Re: Server monitoring
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan sir...@gmail.com wrote: do you guyz think that *.* @syslog-server is a good option to use. are you guys forwarding specific messages or using *.* i have listed servers 3 KVM qemu (vertualization) 3 Squid servers. 2 Samba storage servers. 2 firewall (IPCOP) and more to come.. mailserver. VOIP e.t.c the reason for asking this question is only that i don't want my logging machine to be get stormed by unwanted messages. and the point is i am newbie :) Thanks, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAGWVfMmRkbLx=z6_ewnqn8oa54gmu1gj+nt-vt6aavcdgq5...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Server monitoring
as you all vote for loganalyzer but i may also want to send an prompt alert on my cellphone via sms or VIA email. so do loganalyzer support this feature? Thanks, On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Denis Witt denis.w...@concepts-and-training.de wrote: On 29.06.2012 12:46, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: i want your suggestion in installting a centralized syslog server with web interface. I also use rsyslog and LogAnalyzer. For crucial services I also use Nagios and Munin. Nagios also send me push-notifications on my Phone if any listed service fails or a machine is running out of disk space, etc. Bye. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fedd739.5000...@concepts-and-training.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAGWVfMk=+euzscbrqrgarnklgej2k1t0jxnf5cxfz+m3rj4...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Server monitoring
On 02.07.2012 12:06, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: as you all vote for loganalyzer but i may also want to send an prompt alert on my cellphone via sms or VIA email. so do loganalyzer support this feature? No (AFAIK), but Nagios does. E-Mail works out of the box. For SMS you will need some kind of service provider or some (linux and sms server tools) compatible hardware. If you use an iPhone you can also take a look at the prowl-App to receive push notifications. Bye. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ff184bd.4000...@concepts-and-training.de
Re: Server monitoring
do you guyz think that *.* @syslog-server is a good option to use. are you guys forwarding specific messages or using *.* i have listed servers 3 KVM qemu (vertualization) 3 Squid servers. 2 Samba storage servers. 2 firewall (IPCOP) and more to come.. mailserver. VOIP e.t.c in this kind of of an environment what kind of strategy do you guyz think that i can use. *.* or specific or any better approach that you guyz can suggest. Thank you, On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Denis Witt denis.w...@concepts-and-training.de wrote: On 02.07.2012 12:06, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: as you all vote for loganalyzer but i may also want to send an prompt alert on my cellphone via sms or VIA email. so do loganalyzer support this feature? No (AFAIK), but Nagios does. E-Mail works out of the box. For SMS you will need some kind of service provider or some (linux and sms server tools) compatible hardware. If you use an iPhone you can also take a look at the prowl-App to receive push notifications. Bye. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ff184bd.4000...@concepts-and-training.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAGWVfM=cabwwjwwef4oywauhy4h2bmsbwq+pkhwh7hzcmq9...@mail.gmail.com
RE: Server monitoring
Hello -- I am using LogAnalyzer as my central log server. There is a procedure available at the following url: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/centralized-logging-web-interface for the installation. I have the application running on a virtual machine, and it has been a productive add-on for our operations. -Original Message- From: Muhammad Yousuf Khan [mailto:sir...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 6:47 AM To: debian Subject: Server monitoring Hello everyone, i want your suggestion in installting a centralized syslog server with web interface. there are many option on the web it is difficult for me to choose the right one, i am confuse which way to go. so my question to old pros is , which Syslog server they like to suggest. and secondly i dont want to dadicate a full machine to Syslog i might want to install other opensource web base applications with it, such as hardware inventory managment etc. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cagwvfmkq2krvobxug_qg_j_z4yfufr3tapv6wirdoqvj7me...@mail.gmail.com The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8741782c9747224da16b653752dc604d04081...@phsx10mb1.partners.org
Re: Server monitoring
On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:46:55 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: i want your suggestion in installting a centralized syslog server with web interface. there are many option on the web it is difficult for me to choose the right one, i am confuse which way to go. so my question to old pros is , which Syslog server they like to suggest. and secondly i dont want to dadicate a full machine to Syslog i might want to install other opensource web base applications with it, such as hardware inventory managment etc. I was also to suggest rsyslog (installed by default) and LogAnalyzer or webmin; the latter can be useful (because of its modularity) if you want to run another services on the host and also keep a track of them. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jskkhb$68h$1...@dough.gmane.org
