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Welcome to the CMDBsyncer

Rule based and modular system to syncronize hosts between Checkmk, Netbox, I-Doit and all others systems with interfaces and APIs. Main goal is the complete organization of the hosts based on CMDB systems and a full automation of Checkmk.

Rules Debug Options

Main Functions

  • Web Interface with Login, 2FA and User management
  • All configuration besides Installation in Web Interface
  • Simple Plugin API to integrate own Data Sources
  • Various Debug Options with the ./cmdbsyncer command
  • Rules to control the Synchronization:
    • Based on Host Attributes
    • Attribute Rewrites
    • Filters fur Hosts and Attributes
  • Action Rules for Actions in Ansible, Checkmk, Netbox etc.
  • Web Based management for Account Credentials.
  • Encryption of Secrets
  • Cron Management
  • Monitoring Integration
  • Jinja Support for Configuration and Rules
  • RestAPI
  • Ansible Support as Inventory Source

Modules

  • Checkmk

    • Mange full Host Lifecycle (creation, labels, folders, deletion, rules)
    • Tested with more than 140,000 Hosts
    • Sync and Update all possible Host Attributes/ Tags/ Labels
    • Full Support of API Bulk Operations
    • Full management of Checkmk Folders
    • Folder Pool Feature to split big amounts of Hosts automatically between folders (and therefore sites).
    • Creation of Host-, Contact- and Service Groups
    • Create Host Tags and Host Tag Groups
    • Create BI Aggregations
    • Create all types of Setup Rule
    • Integrated options to prevent to many Updates in Checkmk
    • Full Multiprocessing support for Calculations
    • Command to Active Configuration
    • Command to Bake and Sign Agents
    • Management of Checkmk (Fallback) users (Create/ Delete/ Reset Password/ Disable Login)
    • Inventory for Host Attributes (need e.g. for Ansible, like on which site is server on)
    • Inventory of Service Informations, Labels, Tags and HW/SW Inventory possible (can be used e.g. for I-Doit Sync)
    • Create DCD Rules
    • Create and Manage Password Store (Encryption) entries
    • Automatic Detection of the Checkmk Version to use the correct API Payloads

  • Ansible

    • Rule Based Inventory Source
    • All Functions for Checkmk Agent Management (Installation, TLS Registration, Bakery Registration)
      • Linux and Windows
    • All functions for Checkmk(OMD) Site Management (Update Sites, Create Sites etc.)
      • Automatic Download of Checkmk Versions if wanted.

  • Netbox

    • Rulebased Export and Import Devices and VMs to/from Netbox
    • Automatic creation of Categories if wanted.
    • Export of Sites
    • Export Interfaces
    • Export IPAM
    • Export Contacts
    • And more

  • PRTG

    • Import Objects from PRTG to sync them to Checkmk

  • I-DOIT

    • Rulebased Export and Import Devices to/from I-Doit
    • Template Based

  • BMC Remedy

    • Limited import from BMC Remedy

  • Cisco DNA

    • Import devices and their Interface Information

  • CSV

    • Manage Hosts based on CSV File (Import Source)
    • Add Addional Informationen from CSV Files to your Hosts (eg. Overwrite IP Addresses)

  • LDAP

    • Import Objects from LDAP Directories

  • RestAPI

    • Import of Custom Rest APIs

  • JSON

    • Import of Json File Structures

  • Jira CMDB on Prem and Cloud:

    • Import Objects

  • JDisc

    • Import Objects

  • Vmware

    • Import Attributes
    • Export Attributes to Vmware VMs

  • MySQL

    • Import and Inventorize Mysql Database Tables

  • Mssql/ FreeDTS/ ODBC

    • Import and Inventorize all kinds of ODBC based Database Connectsion