Open Source Tools for IT Automation

CTL is an all purpose automation tool. CTL helps you leverage your current scripts and tools to easily automate any kind of distributed systems management or application provisioning task. Features include:

• Execute sophisticated procedures in distributed environments
• Comes with pre-built utilities
• Define your own automation using the tools/languages you already know
• Cross platform administration

If you are new to ControlTier tools, you'll want to start with CTL.

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The JobCenter webapp is a graphical tool to schedule and run CTL defined commands. JobCenter gives the administrative staff a single interface to schedule, run and track the execution of commands and workflows. In addition to being a handy alternative to the CTL command line interface, JobCenter is also useful for delegating tasks to non-technical staff.

• Handy alternative to the CTL command line interface
• Includes built-in job scheduler
• Create self-service interfaces for other types of users
• Track the execution of important jobs as a group
• Safely share jobs and delegate to others on team

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ReportCenter is a tool for tracking operational activity as it happens and generating historical reports. ReportCenter is a standalone repository that collects activity events from:

• Commands run from CTL and JobCenter
• Jobs run from JobCenter
• Changes to the data model made in Workbench

Currently, ReportCenter's primary use is for viewing activity reports. However, we have big plans for it.

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Workbench provides an integrated graphical interface for managing three core functions required for many enterprise automation solutions:

• A CMDB for managing details about application infrastructure, hosts, configuration settings, release artifacts, and service topology
• A graphical development environment to design and develop automation modules
• A repository (with repository management services) for release artifact and automation modules

While not required for all solutions, the services that Workbench provides do play an integral part in enterprise solutions like the Application Service Provisioning System.

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