telco

whois query tools database, based on the RIPE engine (www.ripe.net). the tool is written in perl (by the staff at ripe.net; they just implemented an instance at their site), and in this instance, it was implemented on sparc boxes running solaris and apache, with a lot of mods added in. the official title is the vpn routing registry. the unix sys admin work was done by nad AT devlinks DOT net; the programming of the RIPE engine was done by can bican and lots of other programmers at RIPE (can't remember them all, but they were extremely helpful with advice and technical assistance during the install). learning the protocols to commit objects was a bit outside my experience, but worthwhile to learn. it had also been a while since I did any perl work, so that was a nice change of pace
this is the interface to select object type for creation
this example is of adding a person object. you can move the fields around and increase the lines. my customizations included the .pm and .pl files to remove their menuing and customize the application for the telco environment
a person object filled out in correct syntax, with automatic nic handle information generated
successful commit of new person object
show database view on production box
query section of whois tool - here we're looking for person objects (by default) with "bugs" in them
found person object that contains "bugs" - this one is for bugs bunny
this view shows the advanced query view
this is the free form add, modify, and delete tool for updating all objects in the database. it's important to capture the changed field with the date stamp, or future modifications will not commit
this is the password registration tool