System admin work is boring. I want to find a way to save myself (and other system admins if possible).
I was inspired by github's hubot. It's expressive simple and really make system admin's work funny. I like the idea learning by watching. I want to use the hubot in my project.
But sadly, hubot just misses one important thing - it's a centralized bot without any network level support. In my scenario, I have some computers in cloud, some in real racks and some in company's intranet. I don't have a server that can communicate to all other servers. I need a "bridge" to connect all servers so that I can use the bot to control everything.
What's more, I want the "bridge" is able to work as a back door application. I don't want to be bothered by authentication details. I need to use one unified credential to operate all servers.
I call this bridge application as "the sisters". This name comes from a Japanese novel Toaru Majutsu no Index. There is a plan called "the sisters" in this novel. This plan is to build tens of thousands of clone super girls who can control electricity. These clone girls can build a network using their skill. In this network, they can share any information and perform any calculation task.
I consider the hubot as a human interface to "the sisters", while "the sisters" does the real work for hubot.