Comments on: Nagios installation and configuration in SUSE Linux http://www.linuxscrew.com/2008/04/07/nagios-installation-and-configuration-in-suse-linux/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:23:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Daniel J. Doughty http://www.linuxscrew.com/2008/04/07/nagios-installation-and-configuration-in-suse-linux/#comment-10725 Daniel J. Doughty Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:06:58 +0000 http://www.linuxscrew.com/2008/04/07/nagios-installation-and-configuration-in-suse-linux/#comment-10725 I've used Nagios a few times over the years. Two of the last three places I've worked at have used it pretty effectively. But at the current job they're having me look over Groundwork. It's based on Nagios, can import Nagios 1.x and 2.x files and puts a pretty decent front end on Nagios. It's free, but they have different versions that are licensed. The only thing I've noticed so far that I wish I could pay for is the SNMP MIB integration. I really like the fact that it has a nice GUI stacked up in front of it that includes a nice network map and some reporting tools I can just hand off to the dashboard geeks in my company. You might give it a shot. I plan on blogging about it once I get done deciding what I think of it. Plus there's a VM image of it that runs off of a livecd, so you can play with it, and see what you think with very little effort. Dan I’ve used Nagios a few times over the years. Two of the last three places I’ve worked at have used it pretty effectively. But at the current job they’re having me look over Groundwork. It’s based on Nagios, can import Nagios 1.x and 2.x files and puts a pretty decent front end on Nagios.

It’s free, but they have different versions that are licensed. The only thing I’ve noticed so far that I wish I could pay for is the SNMP MIB integration.

I really like the fact that it has a nice GUI stacked up in front of it that includes a nice network map and some reporting tools I can just hand off to the dashboard geeks in my company. You might give it a shot. I plan on blogging about it once I get done deciding what I think of it.

Plus there’s a VM image of it that runs off of a livecd, so you can play with it, and see what you think with very little effort.

Dan

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