Here are some helpful tips from Doug regarding the new release of the overhttp plugin for Nagios.
http://somethingdoug.com/thoughts/2009/10/05/nagiospluginoverhttp-0-11/
Monthly Archive for November, 2009
Simon McLaughlin wrote this Android app called NagMonDroid. It retrieves current problems from your Nagios install and displays them. It has a variable update frequency and can be set to vibrate on new updates. Visit his website for more information.
http://www.simonmclaughlin.co.uk/page/Android_Apps/
A great interview with Tobi Oetiker, author of mrtg, smokeping, and the ubiquitous rrdtool. The ad-hoc interview was done at the Nordic Meet on Nagios in Stockholm, Sweden in June.
The video/audio quality isn’t the greatest, as we didn’t have ideal situations to work in. Sadly, our camcorder batteries died before we could complete the interview and the video is missing some really great discussions. We’ll catch up with Tobi in the future to bring you the rest. Tobi’s interview is spread across three videos.
Continue reading ‘Meet The Community Installment 5 – Tobi Oetiker (rrdtool, mrtg, smokeping)’
Hrmm… As many of you no doubt noticed, the community site has been up and down over the past two weeks or so. Actually, its the whole server that runs community, wiki, tracker, and planet. There’s a problem somewhere (obviously) that we’ve had a hell of a time tracking down. We’ve moved some sites to other servers, switched OSes, upped the vm memory, etc. with no luck. Its gotta be in the software, so we’ll have to spend even more time tracking the thing down. Until then, we’ve implemented a magic/hackish “autoboot” function to save our sanity and the general availability of the affected sites. Implemented with Nagios technology of course…
Continue reading ‘Hacking The Reboot With Nagios Magic’
Ethan Galstad – founder of Nagios – will be a guest on Episode 174 the PaulDotCom Security Podcast tonight, Thursday, November 5th. Discussions will cover Nagios and its role in organizations’ security operations, as well as anything else the participants come up with over a few beers. Grab a drink and tune in to http://pauldotcom.com/ tonight, or catch it later by visiting the PaulDotCom archives.
