Keeping Server System Log

task description

Bit of abstraction: server, site of our work is at the same time the object of it. Command line interface (cli) is working environment, where we spend vast majority of our time, where we execute all actions that operate on object of our work.

Object of our work is is a collection of components (hardware,OS,applications) and level of complexity of interpendencies between them is difficult to predict, to put it mildly, impossible, to be true to personal experience and history of the object.

solution description

Document components, what are they, how are they configured, what are the interdependecies that we know of, and all the changes that we make to any part of it.

features that would make a good solution

storing documenation

Interlinked documentation helps a lot to navigate it and to track dependencies between components, which in turn helps in server maintainance and development. Ability to have multiple documents, edit, have complete history of all edits, see differences between version, see who and when edited what, refactor by splitting/merging/recombining documents, add metadata to documents, export documets in different formats, create larger documention out of smaller ones.

creating and using documentation

Command line is not just the exclussive interface to the server, it's a whole environment. Ability to create documents directly into their own storage system and to add to exising ones, all without leaving our working environment, is essential. So is the ability to automaticaly see most important changes on entering the environment.
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