Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:33:58 -0500 From: DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Network Monitoring Application Help, What do you use? Message-ID: <455B87C6.50907@pixelhammer.com> In-Reply-To: <20061115082228.01bed8c3.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> References: <455A6AD5.7060804@calarts.edu> <20061115082228.01bed8c3.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
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Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu>: > >> I was looking into a Network/Server monitoring application that would do >> the following >> >> >> Must have features >> email/page/sms if one of the rules fail >> has the ability to of course ping the device, ssh into or have someway >> of checking if a daemon is running. >> >> Optional but nice features >> reporting statistics and system status (web based) The statistics are already there in the Nagios web interface. >> restart a failed daemon Could be done with an event handler maybe. >> syslog parsing No idea. >> remote administration It's web interface can be used as remotely as you deem secure. We use a VPN (I work remotely). > > Nagios is a popular choice for this. It has a gazillion different types > of checks it can do, but it doesn't do all your nice to haves. > Nagios can also be very heavily modified with custom plugins. Certainly worth looking into. There is a site dedicated to custom plugins at http://www.nagiosexchange.org. DAve -- Three years now I've asked Google why they don't have a logo change for Memorial Day. Why do they choose to do logos for other non-international holidays, but nothing for Veterans? Maybe they forgot who made that choice possible.
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