[sllug-members]: Which Network Monitoring Solution?

[Nathan Lane]

looks like nagios I guess...sorry I haven't used it for a while.

On Nov 28, 2007 9:17 AM, Nathan Lane <nathamberlane at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks John, was that config for nagios or zenoss?
>
> On Nov 28, 2007 9:13 AM, John M. Anderson <sontek at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Nov 28, 2007 8:40 AM, Nathan Lane <nathamberlane at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi I am trying to get a network monitoring solution.  In the past
> > > we've attempted to use Nagios, but couldn't figure out how to get it to
> > > monitor whether a specific web page is accessible on a certain server.
> > > Today I am trying to set up an OpenNMS server to do the same thing, and I am
> > > still running into road blocks - I can't find a straight forward solution
> > > and I've been working on it for two days (same problem as with Nagios).  I
> > > just found another one - Zenoss - and I'm wondering if it's any
> > > better/easier/simpler to configure, or if it stands up to Nagios and
> > > OpenNMS.
> > >
> >
> > In my experience OpenNMS was pretty  bad.  I'd suggest sticking with
> > Nagios or going to Zenoss ( http://www.zenoss.com/ ).
> >
> > Here is a config that checks a specific website:
> >
> > define service {
> >     name                generic-service
> >
> >     active_checks_enabled       1
> >     passive_checks_enabled      1
> >     parallelize_check       1
> >     obsess_over_service     1
> >     check_freshness         0
> >     event_handler_enabled       1
> >     flap_detection_enabled      0 ; just seems stupid to me
> >     failure_prediction_enabled  0 ; kinda needless
> >     process_perf_data       1
> >     retain_status_information   1
> >
> >     max_check_attempts      1
> >
> >     check_period            24x7
> >
> >     notification_interval       0 ; only send updates on status change
> >     is_volatile         0
> >     notifications_enabled       1
> >     notification_period     24x7
> >     notification_options        w,u,c,r
> >
> >     contact_groups          everyone
> >
> >     register            0
> > }
> >
> > define service {
> >     use             generic-service
> >     name                generic-web-site
> >
> >     max_check_attempts      1
> >     normal_check_interval       5   ; 5 minutes
> >     retry_check_interval        1  ; if down, recheck every 1 minutes
> >     notification_interval       60  ; if down, renotify every 60 minutes
> >
> >
> >     servicegroups           websites
> >
> >     register            0
> > }
> >
> > define service {
> >     use         generic-web-site
> >     host_name       servername
> >     service_description Name
> >     check_command       check_http_by_ip!255.255.255.255!https://url
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > the first 2 are just generic settings that all services will have, and
> > then the final one you can define per website that you need to monitor.
> >
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>
> --
> Nathan Lane




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Nathan Lane
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