Prepare for grief! Although my experience with Nagios dates back to the early 200s, it was a real pain to setup. Eventually I leaned towards big brother as my monitoring tool of choice.
Noah. On May 14, 2011, at 7:47 AM, Stephen S. Musoke wrote: > Luggers, > > Thank you all for your insights. I'll try out Nagios and see what mileage I > get out of it > > Stephen > > -----Original Message----- > From: andrew latimer bwogi [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 10:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LUG] Linux Server Monitoring > > Nagios has never disappointed me. Splunk come lets rock, jazz and see > whether we have the mix... I better not be disappointed. > > Andrew Latimer Bwogi > Software Developer > P.O.Box 1, Kyambogo > Mob.: +256 772 514219 > Skype: andrewlatimerbwogi > Email: [email protected] > Blog: andrewlatimerbwogi.blogspot.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 7:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: LUG Digest, Vol 81, Issue 53 > > Send LUG mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LUG digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Linux Server Monitoring (sanga collins) > 2. Re: Linux Server Monitoring (Bernard Adongo) > 3. The linux Lorld Map (Colline Waiswa) > 4. Re: The linux Lorld Map (sanga collins) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 09:43:56 -0400 > From: sanga collins <[email protected]> > To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Linux Server Monitoring > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I use nagios alot, but recently started using splunk. It is very refined and > even though its syslog based, it can be adapted to monitor anything. > > It also has a nicer interface than nagios, which i feel is still stuck in > the eraly 2000's > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Brian Ssennoga <[email protected]>wrote: > >> or Webmin! >> >> working well on my 4 servers! >> >> On 5/13/11, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Or if you're really hardcore look at zabbix >>> >>> http://www.zabbix.com/ >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> -- >>> Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable >> events >>> occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is >> given >>> credit. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 13 May 2011 13:23, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Seconded; Nagios is a wonderful platform. >>>> >>>> Also check out a Nagios fork called Icinga: >>>> http://www.icinga.org/ >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original message ----- >>>>> Consider nagios, >>>>> Has exactly wat you want! It has a simple and detailed help files in >>>>> implementing it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >> > ............................................................................ > .................................................................... >>>>> Seat of Wisdom .............Pray for us >>>>> Cause of our Joy ...........Pray for us >>>>> .................................................. >>>>> Kizito Thomas >>>>> +256-712-929564 >>>>> +256-782-062708 >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 12:57 +0300, Stephen S. Musoke wrote: >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> Please provide me with any ideas for a Linux server monitoring tool >>>>>> for >>>>>> memory, CPU and space usage that send out alerts when certain >>>>>> thresholds are reached >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks in advance >>>>>> >>>>>> Stephen >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >>>>>> >>>>>> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >>>>>> [email protected] Mailing list archives: >>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: >>>>>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: >>>>>> http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >>>>>> >>>>>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >>>>>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>>>>> >>>>>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >>>>>> (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not >>>>>> responsible for them in any way. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >>>>> >>>>> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >>>>> [email protected] Mailing list archives: >>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: >>>>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: >>>>> http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >>>>> >>>>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >>>>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>>>> >>>>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >> (including >>>>> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for > them >>>>> in any way. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >>>> >>>> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >>>> [email protected] >>>> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>>> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>>> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >>>> >>>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >>>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>>> >>>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >>>> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them >> in >>>> any way. >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Love indeed conquers all..... >> Brian A. Ssennoga >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> > > > > -- > Sanga M. Collins > Network Engineering > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 > E- fax: (435) 578 7411 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20110513/4046d87a/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 18:34:01 +0300 > From: Bernard Adongo <[email protected]> > To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Linux Server Monitoring > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Monit (m*monit*.com/*monit*/) > > The coolest app ever - not because it is the best, but because it is very > small and simple to configure > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Stephen S. Musoke > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Please provide me with any ideas for a Linux server monitoring tool for >> memory, CPU and space usage that send out alerts when certain thresholds >> are >> reached >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Stephen >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20110513/daae29c9/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 08:54:54 -0700 (PDT) > From: Colline Waiswa <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LUG] The linux Lorld Map > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I found this pretty hillarious > > http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-world-map.html > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20110513/59bcb900/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 12:46:20 -0400 > From: sanga collins <[email protected]> > To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] The linux Lorld Map > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hilarious .... printing out a big one to hang up in the office right now > > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Colline Waiswa <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I found this pretty hillarious >> >> http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-world-map.html >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). 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