[EdLUG] Nagios

Edinburgh Linux Users Group edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk
Wed Mar 23 22:50:28 UTC 2016


Have a look at Icinga.

Icinga / Nagios is my bread and butter.

Marcel

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 11:14 PM, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <
edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have experience with Nagios, and if you're doing a new deployment, I
> would advise to not use it.
>
> I would advise to use something more modern, with a better community.  I
> have used and would recommend (but not in any particular order):
>
> Shinken (a Python rewrite, with both horizontal and vertical scaleablity
> in mind)
> Ichinga (forked and rewritten Nagios)
> Sensu (a monitoring system that uses json formatted config files)
>
> David
>
>
> On 23 March 2016 at 21:53, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <
> edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jan,
>>
>> Thanks for chipping in, I'd never heard of Nagios until today but seems
>> there's definitely some experience of it in the group.
>> I think what I'll be setting up is basic, but if between me, Tai and the
>> others who offered help we reach our depth then we'll perhaps have to call
>> on Arkadiusz (sounds very mysterious!)
>>
>> When is your next meetup btw?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 6:53 PM, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <
>> edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there.
>>>
>>> Arkadiusz was our resident Nagios expert, giving a fairly comprehensive
>>> overview at a meeting and subsequently at a couple of other lugs.  I know
>>> he left Edinburgh but I'm not sure if he's still on the list. If so he'd
>>> certainly be the best to help.  Or is someone is still in touch with him
>>> they could perhaps pass on the request for info.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Jan
>>>
>>> Sent from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone
>>>
>>>
>>> ---- Edinburgh Linux Users Group wrote ----
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the responses. I need to wait for my dude to get back to me
>>> with more flesh and detail, and will see where it goes from there, but
>>> looks like I won't be stuck!
>>>
>>> Cheers.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 5:40 PM, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <
>>> edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Andy
>>>>
>>>> I'm currently adding Nagios as an upskill to my freelance bow; I have
>>>> some introductory notes and material.
>>>>
>>>> I can do you a little demo if you want and talk you through it. It also
>>>> turns out that I am indeed a freelancer, so we can explore that dimension
>>>> too where appropriate.
>>>>
>>>> You can reach me on my gmail address, handle is dch.tai
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Tai
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ===
>>>> Tai Kedzierski
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 23 March 2016 at 17:28, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <
>>>> edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi, I've just been asked to help set up a monitoring project using
>>>>> Nagios and know nothing about it, so figured I'd ask on here if anyone had
>>>>> any experience with it.
>>>>>
>>>>> The details are a bit hazy at the moment, and I don't know what size
>>>>> it will be.
>>>>> If it's relatively small I'd love to find someone who's brains I can
>>>>> pick for an hour or two in a pub, or if there's freelancers, potentially
>>>>> hand it over to...
>>>>>
>>>>> Andy.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <
>>>>> edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 23 Mar 2016 4:53 pm, "Edinburgh Linux Users Group" <
>>>>>> edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Hi, does anyone here have any experience with Nagios at all?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What kind of problems after you having? I'm no expert by any means,
>>>>>> but regularly have to tweak config files at work. I really should rebuild
>>>>>> them all, one day...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Colin
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Regards,
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Andrew.
>>>>>> >
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