[AusNOG] Wiki for network ops

[Julien Goodwin]

I'll certainly second the Confluence recommendation, but there's a few
plug-ins which help for documentation, particularly Gliffy:
http://www.gliffy.com/products/confluence-plugin/

On 07/10/11 12:30, Sean K. Finn wrote:
> ATLASSIAN + CONFLUENCE + FISHEYE is a killer combo.
> 
> There's a 10 user free, if you need more users, you need to pay.
> 
> The best part is that you can link it to SVN or CVS, so if you use RANCID to log network changes from your router you can,
> http://www.atlassian.com/software/fisheye/
> 
> Submit a ticket in your own system,
> Make the change,
> Link the new rancid CVS to the change,
> Link with yEd http://www.yworks.com/en/products_diagramsforconfluence_about.html <- Again free for up to 10 users,
> Draw a pretty picture of your network,
> And add it to the WIKI.
> 
> It makes sense to have the whole lot of back-office / back-network config, issue tracking, change management and diagramming all in one place.
> 
> Sean.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Dale Shaw
> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 10:35 AM
> To: ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: [AusNOG] Wiki for network ops
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm in the process of building a new wiki as a repository for network ops type information (work instructions, configuration standards, site information, howtos, and so on).
> 
> I've previously used MediaWiki and I guess it was "OK" but I'm interested in learning what other people are using for similar purposes. I was leaning towards DokuWiki, based on a friend's positive experience. We don't have any special requirements, I don't think.
> LDAP auth required, being able to PDF'ify articles would be nice.
> 
> Does anything in particular stand out? What are the features of your wiki software that you really like?
> 
> Open source preferred; underlying OS is Red Hat Linux.
> 
> Feel free to reply on or off-list.
> 
> cheers,
> Dale
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Julien Goodwin
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