Re: Server monitoring
On 29.06.2012 12:46, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: i want your suggestion in installting a centralized syslog server with web interface. I also use rsyslog and LogAnalyzer. For crucial services I also use Nagios and Munin. Nagios also send me push-notifications on my Phone if any listed service fails or a machine is running out of disk space, etc. Bye. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fedd739.5000...@concepts-and-training.de
Re: server monitoring
Hi, On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:01 AM, David Sastre Medina d.sastre.med...@gmail.com wrote: I know nagios is pretty standard, but what most people is not telling is most its developers fleed. You should check Icinga instead. https://www.icinga.org/2011/11/03/icinga-vs-nagios-a-developers-comparison/ My personal choice is zabbix. +1 -- On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CADqA9uaOYo93qj+CVPWd4hnL7OS=4sF=db+avmzjn89kd52...@mail.gmail.com
Re: server monitoring
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 03:10:55PM +0200, Stanis??aw Findeisen wrote: Hi What tools would you recommend for monitoring the following on a server? : * kernel + process images in memory PCP can be configured to collect a large number of system level performance and network metrics, and has a GUI (kmchart) for viewing realtime and archive data. To try out, use apt to install pcp and kmchart, start up kmchart with File-New Chart, choose metrics and start graphing. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120519231037.ga30...@hutch.home.lan
Re: server monitoring
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 03:10:55PM +0200, Stanisław Findeisen wrote: I support the reference to Nagios. We have used Munin together with Nagios when I was system administrator up to 2 years ago. Munin can be configured to use nagios' notifying system and provides nice graphical information. Regards Johann -- Johann SpiesTelefoon: 021-808 4699 Databestuurder / Data manager Sentrum vir Navorsing oor Evaluasie, Wetenskap en Tegnologie Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology Universiteit Stellenbosch. Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. John 14:1 E-pos vrywaringsklousule Hierdie e-pos mag vertroulike inligting bevat en mag regtens geprivilegeerd wees en is slegs bedoel vir die persoon aan wie dit geadresseer is. Indien u nie die bedoelde ontvanger is nie, word u hiermee in kennis gestel dat u hierdie dokument geensins mag gebruik, versprei of kopieer nie. Stel ook asseblief die sender onmiddellik per telefoon in kennis en vee die e-pos uit. Die Universiteit aanvaar nie aanspreeklikheid vir enige skade, verlies of uitgawe wat voortspruit uit hierdie e-pos en/of die oopmaak van enige lês aangeheg by hierdie e-pos nie. E-mail disclaimer This e-mail may contain confidential information and may be legally privileged and is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that you may not use, distribute or copy this document in any manner whatsoever. Kindly also notify the sender immediately by telephone, and delete the e-mail. The University does not accept liability for any damage, loss or expense arising from this e-mail and/or accessing any files attached to this e-mail. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120515063058.gc5...@sun.ac.za
RE: server monitoring
Hi, As far as a general monitoring solution is concerned, I would recommend the Nagios Core application. I have been using it for some time, and it does have plugins that can handle most, if not all of the items you listed in your e-mail. I have also deployed another server that utilizes the LogAnalyzer application to monitor the log files on the server. As the other posters suggest, Nagios is great for monitoring services etc. and it is very easy to write your own plugins to do exactly what you want. There are also various other frontends/forks of Nagios such as Opsview which give it a pretty web UI and make the config very easy. Of which Munin is my favourite, very easy to install and start using. It comes loaded with all you want to know about your Linux system. But The only thing wrong with all of these products seems to be that it is YOU who needs to know WHAT is wrong. I had a problem with a server and we were unable to find out why the server was performing slow. Once someone told me that a specific value needed not just to be close to zero (0.01) but very close to zero (0.001) I was able to find out where the problem was. I would have liked a product that would have warned me about that specific value instead of just showing a nice graph with lots of lines near zero. :-( Bonno Bloksma -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/89d1798a7351d040b4e74e0a043c69d70ac24...@hglexch-01.tio.nl
Re: server monitoring
