FusionDirectory is an infrastructure management tool built on LDAP that was created by Benoit Mortier. It provides a user-friendly web interface for storing and managing infrastructure data in an LDAP server. This allows infrastructure data to be accessible to various users and roles. FusionDirectory aims to provide a single place to manage the entire complexity of an organization's infrastructure, going beyond just user management. It uses a plugin system and API to make it customizable for any infrastructure needs.

1. FusionDirectory :
your infrastructure manager based on ldap
Benoit Mortier

2. FusionDirectory : your infrastructure manager based on ldap
Speaker's Profile
Who ?
Benoit Mortier
Born in 1967 in Belgium
Studies
College and self learning
What ?
Co-founder of Opensides in 2001
Reponsible of FusionDirectory since 2011
Manager of OpenSides
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History
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Today issues
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Classical interfaces
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FusionDirectory a sysadmin friendly view
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Storing your infrastructure into your ldap server
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FusionDirectory plugins API
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Demo
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History
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Originally ldap server where used to store users data
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Interface where written by sysadmins for sysadmins
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Impossible to delegate work to non sysadmins
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Today issues
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Ldap server store much more data than users now
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Lots of differents users need to interact with the data
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Need to delegate work to differents kind of people
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Need a nice interface to structure and show data
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Classical interfaces
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Raw editor of ldap data
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Specialized interface only for user management
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Toolkit to build your own interface
So no interface to manage the whole complexity
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FusionDirectory a sysadmin friendly view
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Web based interface
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Very User friendly !
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Plugin system to install only what you need
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Manage the whole complexity of your infrastructure
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8. FusionDirectory : your infrastructure manager based on ldap
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Storing your infrastructure into ldap
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Ldap is no longer only for users and authentification
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Having a structured view of your infrastructure
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Using the same data for viewing and acting
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Manage the whole complexity of your infrastructure
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FusionDirectory plugins API
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Helping you write new plugins
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Automaticaly create the various parts of the interface
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Automatically manage FusionDirectory acl
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Easy to understand and extend
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FusionDirectory important urls :)
http://www.fusiondirectory.org
https://forge.fusiondirectory.org
http://documentation.fusiondirectory.org
irc #fusiondirectory on freenode
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My contact
benoit.mortier@opensides.be
bilbo-the-hobbit on irc
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Demo time !
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12. Thanks!