Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Cluster with Load Balancing and High Availability
On 12/14/2011 07:19 AM, Aravind M D wrote: Quoting Andreas Ericsson a...@op5.se: On 08/26/2011 11:05 AM, Aravind M D wrote: Hi I need to configure two physical servers as active-active cluster and configure Loadbalancing with High availabiltiy for Nagios. Can somebody help me how to achieve this. I have checked some of loadbalancing modules like mod_gearmen, merlin and DNX. If any one knows about the difference between these modules please let me know. If you want loadbalancing with takeover capabilities, Merlin is your only choice. The other two rely on a single Nagios instance to do scheduling and notifications. If that instance crashes, mod_gearman and DNX can't help you get any info at all. It might be possible to couple them so that mod_gearman and Merlin work together, but you'd be entering unknown territory with that mix and I would be quite surprised if it worked completely without problems the first time you try it. I like to use merlin for laodbalancing and high availability Nagios setup. I have checked the Merlin webpage i can see last release was on 2010-06-18 after that no new releases. But when i checked the git repository i can see latest version is v1.1.12 whether i can use this version for producation environment if so how can i get this version. Our marketing people are ridiculously slow in updating stuff that doesn't shine, blink, make noises or do all of the above. I'll bash them over the head a bit. http://git.op5.org/git/ has instructions on how to use git to clone a repo from our public git repositories. From http://git.op5.org/git/?p=nagios/merlin.git;a=summary you click any of the snapshot links to get a tarball containing the desired version of Merlin. Using latest tagged version is usually recommended. As of this writing, that's 1.1.13-beta1. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.erics...@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war on peace. -- Cloud Computing - Latest Buzzword or a Glimpse of the Future? This paper surveys cloud computing today: What are the benefits? Why are businesses embracing it? What are its payoffs and pitfalls? http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sdnl/114/51425149/ ___ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Cluster with Load Balancing and High Availability
Quoting Andreas Ericsson a...@op5.se: On 12/14/2011 07:19 AM, Aravind M D wrote: Quoting Andreas Ericsson a...@op5.se: On 08/26/2011 11:05 AM, Aravind M D wrote: Hi I need to configure two physical servers as active-active cluster and configure Loadbalancing with High availabiltiy for Nagios. Can somebody help me how to achieve this. I have checked some of loadbalancing modules like mod_gearmen, merlin and DNX. If any one knows about the difference between these modules please let me know. If you want loadbalancing with takeover capabilities, Merlin is your only choice. The other two rely on a single Nagios instance to do scheduling and notifications. If that instance crashes, mod_gearman and DNX can't help you get any info at all. It might be possible to couple them so that mod_gearman and Merlin work together, but you'd be entering unknown territory with that mix and I would be quite surprised if it worked completely without problems the first time you try it. I like to use merlin for laodbalancing and high availability Nagios setup. I have checked the Merlin webpage i can see last release was on 2010-06-18 after that no new releases. But when i checked the git repository i can see latest version is v1.1.12 whether i can use this version for producation environment if so how can i get this version. Our marketing people are ridiculously slow in updating stuff that doesn't shine, blink, make noises or do all of the above. I'll bash them over the head a bit. http://git.op5.org/git/ has instructions on how to use git to clone a repo from our public git repositories. From http://git.op5.org/git/?p=nagios/merlin.git;a=summary you click any of the snapshot links to get a tarball containing the desired version of Merlin. Using latest tagged version is usually recommended. As of this writing, that's 1.1.13-beta1. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.erics...@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se[1] Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war on peace. Thanks Andreas Links: -- [1] http://www.op5.se -- 10 Tips for Better Server Consolidation Server virtualization is being driven by many needs. But none more important than the need to reduce IT complexity while improving strategic productivity. Learn More! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sdnl/114/51507609/___ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Cluster with Load Balancing and High Availability
Quoting Andreas Ericsson a...@op5.se: On 08/26/2011 11:05 AM, Aravind M D wrote: Hi I need to configure two physical servers as active-active cluster and configure Loadbalancing with High availabiltiy for Nagios. Can somebody help me how to achieve this. I have checked some of loadbalancing modules like mod_gearmen, merlin and DNX. If any one knows about the difference between these modules please let me know. If you want loadbalancing with takeover capabilities, Merlin is your only choice. The other two rely on a single Nagios instance to do scheduling and notifications. If that instance crashes, mod_gearman and DNX can't help you get any info at all. It might be possible to couple them so that mod_gearman and Merlin work together, but you'd be entering unknown territory with that mix and I would be quite surprised if it worked completely without problems the first time you try it. I like to use merlin for laodbalancing and high availability Nagios setup. I have checked the Merlin webpage i can see last release was on 2010-06-18 after that no new releases. But when i checked the git repository i can see latest version is v1.1.12 whether i can use this version for producation environment if so how can i get this version. Thanks in advance - Aravind -- Cloud Computing - Latest Buzzword or a Glimpse of the Future? This paper surveys cloud computing today: What are the benefits? Why are businesses embracing it? What are its payoffs and pitfalls? http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sdnl/114/51425149/___ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Cluster with Load Balancing and High Availability
On 08/26/2011 11:05 AM, Aravind M D wrote: Hi I need to configure two physical servers as active-active cluster and configure Loadbalancing with High availabiltiy for Nagios. Can somebody help me how to achieve this. I have checked some of loadbalancing modules like mod_gearmen, merlin and DNX. If any one knows about the difference between these modules please let me know. If you want loadbalancing with takeover capabilities, Merlin is your only choice. The other two rely on a single Nagios instance to do scheduling and notifications. If that instance crashes, mod_gearman and DNX can't help you get any info at all. It might be possible to couple them so that mod_gearman and Merlin work together, but you'd be entering unknown territory with that mix and I would be quite surprised if it worked completely without problems the first time you try it. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.erics...@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war on peace. -- EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev ___ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Cluster with Load Balancing and High Availability
Quoting nap napar...@gmail.com: Hi Thanks for your reply. I need to implement the solution using Nagios please help me to create a solution based on Nagios. Rgds, Aravind M D Hi, You can also try Shinken, a liad balancing with HA architecture is by design, wheras with Nagios you will have performances impacts and hard to manage configuration. It's fully compatible with Nagios configuration and plugins :) Regards, Jean On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Aravind M D arav...@linuz.in wrote: Hi I need to configure two physical servers as active-active cluster and configure Loadbalancing with High availabiltiy for Nagios. Can somebody help me how to achieve this. I have checked some of loadbalancing modules like mod_gearmen, merlin and DNX. If any one knows about the difference between these modules please let me know. Rgds, Aravind M D -- EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev ___ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null -- EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev___ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Cluster with Load Balancing and High Availability
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Aravind M D arav...@linuz.in wrote: Hi I need to configure two physical servers as active-active cluster and configure Loadbalancing with High availabiltiy for Nagios. Can somebody help me how to achieve this. I have checked some of loadbalancing modules like mod_gearmen, merlin and DNX. If any one knows about the difference between these modules please let me know. Have a look at Merlin / Ninja, yo will find them on the OP5 site... http://www.op5.org/community/plugin-inventory/op5-projects/merlin Id suggest using the latest version from git over the posted version on the site though. Ritchie, -- -- http://23.me.uk/2 -- --Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. -- Rgds, Aravind M D -- EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev ___ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null -- EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev ___ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
