Slightly [OT] Network Monitoring/Alerting tools

[Les Mikesell]

Mark Haney wrote:

>> I second the recommendation for OpenNMS, but for the moment, don't try 
>> to run it on FC9 or 10 due to some java and postgresql version 
>> dependencies.   It works nicely on CentOS and can be installed via yum 
>> from their 'unstable' repository.   A neat trick for notification is 
>> to also install the Openfire xmpp (jabber) server and create a 
>> multiuser conference for alarms, then configure OpenNMS to send 
>> notifications there.  Then when you are interested in seeing all of 
>> the notifications, just connect to the conference with any xmpp 
>> client.  You can also configure OpenNMS to send specific alarms to 
>> email if you want.
>>
> 
> We do run OpenNMS as well, and it's a good tool, but I was interested in 
> something /like/ nagios that does monitoring and alerting. 

I'm not sure I understand the distinction or why you'd need both. 
OpenNMS is like nagios in some ways, different in some.

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  Les Mikesell
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