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 03:10:55PM +0200, Stanisław Findeisen wrote: What tools would you recommend for monitoring the following on a server? : I'd say you need several different things here: * kernel + process images in memory * shape of the process tree -snmpd -cgroups configuration, if I'm understanding you correctly. * binary integrity of files + permissions * users, groups -Integrity and/or intrusion detection: aide, tripwire and alikes, plus a centralized configuration management system: say puppet, chef, cfengine, ... * network connections -snmpd -iptables, psad, fail2ban, etc (and before someone jumps in and say: those are not monitoring tools, think twice) * user sessions -snmpd, IIRC * log files How about reporting? Logging would be good but logging to a local file is problematic as that could be compromised on a server hack... WRT to logging security, syslog-ng can use TCP (more relable than UDP) and SSL/TLS security. And you can always log to a remote server if you are concerned about security. After having these tools installed and configured, you can start using a monitoring solution to integrate all the info in a centralized web view. I know nagios is pretty standard, but what most people is not telling is most its developers fleed. You should check Icinga instead. https://www.icinga.org/2011/11/03/icinga-vs-nagios-a-developers-comparison/ My personal choice is zabbix. The only thing I miss with zabbix is snmpv3 SHA/AES support. Other would be munin, cacti. Most probably all of those monitoring solutions have templates for OSes and applications (apache, jboss, ... you name it) -- Primary key fingerprint: AD8F BDC0 5A2C FD5F A179 60E7 F79B AB04 5299 EC56 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: server monitoring
While I agree with many of the respondents that Nagios will do most of what you want through the plugins (though I'm relatively new to Nagios), I just wanted to toss a couple of others out there. * OSSEC (http://ossec.net) is a host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS). It is primarily email-based, but also has a bolt-on web interface. From the website: OSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System. It performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response. It runs on most operating systems, including Linux, MacOS, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and Windows. The other one, Munin (http://munin-monitoring.org/), is a networked resource monitoring tool that can help analyze resource trends and what just happened to kill our performance? problems. It is designed to be very plug and play. A default installation provides a lot of graphs with almost no work. --b On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Stanisław Findeisen stf.list.debian.u...@eisenbits.com wrote: Hi What tools would you recommend for monitoring the following on a server? : * kernel + process images in memory * shape of the process tree * binary integrity of files + permissions * network connections * users, groups * user sessions * log files * ... I think this calls for a customizable solution with plugins (or so). Is there any such thing in Debian? How reliable is it? How about reporting? Logging would be good but logging to a local file is problematic as that could be compromised on a server hack... -- http://people.eisenbits.com/~stf/ http://www.eisenbits.com/ OpenPGP: E3D9 C030 88F5 D254 434C 6683 17DD 22A0 8A3B 5CC0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fb1045f.1010...@eisenbits.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKmZw+YJ5KaEQK5VyJvbxoUTYOm_=2pwjc2zav2cfl-lo3h...@mail.gmail.com
Re: server monitoring
On 14.05.2012 15:10, Stanisław Findeisen wrote: What tools would you recommend for monitoring the following on a server? : I think this calls for a customizable solution with plugins (or so). Is there any such thing in Debian? How reliable is it? I recommend Nagios (http://www.nagios.org/). I'm not sure if any of your checks are supported out of the box but you can easily create your own plugins. Nagios also supports remote monitoring. How about reporting? Logging would be good but logging to a local file is problematic as that could be compromised on a server hack... Try remote logging using syslog-ng. Best regards Denis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fb10970.9080...@concepts-and-training.de
RE: server monitoring
Hello -- As far as a general monitoring solution is concerned, I would recommend the Nagios Core application. I have been using it for some time, and it does have plugins that can handle most, if not all of the items you listed in your e-mail. I have also deployed another server that utilizes the LogAnalyzer application to monitor the log files on the server. -Original Message- From: Stanisław Findeisen [mailto:stf.list.debian.u...@eisenbits.com] Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 9:11 AM To: Debian users mailing list Subject: server monitoring Hi What tools would you recommend for monitoring the following on a server? : * kernel + process images in memory * shape of the process tree * binary integrity of files + permissions * network connections * users, groups * user sessions * log files * ... I think this calls for a customizable solution with plugins (or so). Is there any such thing in Debian? How reliable is it? How about reporting? Logging would be good but logging to a local file is problematic as that could be compromised on a server hack... -- http://people.eisenbits.com/~stf/ http://www.eisenbits.com/ OpenPGP: E3D9 C030 88F5 D254 434C 6683 17DD 22A0 8A3B 5CC0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fb1045f.1010...@eisenbits.com The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8741782c9747224da16b653752dc604d7d0...@phsx10mb1.partners.org
