Log4j Community, I have just updated my sourceforge project for the NagiosAppender (http://sourceforge.net/projects/nagiosappender), and I would like to know if there is any interest in adding it to the list of 3rd party extensions on your log4j site.
Nagios is a monitoring tool which has seen a significant increase in popularity in recent years. The typical pattern is simple: if you want to monitor a 'thing' on a server, write a function that 'checks' on the service, and have it return one of a handful of recognized codes. Then register the function with nagios to be run on set frequency. Polling, depending on the implementation, can be a problem in and of itself, as you can easily end up with blocking processes, particularly when there is something going wrong in the system. Fortunately, Nagios also supports the push model, wherein a native agent, using a Nagios specific protocol, can 'push' messages to the Nagios server. The appender I have written, the NatiosAppender, is a pure Java implementation of the agent protocol. That means that any Java based application that can be configured to use log4j is a perfect candidate for monitoring via Nagios without compiling in any additional instrumentation. I look forward to hearing your opinions!! Jar Lyons --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
