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Re: System Status Website Recommendations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Forsyth)
Wed Sep 7 00:12:38 2016
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We've been running nagios for years, and it works just fine for our own
internal monitoring. I've often thought, since it has the data, it should
be a good resource that could automatically list the status of services for
end users, or at least the Help Desk. The problem is that there are lots
of things that are good to monitor and be concerned about before they
become a problem, but that don't represent a problem to the end user. For
example, maybe the disk on a server has just reached 90% full, so it'd be a
good idea for me as the sys admin to look if there is space that could be
freed up, check if logs are getting rotated correctly, etc. That makes a
service check in nagios turn red, but it doesn't represent a problem to the
end user of the system. Network equipment wise maybe 1 power supply or 1
fan on a switch has gone bad but it has multiple, so once again something
that should be looked at before it becomes a bigger problem, but it doesn't
mean the network is down from an end user perspective.
I've not built an end user status page, but have come to the conclusion
that I'd want to build it separately from the monitoring system used by the
network and systems staff to try to avoid issues like this.
On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Alan Dobkin <Alan@maestroit.com> wrote:
> You will likely get many other responses on this, but I would recommend
> Nagios or one of their forks. You can go to each of their websites or read
> an overview about how they work on Wikipedia here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagios
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icinga
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_network_monitoring_systems
>
> There are also numerous cloud-based options if you want to outsource this
> to someone else. In particular, you may want to look at this one:
>
> https://status.io
>
> Good luck!
>
> Alan
>
> > On Sep 1, 2016, at 12:50 PM, Ian Lazerwitz <
> ian.lazerwitz@EINSTEIN.YU.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > We are looking to setup an IT system status website site and rather than
> reinventing the wheel, I am curious what tools this group recommends.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > System Systems Integrator
> > Einstein College of Medicine
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">We've been running nagios for years, and it works just=
fine for our own internal monitoring.=C2=A0 I've often thought, since =
it has the data, it should be a good resource that could automatically list=
the status of services for end users, or at least the Help Desk.=C2=A0 The=
problem is that there are lots of things that are good to monitor and be c=
oncerned about before they become a problem, but that don't represent a=
problem to the end user.=C2=A0 For example, maybe the disk on a server has=
just reached 90% full, so it'd be a good idea for me as the sys admin =
to look if there is space that could be freed up, check if logs are getting=
rotated correctly, etc.=C2=A0 That makes a service check in nagios turn re=
d, but it doesn't represent a problem to the end user of the system.=C2=
=A0 Network equipment wise maybe 1 power supply or 1 fan on a switch has go=
ne bad but it has multiple, so once again something that should be looked a=
t before it becomes a bigger problem, but it doesn't mean the network i=
s down from an end user perspective.<div><br></div><div>I've not built =
an end user status page, but have come to the conclusion that I'd want =
to build it separately from the monitoring system used by the network and s=
ystems staff to try to avoid issues like this.</div></div><div class=3D"gma=
il_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 12:02 PM, A=
lan Dobkin <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:Alan@maestroit.com" targ=
et=3D"_blank">Alan@maestroit.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex">You will likely get many other responses on this, but I would=
recommend Nagios or one of their forks. You can go to each of their websit=
es or read an overview about how they work on Wikipedia here:<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagios" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=
=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Nagios</a><br>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icinga" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=
=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Icinga</a><br>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_network_monitoring_sy=
stems" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<w=
br>Comparison_of_network_<wbr>monitoring_systems</a><br>
<br>
There are also numerous cloud-based options if you want to outsource this t=
o someone else. In particular, you may want to look at this one:<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"https://status.io" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://=
status.io</a><br>
<br>
Good luck!<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
Alan<br>
</font></span><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
> On Sep 1, 2016, at 12:50 PM, Ian Lazerwitz <<a href=3D"mailto:ian.l=
azerwitz@EINSTEIN.YU.EDU">ian.lazerwitz@EINSTEIN.YU.EDU</a><wbr>> wrote:=
<br>
><br>
> We are looking to setup an IT system status website site and rather th=
an reinventing the wheel, I am curious what tools this group recommends.<br=
>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
><br>
> Ian<br>
><br>
> System Systems Integrator<br>
> Einstein College of Medicine<br>
<br>
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=3D"ltr"><div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><b>Adam Forsyth</b></div><div =
style=3D"text-align:left">Director of Network and Systems<br></div><div sty=
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tyle=3D"font-weight:normal"><br></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-alig=
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