The graphing I can understand but with NRPE/NSCA on Linux and possibly BSD systems, you really aren't limited to network/ping/SNMP checks unless I'm missing something about Zabbix. Initiating research now. :)
Curtis LaMasters http://www.curtis-lamasters.com http://www.builtnetworks.com On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Tim Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > Part of the intrigue for me was a nice consolidated interface for > everything. With Nagios, you still really need Cacti to make it fully > functional. Plus, the zabbix-agent allows for an even wider scope of > monitoring versus plain old network/ping/snmp checks. I've tried the > Nagios/Cacti route and just didn't like it. > > > ----- "Curtis LaMasters" wrote: > > Just curious, what does Zabbix do that Nagios does not? > > > Curtis LaMasters > > http://www.curtis-lamasters.com > > http://www.builtnetworks.com > > > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Nathan Eisenberg < > [email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> Tim, >> > >> > Zabbix does support SNMP checks and TCP/IP via zabbix-server originated >> pings and port checks. >> > >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Tim Nelson [mailto:[email protected]] >> > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:45 AM >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1 >> > >> > Thank you all for the responses! >> > >> > I thought that the Zabbix Agent package may be out of date but it did >> list it as being 'up to par' with version 1.2.1 of pfSense in the packages >> page. Apparently it is incorrect. Well, back to the drawing board. <Checking >> to see if Zabbix supports plain TCP/UDP port monitoring, content checking, >> and SNMP polling...> >> > >> > <OT> >> > I've been using JFFNMS for quite some time as a monitoring solution. It >> works well as long as you don't mind running PHP4 and MySQL4 on an older >> box. The latest version has some serious issues (Google "jffnms admin >> structure not found") which haven't been fixed and the project is nearly >> dead. It's time to move on... >> > </OT> >> > >> > Tim Nelson >> > Systems/Network Support >> > Rockbochs Inc. >> > (218)727-4332 x105 >> > >> > ----- "Nathan Eisenberg" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > Throwing my hat in the ring here - we have several zabbix servers >> > > deployed in production. It is very good; it is easy to set it up to >> > > get emails on disk failures, raid rebuilds, individual fan failures; >> > > pretty much anything you might want to hear about. >> > > >> > > Plus having anything you else you can imagine on a graph is pretty >> > > nice. >> > > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: Paul Mansfield [mailto:[email protected]] >> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:34 AM >> > > To: [email protected] >> > > Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1 >> > > >> > > Tim Nelson wrote: >> > > > I've recently tried installing the Zabbix Agent package on a fresh >> > > 1.2.1 installation and it appears to have some 'issues'. Namely, one >> > > issue. It doesn't install at all. The output from the installation >> > > session: >> > > >> > > we too would be interested in this, as we're trialling zabbix in >> > > place >> > > of cacti and nagios >> > > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > >> > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > >> > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > >> > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > >> > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org >> > >> > >> > > > >
