eris - order from chaos

Background

This is a loosely related series of Perl scripts to correlate network inventory related events into a PostgreSQL database. It integrates with a number of Open Source projects to provide a searchable inventory of network events.

Requirements

• PostgreSQL (8.3+ Recommended)
• Perl (5.12+ Recommended)
• POE
• POE::Component::Server::eris
• POE::Component::Client::eris
• Catalyst
• A Central Syslog Implementation

Suggestions

• rsyslog - Open Source Syslog Daemon with tons of features
• Netdisco - Layer 2 Network Managment
• Snort - Open Source IDS
• arpwatch

more to come ..