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ISC Inventory

The ISC asset inventory, a Snipe-IT instance at https://isc-inventory.isc-vs.ch: who holds which laptop, what can be borrowed, and the check-out / check-in history.

Runs onthe hannibal Infomaniak VPS — Snipe-IT app + MariaDB in Docker, ports 8080/8443 (Aug 2026)
Accessper-user accounts, no VPN needed. Credentials come from the inventory administrator
Tracksassets (hardware), licences, accessories, consumables and components
Moving onto the rack

This service predates ISC³ and is the last one still on a VPS rather than on the rack. Moving it to a guest on ISC³ is an open item — ops todo; it also has to be settled before the ISC Learn migration, which needs the list of hannibal's co-tenants. Nothing about the usage below changes with the move.

Permissions​

Non-administrator accounts get read-only on all five object types (assets, licences, accessories, consumables, components), plus the ability to request a borrowable asset.

Set every user's permissions to Hériter rather than granting them individually: the account then inherits whatever its group carries, which is the only way the model stays consistent as groups change. Groups themselves live under the administrator settings.

Borrowing something (users)​

Only assets can be requested through the interface. Open the requestable-assets view, pick what you need and click Demander. The request lands with the inventory administrator, who either checks the asset out to you — that is the acceptance — or refuses it.

Anything that is not an asset (a licence, an accessory, a consumable) is not requestable: ask the inventory administrator directly.

Administering it​

The operations are all in the web UI, and its labels are the documentation:

  • Make an asset requestable — Assets → the asset → edit → tick the requestable option. Assets only; the other object types have no equivalent.
  • Handle requests — the requestable-assets view lists pending ones, to accept (check out) or refuse.
  • Assign permanently — edit the asset and set the permanent-user checkbox, for a machine that is someone's rather than borrowed.
  • Check in and out — the check-in / check-out buttons on the asset, or Dissocier to release one and set its new status (available, needs repair, …). Verify afterwards on the asset itself or in the person's history under Personnes.
  • Users and groups — Personnes for users; groups are under the administrator settings (gear icon, top right).
  • Export — the export icon in any object list, to Excel, CSV and other formats.

What is not documented here​

Snipe-IT's own backups, and the container/database layout on hannibal. The latter is on the hannibal page; the former has to be settled as part of moving the service onto the rack.