tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post2799235890180314044..comments2024-03-18T02:04:50.380-07:00Comments on Agile Testing: The sad state of open source monitoring toolsGrig Gheorghiuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863511617654196370noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-76371485745607255822013-01-08T14:31:23.968-08:002013-01-08T14:31:23.968-08:00What's the deal with all the Nagios clowns? I...What's the deal with all the Nagios clowns? I don't care about the interface, but guess who does care? The executives and sales types of are giving tours of the facility and showing off our WidgetSoft 2.0. The Nagios interface is craptastic, and no amount of "I'm too cool for flashy" is going to change it.<br /><br />Those tours sell customers, which pay my salary and bonuses. You hipster-nerds should just go hang with RMS and bitch about anything that seems too flashy or *gasp* user friendly. CShttp://www.hospital.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-76994723099650583272010-01-05T15:23:11.252-08:002010-01-05T15:23:11.252-08:00I don't think in-depth monitoring (dashboards,...I don't think in-depth monitoring (dashboards, graphs, alerts for your entire infrastructure) could be made any easier than with LogicMonitor: <br /><br />http://logicmonitor.com<br /><br />We've automated the setup process so configuration takes just minutes. Simply enter the device's hostname and you’re done. LogicMonitor then automatically discovers devices, and keeps them up to date. <br /><br />It's not free, but if you value your time, it's worth considering.Steve Francishttp://logicmonitor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-586774982608837062009-11-18T08:17:09.732-08:002009-11-18T08:17:09.732-08:00The sad state of internet.
There are at least 2 k...The sad state of internet.<br /><br />There are at least 2 kinds of people behind a computer, the admin and the user.<br /><br />you're a USER.<br /><br />nagios own you man !magnetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-38030241655300519362009-06-13T02:51:53.481-07:002009-06-13T02:51:53.481-07:00If the application looks horrible, it is probably ...If the application looks horrible, it is probably coded horrible too. It is 2009 and there is no excuse for a shitty interface on any piece of software. Some of the proprietary software is the worst. I can't believe people actually pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for shitty software. It is amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-30409162198810500542009-05-18T10:56:00.000-07:002009-05-18T10:56:00.000-07:00> WebInject - a perl script written in 1998
T...> WebInject - a perl script written in 1998 <br /><br />To be fair, WebInject was developed in 2004 (I wrote it)Corey Goldberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219872951977664560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-77543018578202626592009-05-18T10:40:00.000-07:002009-05-18T10:40:00.000-07:00I also tested the tools mentioned in the article a...I also tested the tools mentioned in the article and I settled on Hyperic. It has few quirks but it is extensible and it is in active development. Groundworks was ok for awhile until I run into issues where it would stop monitoring something and it was pain to track down why it suddenly stopped. The interface was not a big deal but what turned me off was that Groundworks was using older version of Nagios and this kind of version mismatch was not a good sign for me. And I wanted to use it for web site monitoring and recommended tools was WebInject - a perl script written in 1998 or so which couldn't parse javascript enabled sites.vladnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-88842422003983055452009-01-11T09:42:00.000-08:002009-01-11T09:42:00.000-08:00I miss Osmius. http://Osmius.netNetwork devices, s...I miss Osmius.<BR/><BR/> http://Osmius.net<BR/><BR/>Network devices, servers, DB and applications monitoring. Create your own Services and assign them availability or state SLA, and it comes with reports and BI to squeeze info from data, just to mention some features.<BR/><BR/>They are starting but perhaps it is worth to take a look.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-6610213886788882122008-12-09T11:54:00.000-08:002008-12-09T11:54:00.000-08:00The newer Groundwork version in the works has a mu...The newer Groundwork version in the works has a much nicer BitRock-based installer:<BR/><BR/>http://groundworkopensource.com/community/downloads/5.3alpha.html<BR/><BR/>DanielAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-8167295737072461562008-12-04T21:19:00.000-08:002008-12-04T21:19:00.000-08:00Sunt impresionat de interesul starnit de articol ,...Sunt impresionat de interesul starnit de articol , dovada ca este un subiect care preocupa pe multi. FELICITARI si tot asa pe mai departe!Gheorghe Gheorghiuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367388481676297817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-53125273146437247592008-12-02T09:52:00.000-08:002008-12-02T09:52:00.000-08:00Sorry to hear you had such a poor Zenoss experienc...Sorry to hear you had such a poor Zenoss experience. We've been making a really strong push on the documentation and end-user experience with the latest release, don't know if you got to use the new 2.3 release and the new <A HREF="http://www.zenoss.com/community/docs/Getting_Started_with_Zenoss_2.3.pdf" REL="nofollow">Getting Started with Zenoss Guide</A>. Feel free to email me with direct feedback and check us out again soon, I really feel Zenoss has a strong base and is rapidly improving the end-user experience.