Todo.md

Optimizing-CPE-Deployments

Automate the logistics surrounding new customer installations

Todo

• Optionally send syslog event to server or file to indicate completion
• Design auto configuration application process
  • Special VLAN for configuration
  • Python loop searching for new device on ethernet segment
  • Verify the identity of the new device
  • Reset and apply configuration to new device
  • Play beep code on new device to indicate success
• Dockerize project to allow for anybody to replicate environment
  • Docker-compose project including the following managed containers
    • Database
    • Netbox
    • Zabbix
    • Gitlab
    • Syslog
• Upload code for scripts to allow for easy adoption
  • Sanitize code
  • Add comments
• Add asset tag
• Add secret
• Add optional tag
• Optionally send email to indicate completion

In Progress

• Configure uplink switch port using Ansible and Flask
• Add dockerfiles for zabbix and gitlab

Done ✓

• Simple GUI to document CPE
• Simple GUI that applies organization parameters
• Find next available IP in Mgmt pool
• Generate configuration using Ansible and Jinja
• Create Flask app
• Create Webhook
• Create custom button in Netbox
• Integrate with Zabbix
• Find next available uplink switch port and configure Netbox
• Add Flask app code
• Connect comments box to device comments
• Add indications if either Zabbix, Gitlab, Ansible, or other dependancy fails
• Add option to select uplink port automatically. Set as default
• Only configure zabbix if checkbox is checked
• Use git for application files. Ansible, Flask, Netbox scripts, etc.
• Daemonize Flask