I think this may be kind of overkill but then you could also use OpenNMS.
edited Nov 26 at 0:49
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1475127
answered Apr 25 '14 at 18:33
delta24
794411
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
Am I interpreting this right? You want to control your home network(clients) like running a network scan, seeing network traffic, managing firewall?
If it is, then Nagios is the industry standard in IT infrastructure monitoring. **OR ** Icinga which is a fork of Nagios, and is FOSS.
I think this may be kind of overkill but then you could also use OpenNMS.
edited Nov 26 at 0:49
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1475127
answered Apr 25 '14 at 18:33
delta24
794411
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
Am I interpreting this right? You want to control your home network(clients) like running a network scan, seeing network traffic, managing firewall?
If it is, then Nagios is the industry standard in IT infrastructure monitoring. **OR ** Icinga which is a fork of Nagios, and is FOSS.
I think this may be kind of overkill but then you could also use OpenNMS.
edited Nov 26 at 0:49
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1475127
answered Apr 25 '14 at 18:33
delta24
794411
Am I interpreting this right? You want to control your home network(clients) like running a network scan, seeing network traffic, managing firewall?
If it is, then Nagios is the industry standard in IT infrastructure monitoring. **OR ** Icinga which is a fork of Nagios, and is FOSS.
I think this may be kind of overkill but then you could also use OpenNMS.
edited Nov 26 at 0:49
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1475127
answered Apr 25 '14 at 18:33
delta24
794411
edited Nov 26 at 0:49
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1475127
edited Nov 26 at 0:49
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1475127
edited Nov 26 at 0:49
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1475127
38.3k1475127
answered Apr 25 '14 at 18:33
delta24
794411
answered Apr 25 '14 at 18:33
delta24
794411
answered Apr 25 '14 at 18:33
delta24
794411
794411
add a comment |
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
This list is probably the way to go:
Comparison of network monitoring systems.
There are literally 100's of packages geared to monitoring the various aspects of your network/infrastructure. It's probably best to think about the actual things you'd like to monitor and then find a package that is suited to those things. Personally I've used Nagios. It's extremely popular but can be a bit of a steep learning curve. Plan on a week or so to grok it.
If you're looking for an out of the box solution Fully Automated Nagios is a good compromise. Good docs and provide a decent frontend for setting up and managing Nagios.
Also take a look at the alternatives listed at alternatives.to:
- Alternative applications to Spiceworks
answered May 3 '14 at 14:47
slm♦
245k66505671
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
This list is probably the way to go:
Comparison of network monitoring systems.
There are literally 100's of packages geared to monitoring the various aspects of your network/infrastructure. It's probably best to think about the actual things you'd like to monitor and then find a package that is suited to those things. Personally I've used Nagios. It's extremely popular but can be a bit of a steep learning curve. Plan on a week or so to grok it.
If you're looking for an out of the box solution Fully Automated Nagios is a good compromise. Good docs and provide a decent frontend for setting up and managing Nagios.
Also take a look at the alternatives listed at alternatives.to:
- Alternative applications to Spiceworks
answered May 3 '14 at 14:47
slm♦
245k66505671
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
This list is probably the way to go:
Comparison of network monitoring systems.
There are literally 100's of packages geared to monitoring the various aspects of your network/infrastructure. It's probably best to think about the actual things you'd like to monitor and then find a package that is suited to those things. Personally I've used Nagios. It's extremely popular but can be a bit of a steep learning curve. Plan on a week or so to grok it.
If you're looking for an out of the box solution Fully Automated Nagios is a good compromise. Good docs and provide a decent frontend for setting up and managing Nagios.
Also take a look at the alternatives listed at alternatives.to:
- Alternative applications to Spiceworks
answered May 3 '14 at 14:47
slm♦
245k66505671
This list is probably the way to go:
Comparison of network monitoring systems.
There are literally 100's of packages geared to monitoring the various aspects of your network/infrastructure. It's probably best to think about the actual things you'd like to monitor and then find a package that is suited to those things. Personally I've used Nagios. It's extremely popular but can be a bit of a steep learning curve. Plan on a week or so to grok it.
If you're looking for an out of the box solution Fully Automated Nagios is a good compromise. Good docs and provide a decent frontend for setting up and managing Nagios.
Also take a look at the alternatives listed at alternatives.to:
- Alternative applications to Spiceworks
answered May 3 '14 at 14:47
slm♦
245k66505671
answered May 3 '14 at 14:47
slm♦
245k66505671
answered May 3 '14 at 14:47
slm♦
245k66505671
answered May 3 '14 at 14:47
slm♦
245k66505671
245k66505671
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Spiceworks is a large application. What parts of it were you wanting to have going on in your home network? I'm assuming you wouldn't want stuff like asset management (which would be overkill, I would think) for a home network. Are you just looking for a ticketing system?
– Bratchley
Apr 25 '14 at 18:20
Asset management would be good too..
– leeand00
Apr 25 '14 at 19:49
Out of curiosity why do you need asset management for your home network? Shouldn't it just be a matter of keeping track of 3-4 laptops and a linksys router or something on that level?
– Bratchley
Apr 25 '14 at 21:24
@slm Thanks, I wasn't quite sure what to call Spiceworks exactly, it seems like a bunch of different types of programs jammed into a single web interface.
– leeand00
May 3 '14 at 14:43
Yeah the whole category of monitoring is a full time job 8-)
– slm♦
May 3 '14 at 14:46