+1 Jacek
On Dec 5, 2007 10:36 PM, Viet Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > There has been a lot of work done on the monitoring plugin lately. I > think it is now time to move it from sandbox into trunk, in time for > the 2.1 release. I am unsure > of the timeline for 2.1, but I feel as though the monitoring plugin > should be moved to trunk around this time, so that the little kinks > can be worked out before it is > too late for the release. Erik and I have worked together along with > the help of many others to provide a monitoring collecting agent and > monitoring portlet. > > To briefly go over what the monitoring plugin can do: > -monitor multiple servers > -securely connects to remote servers that are monitored (via MEJB and > encryption of the password using Geronimo's EncryptionManager) > -keeps an on going history of user-chosen statistics > -provides the ability to view current and past statistics > -customizable graphs (e.g. I can choose which stats I want to graph, > and much more) > -the ability to group certain graphs together into what we call a > "view." The idea is to allow an administrator to view only those > graphs that he cares about...all in one place! > -editable server, graphs, and views option > -provides the ability to keep track of any mbean that is declared as a > StatisticsProvider > -administrator can custom define the elapsed time period before each > snapshot is taken > -everything is packaged into plugins (separate plugins and a bundled > plugin with both pieces), so deploying is made easier > > I hope that some of you can take some time to test out the plugin > which can be pulled from sandbox at > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/geronimo/sandbox/monitoring and > provide > some feedback. If there are no objections, I hope that a committer can > soon move the monitoring plugin into trunk. One of the new features > that I would like to see listed > for the 2.1 release is this monitoring plugin. I believe it will > attract a lot of attention and users. > > Thanks, > Viet > -- Jacek Laskowski http://www.JacekLaskowski.pl
