Best way to monitor server in a DMZ ? or remote LAN ?

list Steve McConnell
Tue, 5 Feb 2008 09:52:36 -0500
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Hi,

  I would like to monitor servers inside a DMZ. Since the Hobbit-Clients 
push
the information to the server, they are not able reach the LAN Hobbit 
server :
communication from the DMZ to the LAN is forbidden...

  What is your experience in that area guys ?


I used bb-central back to bb times. worked quite fine. I suppose it should work with hobbit also.

I have the exact same requirement, but I tunnelled the hobbit communications over ssh. 
There is a nice tutorial by Keith Sebesta on the old BB script repository: http://www.deadcat.net/3/BB-ssh.txt  Took me about 6 minutes to get it working.


steve


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Re: [hobbit] Best way to monitor server in a DMZ ? or remote LAN ?


user-78bb6d5d9024@xymon.invalid a écrit :

Hi,

  I would like to monitor servers inside a DMZ. Since the Hobbit-Clients 
push
the information to the server, they are not able reach the LAN Hobbit 
server :
communication from the DMZ to the LAN is forbidden...

  What is your experience in that area guys ?

I used bb-central back to bb times. worked quite fine. I suppose it should work with hobbit also. the idea is that an internal host runs the commands via ssh, and the results are sent by the internal host to the hobbit server.
It's quite interesting to have only one hobbit server. (I imagine you'll have to create as many hobbit server as you
have different DMZ networks).

  I'm thinking to setup a DMZ Hobbit server. The LAN Hobbit server will 
pull the
information from the DMZ Hobbit server. I remember something related 
using
bbproxy or NET. Am I right ?
  What is your experience in that domain again ? (bis)


  Finally, I would like to setup a Hobbit Server in "LAN2", "LAN3" and

"LAN4" .

Those LAN* Hobbit server will monitor servers around them.
  Will they send information to LAN Hobbit server or the LAN Hobbit 
server will
pull the information from LAN* Hobbit servers ?

  Thanks by advance for any answers or point of view of my ideas. I'm 
looking
for a global view of my issues + tutorial links to setup the right 
things.

   Thanks by advance.