Re: server monitoring
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 02:32:32PM BST, Denis Witt wrote: Try remote logging using syslog-ng. rsyslog (Debian's default) supports remote logging. Regards, -- rjc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120514181439.ga25...@linuxstuff.pl
Re: server monitoring
On 14/05/2012 9:34 PM, Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote: Hello -- As far as a general monitoring solution is concerned, I would recommend the Nagios Core application. I have been using it for some time, and it does have plugins that can handle most, if not all of the items you listed in your e-mail. I have also deployed another server that utilizes the LogAnalyzer application to monitor the log files on the server. As the other posters suggest, Nagios is great for monitoring services etc. and it is very easy to write your own plugins to do exactly what you want. There are also various other frontends/forks of Nagios such as Opsview which give it a pretty web UI and make the config very easy. For the integrity monitoring I have had great success with ossec. It is easy to configure and you can set up active responses (eg. firewalling an IP) that can trigger on certain events. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fb14bc8.1070...@shthead.com
Re: server monitoring
On May 14, 2012, at 12:15 PM, shthead wrote: As the other posters suggest, Nagios is great for monitoring services I used to have a significant Nagios system set up, and it did indeed do almost anything I needed. But if your needs aren't too big, take a look at Monit. It's a whole lot smaller and simpler, if it'll fill your needs. -- Glenn English hand-wrapped from my Apple Mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ff49802b-a933-4732-836e-e5a47b690...@slsware.com
Re: server monitoring program
on Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 01:15:19PM -0500, Kevin Coyner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Looking for a recommendation of a server monitoring program to use. I'm responsible for serveral different websites that are run on independent ISP/hosts. A couple of these sites are on Win2K boxes, and a couple on Linux. I'm looking for a program that does simple testing to see if these sites are just up and running (i.e. as simple as a periodic ping). Almost needless to say, I'm not on the same network as these machines, so firewalls will be present on both my end and the server end. Nagios is recommended, though its setup is nontrivial. It's also a bit jealous of real-estate, and tends to pig your desktop for a full browser view. If anyone knows of a consolidated nagios monitor a'la gkrellm or a WindowMaker dock app, please share. Though the browser is a ubiquitious content access tool, it's not particularly well suited to system monitoring, IMO, particularly on a system that's not dedicated to the monitoring task. For a simple ping continuity test, I've found 'wmhdown' to be useful, particularly after recompiling it with a default bitmap that's green rather than grey. Dropping this on the bottom of my WindowMaker dock, I've got a small, subtle, but effective indicator of whether or not a given host is reachable. I've found that this is a useful and effective monitoring tool. You might also look into audio alamrs, pages, and related type indicators, though the issue in this case is distinguishing actual alerts from false alarms. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Geek for hire: http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: server monitoring program
nagios ntop good luck. /gene Kevin Coyner wrote: Looking for a recommendation of a server monitoring program to use. I'm responsible for serveral different websites that are run on independent ISP/hosts. A couple of these sites are on Win2K boxes, and a couple on Linux. I'm looking for a program that does simple testing to see if these sites are just up and running (i.e. as simple as a periodic ping). Almost needless to say, I'm not on the same network as these machines, so firewalls will be present on both my end and the server end. I'll run the program from a Debian box. Thanks Kevin -- Gene Yoo, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: server monitoring program
Title: RE: server monitoring program I know bb4 do that quite well and it's portable on unix and windows. I think mrtg do something like that as well (disk use, load of the processor) -Original Message- From: Kevin Coyner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 10 December 2002 18:15 To: Debian User Subject: server monitoring program Looking for a recommendation of a server monitoring program to use. I'm responsible for serveral different websites that are run on independent ISP/hosts. A couple of these sites are on Win2K boxes, and a couple on Linux. I'm looking for a program that does simple testing to see if these sites are just up and running (i.e. as simple as a periodic ping). Almost needless to say, I'm not on the same network as these machines, so firewalls will be present on both my end and the server end. I'll run the program from a Debian box. Thanks Kevin -- Kevin Coyner mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG key: 1024D/8CE11941
