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Object Types#

The default installation of i-doit already offers a large variety of object types which can be used for a wide range of purposes or can be hidden when they are not used. This article provides a short overview of object types.

Object type Description Examples
Application
End user applications Web browser, Office applications
Workplace
Logical links of terminal devices and a person to workplaces
Operating system
Operating systems GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS
Blade chassis Chassis for Blade server
Blade server Physical server in a Blade chassis
Client Desktop computers, laptops, workstations
Cluster Logical links of highly available systems
Cluster services
Application for managing highly available systems; see Cluster
File
Uploaded files
Database instance
Started instances of a DBMS
Database schema
Created databases of a DBMS
DBMS Database management systems (DBMS) MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL
Printer
Printers Laser printers, inkjet printers, multifunction devices, fax machines, plotter, 3D printers
Electric power company
Companies suppling other organizations with power
Vehicle
Vehicles
FC switch
Fiber channel switches; often in connection with SANs; see Storage system
Aircraft
Aircrafts
Building
Buildings in a City
Appliance
Appliances which are used in the organization but are rather designed as black box Firewalls
Host Remote computers which aren't directly accessible DNS servers
information domain Information networks (IT security/ IT-Grundschutz); see Add-on VIVA
Cable
A group of wires, such as cupper wires or glass fibers, covered in plastic or rubber and used to carry electricity or electrical signals
Cable tray
Cable routes; see Cable
Air Condition System
Air-conditioning of active components
Converter
Components for the conversion of signals etc.
Crypto card
Smart cards with cryptography functions
KVM switch
Devices allowing control of multiple input devices (keyboard, video, mouse)
Country Countries
Layer 2 Net
VLANs
Layer 3-Net
Subnets (IPv4, IPv6)
Conduit
Empty conduit for Cable
Wiring System
Logical wiring; see Cable
Licenses
Software licenses etc.
Middleware
Layers between presentation layers and data storage layers JBoss
Migration objects
Objects which had to be migrated after earlier updates (not in use at the moment)
Cellular phone
Mobile phones, feature phones, smartphones; see SIM card
Monitor
External displays for computers; see Client
Nagios host-template See Network Monitoring with Nagios
Nagios service See Network Monitoring with Nagios
Nagios service-template See Network Monitoring with Nagios
Net zone Segmentation of subnets; see Layer 3-Net
Emergency power supply
Systems for power supply when the main power supply fails Diesel generators
Emergency plan
Emergency plans as File
Object group
Logical link of objects
Organization
Companies, institutions, facilities
Patch Panel
Patch panels in a server rack; see Rack
Persons
People and Bots
Person groups
Grouped Persons Access rights groups, departments
Printbox
Printer server
Room
Rooms in a Building
Remote Management Controller Components for remote administration of servers; see Server
Replication object
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Router Layer-3 router
SAN Zoning Zones in a SAN; see Storage system
Server Physical servers
Service Organizational services provided by an organization IT services
SIM card
SIM cards; see Cellular phone
Rack
Server racks
Storage system
Storage Area Networks (SAN) and Network Attached Storages (NAS)
Stacking Combination of hardware components Stacked switches
City
Cities in a Country
Power distribution unit
Power Distribution Units (PDU) for power supply
Supernet Combination of subnets; see Layer 3-Net
Switch Layer-2 switches
Switch Chassis Housing for modular switches; see Switch
System service
Services, daemons and applications which are executed on servers Apache webserver, i-doit, PHP
Phone
Analog or ISDN telephones
*Telephone* system
Telephone systems
*Uninterruptible power supply* Uninterruptible power supplies (UPS)
Amplifier
Active components for amplifying signals etc.
Distribution box
For power supply; see Cable
Contract
Maintenance contracts etc.
Virtual client Virtual desktops; see Virtual host
Virtual host Host systems for virtual machines; see Virtual Maschine and Virtual client
Virtual Maschine Virtual machines (VM); see Virtual Host
VoIP telephone
SIP capable telephones
VRRP/HSRP Cluster Highly available routers which use VRRP, HSRP or CARP protocols
WAN
External connections/ uplinks
Wireless Access Point WLAN APs

Fields in the Configuration#

Fields in the Configuration

The following fields are displayed in new and existing object types:

  • ID
    The ID is a sequential number which is given by the system. Its uniqueness allows for the identification of the object type. A manual change is not possible.

