[ale] Monitoring (Was "Todays trends")

[Erik Mathis]

+1 zabbix. Zabbix has a steeper learning curve tho. Especially when you
want to do complex triggers.

What I really like the most about zabbix is that it will graph anything
easily. Also you can monitor anything using (bash, perl, whatever) one
liners. No need to create a wrapper scripts. Its also makes setting up
relationships or dependencies a snap. It also fully functioning SOAP API. I
dont like that it will disable a item if it fails a check.

ALL SA's should know nagios. Like rsync its a big stepping stone.

If you have to use nagios, opsview is a good alternative.

-Erik-




On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Beddingfield, Allen <allen at ua.edu> wrote:

> I'm totally with you on Nagios.  We switched to Zabbix about a year ago,
> and I couldn't be happier with it.  Best of all - it is also free.
> http://www.zabbix.com
>
> Allen B.
> --
> Allen Beddingfield
> Systems Engineer
> The University of Alabama
>
> ________________________________________
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of Jerald
> Sheets [questy at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 7:33 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: [ale] Monitoring (Was "Todays trends")
>
> On Oct 9, 2013, at 7:45 AM, "Lightner, Jeff" <JLightner at water.com> wrote:
>
> > So the issue wasn't Nagios - it was the folks managing it.
> >
> > Nagios is a great tool and we use it in Production.
>
>
>
> I'll bite.  Nobody better to discuss with than the ALE family…
>
>
> So, I hate Nagios.  Can't express how much I dislike the product, the
> layout of the alerting, the lack of a comprehensive, easy to see and
> understand dashboard with easily managed/administered acknowledgements,
> mobile accessibility, automation, escalation paging… you name it.
>
> Now, before you freak out, I know it's all in there, but I personally find
> it markedly difficult to find all this stuff in the way Nagios has decided
> to lay everything out.
>
>
> Is this just a "me" thing?  Is it because my earliest and most often used
> monitoring stuff is from a "Big Brother" background?  (BB, Hobbit, Xymon,
> Foglight, Spotlight)
>
>
> What's the general landscape of monitoring tools and utilities in use out
> there?
>
>
> --Jerald
>
>
>
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