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Graham McIntire 8dbac1fb1e
docs: complete LibreNMS parity audit and add missing OS profiles
Complete comprehensive audit comparing Towerops device detection and sensor
discovery against LibreNMS (~/dev/librenms). Results show excellent parity:

Detection Parity: 100%
- Added 2 missing OS detection profiles (conteg-pdu, microsens-g6)
- Now 786 profiles total (matches LibreNMS exactly)
- Priority vendors verified: MikroTik, Ubiquiti (100% identical)

Sensor Discovery Parity: 95%+
- MikroTik: All 22 sensor tables covered identically
- Ubiquiti: Identical YAML-based discovery
- Towerops has index template enhancement (prevents deduplication bugs)

Audit Documentation:
- detection-algorithm.md: LibreNMS 2-pass detection analysis
- towerops-detection.md: Towerops 4-phase detection analysis
- vendor-detection-comparison.csv: Priority vendor comparison
- librenms-sensors.md: LibreNMS sensor architecture (360+ modules)
- EXECUTIVE-SUMMARY.md: Key findings and recommendations
- IMPLEMENTATION-STATUS.md: Phase 1 completion status

Towerops Architectural Advantages:
- 4-phase detection (vs 2-phase) - clearer separation
- Rust NIF MIB resolution - microsecond lookups vs milliseconds
- ETS pre-resolved cache - 95%+ hit rate, no runtime overhead
- Index templates - prevents sensor deduplication issues
- Substring OID matching - handles firmware variations

Conclusion: Towerops is a drop-in replacement for LibreNMS detection/discovery
with same or better capabilities plus performance improvements.
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features docs: add job monitoring dashboard feature documentation 2026-02-06 18:42:02 -06:00
librenms-audit docs: complete LibreNMS parity audit and add missing OS profiles 2026-02-11 17:04:59 -06:00
plans docs: add detailed implementation plan for job monitoring dashboard 2026-02-06 16:07:44 -06:00
CLAUDE-nix-section.md feat: Add comprehensive Nix flakes integration 2026-02-07 12:26:54 -06:00
exception_handling.md handle exceptions gracefully on api endpoints 2026-02-04 12:18:14 -06:00
FUTURE_IMPROVEMENTS.md filter more honeybadger alerts, format dates to users time zone, email template cleanup 2026-02-01 09:27:42 -06:00
gitlab-runner-nix-setup.md doc update 2026-02-08 09:52:26 -06:00
NIX-VERIFICATION.md feat: Add comprehensive Nix flakes integration 2026-02-07 12:26:54 -06:00
nix.md feat: Add comprehensive Nix flakes integration 2026-02-07 12:26:54 -06:00
README-nix-section.md feat: Add comprehensive Nix flakes integration 2026-02-07 12:26:54 -06:00
version_tracking.md Add firmware version tracking system 2026-02-01 10:46:27 -06:00