RackMonkey 1.2.5 README
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RackMonkey Version 1.2.5
©2004-2009 Will Green (wgreen at users.sourceforge.net)
Licensed under the GNU Public Licence v2.
Contents
- Introduction
- New in this Release
- Obtaining RackMonkey
- Installation
- Documentation
- Support
- Acknowledgements
- Legal Notices
- RackMonkey Licence
1. Introduction
RackMonkey is a web-based tool for managing racks of equipment such as web servers, video encoders, routers and storage devices. Using a simple interface you can keep track of what's where, which OS it runs, when it was purchased, who it belongs and what it's used for. No more searching for spreadsheets or scribbled notes when you need to find a server: RackMonkey can quickly find any device and draw a rack diagram of its location. RackMonkey is free and open source (licensed under GPL).
2. New in this Release
1.2.5 has a number of improvements over 1.2.4. These include:
- Many UI Improvements
- Excel spreadsheet export
- Print CSS for much better quality printouts
- Official MySQL support
- Numbering racks from the top as well as bottom
- Support for associating apps with devices
- Basic formatting of notes fields
- Operating system licences
- Device deletion in table and physical rack views
- Experimental DNS plugin
For a more detailed list of changes in this and prior releases see the changes document.
3. Obtaining RackMonkey
The easiest way to obtain a copy of RackMonkey is to download a tarball of the current release from http://www.rackmonkey.org.
4. Installation
Platform specific installation instructions are included for some operating systems. Please refer to the following documents as appropriate:
5. Documentation
You can find RackMonkey documentation:
- In the doc directory included in the RackMonkey distribution
- Within the application itself by selecting the 'Help' tab
- Online at http://www.rackmonkey.org/doc
- Perl pod is included in the perl modules. This can be viewed with perldoc.
6. Support
If you have and questions or issues with RackMonkey please check the following resources:
- RackMonkey documentation (see above)
- Troubleshooting document
- FAQ
If you're still stuck, please log a support request at: http://www.rackmonkey.org/support
When logging a support request please include as much detail as possible: operating system, database software and revision, and any error messages.
You should also join the announce list to hear about issues and new releases:
7. Acknowledgements
I would like to thank the following for their contribution of code to the RackMonkey project:
- Pierre Larsson - Excel spreadsheet export functionality
Many people have helped me with the development of RackMonkey, but I would especially like to thank the following:
- Ben Argyle
- Piers Kent
- Tim Sweetman
- Nicola Worthington
Apps, code or ideas from the following projects helped or inspired RackMonkey development:
- FamFamFam (Mark James) - Icons used in RackMonkey interface.
- Homo Habilis Associates - Standalone W3C validator used to check RackMonkey templates.
- silverorange - Inspiration for tabbed CSS design.
- SQLite project - Original RackMonkey database engine.
8. Legal Notices
RackMonkey ©2004-2009 Will Green. RackMonkey and "Know Your Racks" are trademarks of Will Green.
The inclusion of a particular company or product in RackMonkey data does not imply an endorsement by the author.
RackMonkey includes icons licensed from Mark James under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. See http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/.
9. RackMonkey Licence
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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