CONSELF: Open-Source Console Management
CONSELF is an open-source console management and monitoring software. It allows administrators to monitor, manage, and troubleshoot servers, network devices, and other IT infrastructure equipment through a web-based console.
What is CONSELF?
CONSELF is an open-source, web-based console management and monitoring platform. It provides IT administrators with a central interface to monitor, manage, and troubleshoot their server, network, and other IT infrastructure equipment.
Key features of CONSELF include:
- Web-based console access - Remotely connect to console ports of servers, network devices, virtual machines, etc. Supports SSH, Telnet, HTTP/HTTPS, VMware ESXi, and more.
- Centralized dashboard - At-a-glance view of infrastructure health status, alerts, performance metrics, and more.
- Role-based access control - Granular user permissions for access to devices and application features.
- Monitoring and alerting - Monitor CPU, memory, disk space usage. Custom alerts based on thresholds and event logs.
- Reporting and auditing - Detailed activity audit logs. Custom reports on assets, user actions, system health, etc.
- API and CLI access - Automate infrastructure through RESTful API or Command Line Interface (CLI).
- Plugin extensions - Extend functionality via community-built or custom plugins.
CONSELF helps IT teams streamline routine management, quickly detect and respond to infrastructure issues, enforce security policies, and reduce mean time to resolution.