Foreman, Katello and Red Hat Satellite 6 users have multiple possibilities to monitor infrastructure health. Beside the Foreman host, also managed systems and defined software content are worth monitoring. Foreman dashboard Foreman/Katello and Red Hat Satellite offer a … Read more
Using OMD it is possible to setup a working monitoring for checking infrastructure setups just within minutes. But – what monitored OMD-relevant processes? Usually, a OMD site consists of multiple pre-configured services such as: Icinga … Read more
Recently I stumbled upon an interesting blog post about monitoring systemd units with Nagios or Icinga. But in my opinion the post’s screenshot is misleading. I looks like the linked Python scripts automatically discovers and configures systemd … Read more
Koukaam NETIO power outlets offer a network interface that can be used for controlling the particular ports comfortably. It would be even nicer to monitor them with Nagios or Icinga. 2012 I created a provisional … Read more
Winter time is crafting time! I spent the last couple of days on the Raspberry Pi and PIR sensors (Passive Infrared). Using this sensors it is possible to recognize motions – in combination with GPIO … Read more
If you’re running a PostgreSQL database on a CentOS/RHEL system and moved the data directory to a dedicated partition the following error might occur if you want to monitor the filling level using the Nagios/Icinga … Read more
For the first time, a dedicated package for the NSCA agent is added under Debian Wheezy (before there was only a package which combined agent and daemon). The package version is 2.9.1 – which leads … Read more
Wie ich vor einigen Tage bereits erwähnte, arbeite ich an einem NRPE-Addon für IPCop 2.x. Gestern habe ich es fertiggestellt und auf einer Projektseite veröffentlicht. Wer seinen IPCop auch gerne mit Nagios überwachen möchte, kann … Read more
Hosts lassen sichmit einem Trick auch dann auf Verfügbarkeit überprüfen, wenn sie keine offenen Dienste anbieten. Ich verwende den folgenden Trick beispielsweise um mitzubekommen, wenn in meiner alten Heimat das Internet ausfällt. Da ich dort … Read more
