CMDBuild READY2USE - Open Source CMDB and Asset Management

This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for cloudimg support services.

Overview

CMDBuild is an open source Configuration Management Database backed by a community of thousands of deployments worldwide. IT and facilities teams use it to manage the assets and services of an infrastructure - modeling configuration items and their relationships, tracking hardware and software inventory, running IT service management and workflow processes, building reports and dashboards, and integrating with other systems through a REST API. This image delivers the CMDBuild READY2USE data model fully installed and configured as a production application, so you have a complete asset and service management platform running within minutes of launch, with full ownership of your data.

Why This Image Over DIY or Other Images

A manual CMDBuild install requires configuring Tomcat, PostgreSQL, nginx, and the READY2USE data model separately - a process that typically takes hours. Generic community AMIs ship with default credentials and no process management, leaving you exposed. This image eliminates both problems: the application binds to loopback behind nginx, systemd manages all services with automatic restart on failure, and a secure first-boot process generates unique credentials per instance. Combined with 24/7 cloudimg support, you get a hardened deployment with engineers available for tuning and troubleshooting - something unsupported community images cannot offer.

Example Use Case: Managed Service Provider

A managed service provider with a team of 10-50 engineers tracking thousands of configuration items across client environments can launch this image and immediately begin modeling client infrastructure - servers, network devices, software licenses, and contracts. Use the built-in workflow engine to automate change-request approvals linked to CI impact analysis, and connect CMDBuild to your monitoring and ticketing systems through the REST API to keep your inventory synchronized.

Application Stack

• CMDBuild READY2USE deployed on Apache Tomcat with the OpenJDK 17 JRE behind nginx on port 80
• PostgreSQL with the PostGIS extension as the application database on loopback only, on a dedicated data volume
• Systemd service management with automatic restart on failure
• Secure first-boot credential generation unique to each instance

Asset and Service Management

The READY2USE data model gives you a ready-made configuration management database: manage hardware and software assets, locations, contacts and suppliers, model relationships between configuration items, run service and workflow processes, and follow everything through dashboards and reports. Connect CMDBuild to your other systems through its REST API to keep your inventory in step with the rest of your tooling.

Secure First Boot

On the first boot a one-shot service generates a fresh PostgreSQL role password and a fresh administrator password, both unique to that instance, before the public web interface is started. The shipped default admin login is rotated so it no longer works. The administrator password is written to a file only the root user can read. No shared or default credentials ship in the image.

Ready To Use

The CMDBuild web interface is served on port 80 through nginx. Sign in with the generated administrator credentials to explore the asset classes, model your configuration items, run processes and invite your team. The REST API is available on the same port for integration with your other systems.

Getting Started

To evaluate the platform at minimal cost, launch the image on a t3.medium instance. You will have a fully functional CMDB environment to explore the data model, test REST API integrations, and validate workflows before scaling to production. For deployment guidance or a walkthrough of the platform, contact cloudimg support - we offer free deployment consultations to help you size your environment and plan your rollout.

cloudimg Support

24/7 technical support by email and live chat. Our engineers help with deployment, data-model configuration, the REST API, workflow and process setup, user management, database tuning, TLS and scaling. Critical issues receive a one-hour average response.

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