If you encounter problems, just ask us for help :) On a side note, another tool that's worth a look is OpenNMS.
----- Original message ----- > > Prepare for grief! Although my experience with Nagios dates back to the > early 200s, it was a real pain to setup. Eventually I leaned towards big > brother as my monitoring tool of choice. > > Noah. > On May 14, 2011, at 7:47 AM, Stephen S. Musoke wrote: > > > Luggers, > > > > Thank you all for your insights. I'll try out Nagios and see what > > mileage I get out of it > > > > Stephen > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: andrew latimer bwogi [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 10:01 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Linux Server Monitoring > > > > Nagios has never disappointed me. Splunk come lets rock, jazz and see > > whether we have the mix... I better not be disappointed. > > > > Andrew Latimer Bwogi > > Software Developer > > P.O.Box 1, Kyambogo > > Mob.: +256 772 514219 > > Skype: andrewlatimerbwogi > > Email: [email protected] > > Blog: andrewlatimerbwogi.blogspot.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 7:40 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: LUG Digest, Vol 81, Issue 53 > > > > Send LUG mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of LUG digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: Linux Server Monitoring (sanga collins) > > 2. Re: Linux Server Monitoring (Bernard Adongo) > > 3. The linux Lorld Map (Colline Waiswa) > > 4. Re: The linux Lorld Map (sanga collins) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 09:43:56 -0400 > > From: sanga collins <[email protected]> > > To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Linux Server Monitoring > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > I use nagios alot, but recently started using splunk. It is very > > refined and even though its syslog based, it can be adapted to monitor > > anything. > > > > It also has a nicer interface than nagios, which i feel is still stuck > > in the eraly 2000's > > > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Brian Ssennoga > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > or Webmin! > > > > > > working well on my 4 servers! > > > > > > On 5/13/11, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Or if you're really hardcore look at zabbix > > > > > > > > http://www.zabbix.com/ > > > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable > > > events > > > > occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one > > > > is > > > given > > > > credit. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 13 May 2011 13:23, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Seconded; Nagios is a wonderful platform. > > > > > > > > > > Also check out a Nagios fork called Icinga: > > > > > http://www.icinga.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original message ----- > > > > > > Consider nagios, > > > > > > Has exactly wat you want! It has a simple and detailed help > > > > > > files in implementing it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ............................................................................ > > .................................................................... > > > > > > Seat of Wisdom .............Pray for us > > > > > > Cause of our Joy ...........Pray for us > > > > > > .................................................. > > > > > > Kizito Thomas > > > > > > +256-712-929564 > > > > > > +256-782-062708 > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 12:57 +0300, Stephen S. Musoke wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please provide me with any ideas for a Linux server > > > > > > > monitoring tool for > > > > > > > memory, CPU and space usage that send out alerts when certain > > > > > > > thresholds are reached > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Stephen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > > > > > > > [email protected] Mailing list archives: > > > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list > > > > > > > settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: > > > > > > > http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > > > > > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > > > > > (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not > > > > > > > responsible for them in any way. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > > > > > > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > > > > > > [email protected] Mailing list archives: > > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list > > > > > > settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: > > > > > > http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > > > > > > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > > > > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > (including > > > > > > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible > > > > > > for > > them > > > > > > in any way. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > > > > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > Mailing list archives: > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list > > > > > settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: > > > > > http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > > > > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > > > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > > > (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not > > > > > responsible for them > > > in > > > > > any way. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Love indeed conquers all..... > > > Brian A. Ssennoga > > > _______________________________________________ > > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > > > [email protected] > > > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not > > > responsible for them in any way. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Sanga M. Collins > > Network Engineering > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 > > E- fax: (435) 578 7411 > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > <http://kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20110513/4046d87a/attachment.html> > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 18:34:01 +0300 > > From: Bernard Adongo <[email protected]> > > To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Linux Server Monitoring > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Monit (m*monit*.com/*monit*/) > > > > The coolest app ever - not because it is the best, but because it is > > very small and simple to configure > > > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Stephen S. Musoke > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > Please provide me with any ideas for a Linux server monitoring tool > > > for memory, CPU and space usage that send out alerts when certain > > > thresholds are > > > reached > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > Stephen > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > > > [email protected] > > > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not > > > responsible for them in any way. > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > <http://kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20110513/daae29c9/attachment.html> > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 08:54:54 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Colline Waiswa <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [LUG] The linux Lorld Map > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > I found this pretty hillarious > > > > http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-world-map.html > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > <http://kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20110513/59bcb900/attachment.html> > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 12:46:20 -0400 > > From: sanga collins <[email protected]> > > To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] The linux Lorld Map > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Hilarious .... printing out a big one to hang up in the office right > > now > > > > > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Colline Waiswa <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I found this pretty hillarious > > > > > > http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-world-map.html > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > > > [email protected] > > > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > (including attachments if any). 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The mailing list host is not responsible for them > in any way. _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
