Use external Inventory system for devices and not Register Devices in NSO

[Johan Nemitz]

Question:

Assuming one wants to source the devices from another inventory source, and NOT import/add them into NSO, is there an option for such a scenario with NSO?

Example:

I have my inventory database that has all my devices. I just want to manage and maintain the ADD/REMOVE of devices ONLY in this one inventory database (don’t want to manage and maintain the same inventory in NSO again). But then I need to use the device inventory in my inventory database with NSO.

[KJ Rossavik]

It seems like what you want to do is to integrate your inventory system with NSO so that whenever a device is added/deleted/modified (i.e. device name, management connectivity attributes – IP address, credentials, etc.) the corresponding changes also take place in NSO.

[Johan Nemitz]

Yes. Except without doing the data replication between the two systems (only keep the data in the inventory system) - kind of like a soft link in Linux.  I don't think that this is possible but wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.

[Jan Lindblad · Accepted solution]

That's right. NSO needs to have the devices it manages in its database if you want things like sync-from and services to work. Devices that NSO doesn't touch, or touches only briefly on rare occasions, might not need to be in the NSO device list.