Extension:DataCenter

DataCenter is an extension for data center planning and asset tracking... basically, for keeping track of all our servers. Hey, you try keeping a few hundred boxes straight in your head!

This is primarily intended for Wikimedia's internal use, but of course others may find it useful as well.

Installing

 * 1) Download the extension files from the MediaWiki SVN repository
 * 2) Run on the command line
 * 3) If you want to start with an initial dataset for testing purposes, Run on the command line
 * 4) Add into your wiki's LocalSettings.php
 * 5) Set $egDataCenterGoogleMapsAPIKey into your wiki's LocalSettings.php with a Google API key as the value. If you don't have one yet, you can get one from the Google API key signup page.
 * 6) Installation can now be verified through Special:Version

High priority

 * User permissions for various actions
 * Paging of tables and galleries when more than 25(?) items are present
 * Add rollback features
 * Add search by serial / asset

Low priority

 * Tags
 * Show units for fields such as meters or watts
 * Connections in plans
 * Upload and link documents to changes
 * Move default data into a script so changes are tracked
 * Objects in objects for plans / appropriate filters for designing
 * Objects in spaces for plans
 * 0 depth rack units render special to denote blank panels?

Feature Requests

 * Add support for importing data from RackTables to Import script
 * Asset reports (history / status / valuation? )
 * Printable 'blueprint' generation from plan
 * More than just racks? Tables/Desks? Shelves?
 * More viewers? Visual model selection / more than just boxes?