Re: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1

2009-01-07 Thread bsd
Hi folks, Still one day behind (jet lag from Paris, France)… Anyway I am using Zabbix in production on FreeBSD Servers (6.3p7 - 6.4p1 - 7.0p7) since a couple of month… and I have a very precise overview of what's working and what's broken. The main problem with zabbix (server and client)

Re: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1

2009-01-07 Thread Paul Mansfield
Rainer Duffner wrote: From what I could see, once you install the agent, Zabbix was able to figure out most of the services by itself. This is especially true for disks, CPU-load, memory and interfaces that are IMO quite timeconsuming to setup in Nagios. I quite liked munin for that; I use it

[pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1

2009-01-06 Thread Tim Nelson
Good morning/afternoon/evening- 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: Downloading package configuration file... done.

Re: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1

2009-01-06 Thread Paul Mansfield
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

Re: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1

2009-01-06 Thread Gary Buckmaster
Tim, The Zabbix agent package has been broken for quite some time. I've recommended before that it be removed entirely. The zabbix agent itself doesn't work well with FreeBSD and so you're unlikely to get much use out of it. -Gary Tim Nelson wrote: Good morning/afternoon/evening- I've

RE: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1

2009-01-06 Thread Nathan Eisenberg
imagine on a graph is pretty nice. -Original Message- From: Paul Mansfield [mailto:it-admin-pfse...@taptu.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:34 AM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1 Tim Nelson wrote: I've recently tried installing

Re: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1

2009-01-06 Thread Tim Nelson
[mailto:it-admin-pfse...@taptu.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:34 AM To: support@pfsense.com 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

RE: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1

2009-01-06 Thread Nathan Eisenberg
Mansfield [mailto:it-admin-pfse...@taptu.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:34 AM To: support@pfsense.com 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

Re: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1

2009-01-06 Thread Curtis LaMasters
pings and port checks. -Original Message- From: Tim Nelson [mailto:tnel...@rockbochs.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:45 AM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1 Thank you all for the responses! I thought that the Zabbix Agent

Re: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1

2009-01-06 Thread Tim Nelson
nice. -Original Message- From: Paul Mansfield [mailto: it-admin-pfse...@taptu.com ] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:34 AM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1 Tim Nelson wrote: I've recently tried installing

Re: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1

2009-01-06 Thread Curtis LaMasters
@pfsense.com 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

Re: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1

2009-01-06 Thread Gary Buckmaster
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

Re: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1

2009-01-06 Thread Rainer Duffner
Am 06.01.2009 um 20:18 schrieb Curtis LaMasters: 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. :) From what I could see, once

Re: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1

2009-01-06 Thread Tim Nelson
That may be my conclusion as well. Luckily, I'm in the test/RD phase and not looking to go production tomorrow with it. Off the top of my head, I still have OpenNMS, Zenoss, Groundwork, and Hyperic on my list of candidates. Tim Nelson Systems/Network Support Rockbochs Inc. (218)727-4332 x105

RE: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1

2009-01-06 Thread Nathan Eisenberg
answers. :) Cheers, Nathan Eisenberg -Original Message- From: Tim Nelson [mailto:tnel...@rockbochs.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 11:29 AM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Zabbix Agent package on 1.2.1 That may be my conclusion as well. Luckily, I'm in the test