Cartographer FAQ
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Cartographer Project FAQ
This FAQ for the Cartographer project is broken into several sections. If you do not find the answer to your question here, please let us know by emailing info1 -at- krupczak.org
Project
What is Cartographer?
Cartographer implements a novel approach to managing distributed systems by automatically discovering and tracking the relationships between its component systems and applications. Cartographer does so via specially designed agents -- residing on clients, servers and (potentially) network devices -- that detect, identify, and track the inter and intra-system dependencies or relationships. Dependencies include network level services like DNS, DHCP, and SMTP as well as higher-level application abstractions like filesystems, databases, directory services, telephony, and middleware.
Relationships are modeled using a dependency graph borrowed from the Graph Theory branch of mathematics. In our model, systems and applications are represented as vertices and dependencies are represented as edges. More specifically, we use directed graphs to indicate dependencies between clients and servers or between peers. Once dependencies are discovered, Cartographer agents automatically organize systems and applications into peer-to-peer overlays. Then, peers exchange management information amongst themselves to detect and correct service problems with the goal of doing so without the active participation of management software.
What license agreement is Cartographer released under?
Two licenses cover different components of Cartographer. The first, the GNU GPLv2, covers pieces that have been open sourced. The second, this license agreement covers those portions not released under open source.
What are the pieces parts?
The figures below depict the software architectural relationship between the various components. Green denotes an open-source component, covered by the GPLv2, while blue denotes those that are traditional or closed-source covered by our own license agreement.
Where can I download the source?
See this web page to download source and binaries. http://www.krupczak.org/index.php/Distributions
What is the current version?
The current release is 1.1.
