neteye conference 2010: ethan galstad on nagios
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The presentation of Nagios founder Ethan Galstad at the 2010 Conference on Nagios held in Bolzano/ItalyTRANSCRIPT
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Monitoring With NagiosCommercial Adoption and Community Innovation
Ethan Galstad
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Commercial Adoption
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The Challenge
IT systems are:CriticalPervasiveComplexChangingBreakable
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Value Proposition
Nagios provides:Immediate alertingRoot cause diagnostic informationHistorical reportsCapacity planningExtendable architecture
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Selection Factors
Reasons for selecting Nagios:Established solutionFree addonsFlexibilityCustomizabilitySupport optionsCost
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Commercial Options
Reasons for selecting a commercial solution:Faster deployment timeIntegrated solutionsMulti-tiered administrationAdditional featuresBundled supportSingle vendor
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Our First Commercial Solution
Nagios XI:Integrated graphingUser administrationConfiguration wizardsDashboardsBundled support
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Commercial Customers
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Community Happenings
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Developers
Core developersNagios CoreNagios PluginsNDOUtils
Community developersPluginsAddons
UIConfigurationOther
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Community Developed Addons
Nagios Exchangeexchange.nagios.org1,900 submissions
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Nagios Exchange Highlights
MoLogLog MonitoringStandalone applicationCentral log supportSends passive alerts on matches
http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins/Log-Files/MoLog/details
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Nagios Exchange Highlights
nagmapGoogle Maps integrationPulls topo, status info
from Nagios
http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Addons/Maps-and-Diagrams/nagmap/details
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Nagios Exchange Highlights
MNTOSHigh-level dashboardMultiple Nagios servers
http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Addons/Frontends-(GUIs-and-CLIs)/Web-Interfaces/MNTOS/details
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Development Challenges
Developer turnoverLong-term involvementOther priorities
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Nagios Seedcamp
Innovation contestNew development for NagiosSubmissions open June 1st Cash prizes up to $1,000 USDwww.nagios.org/seedcamp
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What We're Working On
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Passive Results Transmission
Current methods:NSCANSCAWeb
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Passive Results Transmission
New method:HTTP(S)XMLAuthorizationPlugin architecture
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Distributed Monitoring
Current methods:NSCA / Passive checksDNXMerlin
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Distributed Monitoring
New method:Centralized dashboardDistributed nodes do all the workDistributed configuration (central optional)
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Questions?