<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>Matt Ray<BR/>Zenoss Community Manager<BR/>mray@zenoss.commrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293338800689097736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-27998499984970385162008-12-02T05:02:00.000-08:002008-12-02T05:02:00.000-08:00Hi, i use free online network monitoring tools by ...Hi, i use free online network monitoring tools by Dotcom you may check them at http://www.dotcom-monitor.com They offer paid service too. Before i used to keen on Nagios for sure :)anjelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03718908167556301863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-85507710505588911082008-12-02T01:06:00.000-08:002008-12-02T01:06:00.000-08:00I went through a similar analysis process in the s...I went through a similar analysis process in the summer, comparing Nagios, OpenNMS and Zenoss ( http://www.skills-1st.co.uk/papers/jane/open_source_mgmt_options.html ). <BR/><BR/>Given that I have a LONG background in IBM equivalent software, there were elements of all 3 that surpassed commercial products. <BR/><BR/>Part of the problem with Open Source is that most of us are prepared to "comment" but far fewer of us are prepared to contribute - even if it is simply contributing to the body of knowledge in the public domain through maillists and fora (and that doesn't just mean "us" personally, it also often implies enough time from our employers to contribute). With "free" software you trade an obvious price ticket (usually huge from the Big 4) for a much more nebulous cost in time, skills, and this contributing back to the pool of knowledge.<BR/><BR/>The great thing about Open Source is that this IS possible! With the Big 4, especially if you are not a major enterprise, the chance of you influencing anything (or sometimes even getting major bugs fixed) is zip.<BR/><BR/>I agree that documentation is often the problem with with Open Source offerings. Certainly I have found with Zenoss that it is possible to do most things I want but you have to dig around fora, wikis and FAQs to find more detailed information.<BR/><BR/>Just my 2 pennorth!<BR/>JaneUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15644041770692558591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-75266830161287995742008-12-01T13:10:00.000-08:002008-12-01T13:10:00.000-08:00Just an FYI, GroundWork offers free support to the...Just an FYI, GroundWork offers free support to their open source users. So if you're having trouble, it's a bit silly not take advantage of it and open a ticket. http://www.groundworkopensource.com/services/support/community-support.htmlNetDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406686547942292362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-79432583090825494072008-12-01T12:59:00.000-08:002008-12-01T12:59:00.000-08:00I went through the same process last spring and se...I went through the same process last spring and settled on Hyperic as well. I like being able to code monitoring stuff in Python. UI plugins can be coded in Groovy, which feels much less aggravating than Java (in which Hyperic is written in).<BR/><BR/>Hyperic doesn't have much of an open source community compared to many of the other options. It isn't as widely used as something like Nagios, so doing web searches on any problems you run into are unlikely to come up with solutions. I have had pretty good success posting on their forums, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-70339198089105859582008-12-01T07:24:00.000-08:002008-12-01T07:24:00.000-08:00Amazing that you would discount Groundwork because...Amazing that you would discount Groundwork because you couldn't get it installed. This reviewer had no problems:<BR/><BR/>http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/071608-gearhead.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-74377943654365070742008-12-01T07:07:00.001-08:002008-12-01T07:07:00.001-08:00I used to use Nagios for monitoring/alerting and M...I used to use Nagios for monitoring/alerting and MRTG for trend analysis from 2000 until about a year ago. I have since moved to Zabbix. It has similar alerting capabilities as Nagios but much better trend analysis that old good MRTG. Zabbix is not perfect, but I'm happy with it. I was recently looking at Zenoss and NetXMS but I think I'll stick with Zabbix for now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-11640038083099754262008-12-01T07:07:00.000-08:002008-12-01T07:07:00.000-08:00Hey Grig,I went through a similar process recently...Hey Grig,<BR/><BR/>I went through a similar process recently and chose OpenNMS. It just "works" out of the box.