On Friday 08 December 2006 14:21, Henrik Stoerner wrote:
I'm very much against requiring a database to be running for Hobbit to
work. The basic configuration-files (bb-hosts, hobbit-alerts.cfg and
hobbit-clients.cfg) should be accessible without relying on any
extra infrastructure components. Too often, those break just when you
need your monitoring the most.
Totally agree. The idea was to create a web based frontend that stores the information "somewhere" (mysql or SQLite of xml) that generates the needed config files.
If I can convince some other people (one of them is my boss), you may expect lots of questions (and hopelly patches) the next few months ;)
The idea is to install a management server at our customers. This will be running hobbit and a mysql database. Hobbit will be used for real-time monitoring and short-term trending. The mysql database will be updated by hobbit and every night synced to a central server. This central server will be used for inventory and long-term trending.
The monitoring is for AIX servers running Oracle software and Tivoli Storage Manager.
On my todo-list:
- web based driven configuration
- external collection of status messages and trending
- mis use of hobbit and data channels for communication
-> can this be protected with ssl or something else ?
- lots and lots AIX and Oracle addons
- documentation of everything I'm trying to understand
If anyone has already something on this list or can/will help, please contact me.
My major problem is that I can not program in C. I know perl fairly well.
Stef