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Lucas Schill Brent Grover Ed Schilla Advisor: Danny Miller. Project S.i.n . projectsin.info. Overview. Comparison of Nagios, Shinken , and Icinga Performance comparison of common features Usability Scalability Extra feature testing for usability Scoring procedures. Goals.
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Lucas Schill Brent Grover Ed Schilla Advisor: Danny Miller Project S.i.n.projectsin.info
Overview • Comparison of Nagios, Shinken, and Icinga • Performance comparison of common features • Usability • Scalability • Extra feature testing for usability • Scoring procedures
Goals • Provide an in-depth analysis of the software. • Complete the project this semester.
Setbacks • Power Outages • Hardware • Support
Where we are now • Configuring the three programs for our environment • Familiarizing ourselves with each software • Working with Nagios, and Icinga to have a support contact • Contacting possible sponsors • Dell • Hardware companies
Shinken • Designed as a Nagios drop in replacement that provides many of the features Nagios lacks by default • Written in Python • Open source • Very modular
Shinken So Far • Custom built installer • Installs all dependencies, configures the system, and can install additional plug-ins. • Configuration • Complex, Nagios with Shinken mixed in • SkonfWebUI
Accomplishments • 12 clients • 4 for each product • 3 servers – RHEL • DELL 2650s • Software Suites Installed • Integrated WDS/PXE • Website
Where we are headed • Upgrade hardware • Atom Servers • Servers and clients • Virtualized clients if possible • Finish configuring • Customization of network monitoring systems • Remote network • Research and write scripts to run checks