  • TranslatedTitle
    Using this field you can check whether the language constant you are using is correctly translated in the currently chosen language if you are using your own language file.

  • Language constant/Title
    It is possible in this field to enter a language constant or a title in plain text. If you are using i-doit multilingually, please use a constant you translate in your own language file.

  • SYSID Prefix
    The SYSID prefix is inserted in all objects of this type when generating the SYSID. When leaving this field empty, the standard prefixSYSID_will be used. Otherwise, the SYSIDs will be generated with your own prefix. If the field remains untouched, the current Unix timestamp will be included in the SYSID. The object ID is included for custom prefixes.

  • Automatic Inventory numbers
    If you want i-doit to generate individual inventory numbers on its own for objects of this type, you can enter the formula for this here. Variables are available for this which you can display via the blue question mark at the end of the line. It is also possible to combine these variables with each other and with plain text.

  • Position in the tree
    If you are not using an alphabetical sorting for the object types in the tree menu on left side, you can create a custom order via the sorting. The sorting takes place in ascending order based on the number values.

  • Object color
    Here you can assign a color to each object type. These color tags are found for example in theCMDB explorerand also in the graphical representation of racks to make the display more transparent..

  • Object type group
    If you changed your mind while configuring and assigned your object type to another group or if you wanted to move an existing object type in another group, you can adjust the object type group via this option.

  • Specific category
    You can optionally choose the desired specific category and link it with the object type using a drop-down menu. Please note that specific categories are mutually exclusive and therefore only one specific category can be chosen.

  • Custom made
    TheCustominformation will inform you whether this object type is already available in the standard installation or if it was created by a user. Standard object types can only be hidden and not be deleted.

  • Location
    In this selection it is possible to define whether objects of this type are supposed to serve as the physicallocationfor further objects. Objects which are not supposed to serve as the physical location will not be shown in the location browser.

  • Relation master
    Each object relation has a direction or a dependency. When editing an object and linking another, the linked object is always dependent on the object being edited. However, if the linked object is an object whose object type has been configured as relation master, this object will then assume the master role in the relation.

  • Positionable in rack
    Here you can declare whether objects of this type can be built into a rack within specific height units. When deactivated, the attributes are not available for positioning in the rack.

  • Display in menu tree
    The display in the menu tree can be deactivated with this option. If you don't need standard object types and want to hide them or if you don't want your custom object types to appear in the menu tree yet, you can hide them for all users here.

  • Picture
    Here you can select a standard object picture for the information line.

  • Icon
    With this option you can determine the icon that will be displayed next to your object type in the menu tree. For this you need to specify the path of the icon beginning from the_i-doit_installation folder.

  • Constant
    You can determine a constant which allows database queries for the object type. In_i-doit_the standard formula for this is C__OBJTYPE__[NAME], while [NAME] is to be replaced by the name of the object type._i-doit_automatically generates a constant which receives the current Unix timestamp instead of the name. Replace the Unix timestamp by the stylized name of the object type (ideally only ASCII capital letters) for better readability (e.g. for SQL reports).

  • Default-Template
    If you already created templates using the template feature, you can select a template here which is then used to fill in new objects automatically. This way, you can pre-fill values which are the same for all objects of this type. You can adjust these pre-filled values anytime, if needed.

  • Overview page as standard view
    With this option you determine whether opening an object of this type will display the overview page or the categoryGeneral. This option is set to “No” by default. When setting it to “Yes”, the selected specific category will be added automatically to the overview page.

  • Categories
    You customize your object type in this selection. Each category having its checkbox activated will be available within your object type. In the right column you can specify what categories will be shown on the overview page. This selection is only possible if the overview page was previously set as the standard display. The order of categories can be determined per drag'n'drop using the hatched lines.

  • Description
    Here it is possible to leave hints and notes regarding your object type.