Hi all, I'm reaching the point where adding in a new piece of infrastructure hardware, connecting up a new cable, and/or assigning address space to a client is nearly 50% documentation and 50% technical. One thing that would take a major load off would be if my MRTG system could simply update its config/index files for itself, instead of me having to do it on each and every port change. Can anyone offer up ideas on how you manage any automation in this regard for their infrastructure gear traffic graphs? (Commercial options welcome, off-list, but we're as small as our budget is). Unless something else is out there that I've missed, I'm seriously considering writing up a module in Perl to put up on the CPAN that can scan my RANCID logs (and perhaps the devices directly for someone who doesn't use RANCID), send an aggregate 'are these changes authorized' email to an engineer, and then proceed to execute the proper commands within the proper MRTG directories if the engineer approves. I use a mix of Cisco/FreeBSD&Quagga for routers, and Cisco/HP for switches, so it is not as simple as throwing a single command at all configs. All feedback welcome, especially if you are in the same boat. My IP address documentation/DNS is far more important than my traffic stats, but it really hurts when you've forgotten about a port three months ago that you need to know about now. Steve