Re: server monitoring program
Kevin Coyner said: Looking for a recommendation of a server monitoring program to use. for plain old fashioned monitoring I reccomend SNIPS http://www.netplex-tech.com/software/snips/ sample: http://snips.aphroland.org/ nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: server monitoring program
On 10 Dec 2002, 18:27:46, Mikael Jirari wrote: I know bb4 do that quite well and it's portable on unix and windows. I think mrtg do something like that as well (disk use, load of the processor) Sitescope from Freshwater Software downloads a page, and then downloads it again as often as you tell it do, runs a diff, and emails/pages if: it can't download it it's different You could do this yourself with a script pretty easily these days, since you can email pagers via script trivially. madmac -Original Message- From: Kevin Coyner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 10 December 2002 18:15 To: Debian User Subject: server monitoring program Looking for a recommendation of a server monitoring program to use. I'm responsible for serveral different websites that are run on independent ISP/hosts. A couple of these sites are on Win2K boxes, and a couple on Linux. I'm looking for a program that does simple testing to see if these sites are just up and running (i.e. as simple as a periodic ping). Almost needless to say, I'm not on the same network as these machines, so firewalls will be present on both my end and the server end. I'll run the program from a Debian box. Thanks Kevin -- Doug MacFarlane [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: server monitoring program
check out - http://www.nagios.org, nagios could monitor servers services as well as other core infrastructures... /gene Mikael Jirari wrote: I know bb4 do that quite well and it's portable on unix and windows. I think mrtg do something like that as well (disk use, load of the processor) -Original Message- From: Kevin Coyner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 10 December 2002 18:15 To: Debian User Subject: server monitoring program Looking for a recommendation of a server monitoring program to use. I'm responsible for serveral different websites that are run on independent ISP/hosts. A couple of these sites are on Win2K boxes, and a couple on Linux. I'm looking for a program that does simple testing to see if these sites are just up and running (i.e. as simple as a periodic ping). Almost needless to say, I'm not on the same network as these machines, so firewalls will be present on both my end and the server end. I'll run the program from a Debian box. Thanks Kevin -- Kevin Coyner mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG key: 1024D/8CE11941 -- Gene Yoo, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: server monitoring program
Hi Kevin, I'm looking for a program that does simple testing to see if these sites are just up and running (i.e. as simple as a periodic ping). Almost needless to say, I'm not on the same network as these machines, so firewalls will be present on both my end and the server end. Haven't tried it on Debian yet, but no reason it shouldn't work: Sysmon - http://www.sysmon.org/. I like the fact that it takes into account you have dependencies in a network; ie. for your specific host to be reachable, your sysmon box's gateway has to be up aswell as the monitored host's gateway. Plus, it's as easy as it comes installing and setting up. HTH... Nico -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: server monitoring program
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 10:42:16AM -0800, nate wrote.. Kevin Coyner said: Looking for a recommendation of a server monitoring program to use. for plain old fashioned monitoring I reccomend SNIPS http://www.netplex-tech.com/software/snips/ sample: http://snips.aphroland.org/ nate This looks quite good, but do I need to have a Snips process of some type running on the Windows webservers that I need to monitor? Or can I just run Snips as a standalone on my Debian box, having it ping/etc the Windows and Linux servers that I need to check that are not within my network? Thanks Kevin -- Kevin Coyner mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG key: 1024D/8CE11941 msg18208/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: server monitoring program
Kevin Coyner said: This looks quite good, but do I need to have a Snips process of some type running on the Windows webservers that I need to monitor? you wanted network monitoring. So, that means no processes on the servers, only the monitoring system. The example monitors a ton of different things(including my experimental samba-tng PDC) and everything is monitored from 1 machine. You can spread the load out, but its not needed. Or can I just run Snips as a standalone on my Debian box, having it ping/etc the Windows and Linux servers that I need to check that are not within my network? you can run it on a standalone box(what i do). It works well, I've been using SNIPS since september, and NOCOL(earlier version of SNIPS for about 3 years now). I suppose the only downside to it is the mailing list is not active, but if you have an issue I can try to help with it. It's pretty easy to use. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
