A few weeks ago, I received a copy of Cacti 0.8 Network Monitoring from Packt Publishing. Here is my review. The book has been written by Dinangkur Kundu and S.M. Ibrahim Lavlu, who have both strong open-source softwares knowledge. Their book covers Cacti, a well-known framework (running on top of
Tag: monitoring
Looking for Monitoring Tools? Check out monitoringforge.org
A new website opened yesterday: monitoringforge.org. The purpose is to centralize in one place a lot of open source monitoring tools, going from full monitoring suite to simple scripts ready to use in your daily job. I found this a very good initiative. Why? When we speak about “security”, we
The Monitoring Pyramid
I found this pyramid in a document written by Groundwork. It resumes perfectly how to deploy a monitoring solution in the best way. This post is completely independent of the monitoring tool, choose the best one to meet your expectations. Often, when a company decides to implement a monitoring/reporting tool,
Weathermap Integration Into Groundwork Open Source
Groundwork is a well-known monitoring tool. In my job, I deploy Groundwork servers from small to quite very-complex infrastructures: it’s an amazing application. I’ll not describe it here, just go to the official web site for a detailed review. Groundwork is available in three versions: full open source and two