Ralph is a simple yet full featured Asset Management, DCIM and CMDB system for data center and back office.
Ralph is free and open source software.
All the development process, including planning, blueprinting, and scrum sprints are done in public.
Key Features
- Keep track of assets purchases and their life cycle.
- Store information about:
- Data center assets:
- warehouses.
- data center rooms.
- servers.
- racks, including graphical layout.
- patch panels.
- Back office assets:
- printers, laptops, desktops.
- mobile phones.
- accessories.
- Non-physical assets:
- software and hardware licenses.
- vendor contracts and supports.
- domains including costs and contracts.
- Data center assets:
- Flexible flow system for assets life cycle.
- Data center and back office support.
- Workflow system – allows triggering external or internal actions on assets. These can be deploying a host, scanning a host, or generating invoices / stock taking confirmation.
- DC visualization built-in.
Website: github.com/allegro/ralph
Support: Documentation
Developer: Arkadiusz Adamski, Tymoteusz Jankowski, Piotr Jarolewski, Marcin Kliks, Mateusz Kurek
License: Apache License 2.0
Ralph is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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