<BR/><BR/>Zabbix seems nice, but it wasn't as easy to set up and the design decision to store *all* monitoring data in the database means it doesn't scale.<BR/><BR/>R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-64490038940597967722008-12-01T06:42:00.000-08:002008-12-01T06:42:00.000-08:00Groundwork uses Nagios as it's base. GW is jus...Groundwork uses Nagios as it's base. GW is just a bunch of features like reporting and graphing on top of Nagios. <BR/><BR/>There are a number of nice themes out there for Nagios. Google is your friend.<BR/><BR/>A few points. Nagios is highly scalable. I have A parent server and four child servers reporting >8000 service checks and >1200 host checks to the parent server.<BR/><BR/>Groundwork, which I use on the parent server (the child servers are plain Nagios) expects the base install to be a clean and minimum install - not some server you have piles of crap installed on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-1805083125738882582008-12-01T02:39:00.000-08:002008-12-01T02:39:00.000-08:00Yet another vote here for Zabbix.It gets the job d...Yet another vote here for Zabbix.<BR/><BR/>It gets the job done with a minimum of fuss; it supports basic things like SNMP and trending right out of the box, and it's very easy to add new commands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-44141111047713957672008-12-01T02:06:00.000-08:002008-12-01T02:06:00.000-08:00You have to check out Cacti :-)!You have to check out <A HREF="http://www.cacti.net" REL="nofollow">Cacti</A> :-)!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-79845534332287324122008-12-01T00:43:00.000-08:002008-12-01T00:43:00.000-08:00Some functionality Opsview provides over a standar...Some functionality Opsview provides over a standard Nagios installation:<BR/><BR/>- Distributed monitoring with clustering<BR/>- SNMP trap processing / rules engine<BR/>- Automatic graphing of performance data (no configuration required)<BR/>- Data Warehouse and reporting tools<BR/>- XML configuration and monitoring APIs<BR/>- LDAP / Active Directory authentication<BR/><BR/>IMO it is not "just a wrapper around Nagios" but I'll leave everyone to form their own opinions.<BR/><BR/>-JPUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11705322259445175726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-86780150205651041912008-12-01T00:13:00.000-08:002008-12-01T00:13:00.000-08:00http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.netBetter than Hobbit...http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net<BR/>Better than Hobbit, configured via text-files, optional agnt on monitored servers, TCP, UDP and ICMP tests inside, can write own plugins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-12413601043970549282008-11-30T23:57:00.000-08:002008-11-30T23:57:00.000-08:00Monitoring is tough. I just don't think this prob...Monitoring is tough. I just don't think this probably has been 100% solved yet. I have had some decent experience with Zenoss, but I haven't done anything too tricky either.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I think there is a something to be said for writing some code yourself with Net-SNMP:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-netsnmpnipython/" REL="nofollow">net-snmp and python</A>.<BR/><BR/>I do concur though, that log file analysis with a central syslog server is a good idea too.Noah Gifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13144332122855013229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-62050333229449270532008-11-30T23:52:00.000-08:002008-11-30T23:52:00.000-08:00Did you _actually_ discredit Nagios because of the...Did you _actually_ discredit Nagios because of the web interface? It seems a tad ... unprofessional to me.<BR/><BR/>My experience with Nagios is nothing but good: I use it with almost 100 servers, many in a virtual environment. I use the groups functionality extensively, SLA reporting tools and I export graphs with nagiosgraph.<BR/><BR/>From time to time with misbehaving applications I let Nagios restart and report. And believe me, when something happends and a dozen servers die, I am very happy that Nagios is a mature tool. I can rely on its reporting.<BR/><BR/>My advice is to use the most mature tool available. You want it out of your way for your daily work but you need _relevant_ information when something goes wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238405.post-21808686991568659002008-11-30T23:51:00.000-08:002008-11-30T23:51:00.000-08:00I would try SpiceWorks - http://spiceworks.com/I would try SpiceWorks - http://spiceworks.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com