From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 29 01:21:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3305E16A407 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:21:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerlique@webscene.com.au) Received: from bang.esc.net.au (mx1.esc.net.au [203.25.185.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B120543DB5 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:21:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerlique@webscene.com.au) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bang.esc.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 140D55A6B1B; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:51:01 +0930 (CST) Received: from bang.esc.net.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bang.esc.net.au [127.0.0.1:10024]) (amavisd-new) with ESMTP id 92160-06; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:50:57 +0930 (CST) Received: from WKSTN501 (lnk2.adl.adsl.esc.net.au [210.8.168.2]) by bang.esc.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CFE95A6B04; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:50:56 +0930 (CST) From: "Jerlique Bahn" To: "'Howard Jones'" , Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:50:55 +0930 Message-ID: <009701c69b1a$45978250$6400000a@WKSTN501> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <449E7BB5.2080705@thingy.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Thread-Index: AcaYU9UB5KLWPSosRFWSX8F6Maa6VgCxgcFA X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Cc: Subject: RE: Monitoring Server Health X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:21:04 -0000 > > So to clarify my initial request, what I am seeking recommendations for > is > > the program that collects the information, such as server load, > temperature, > > open tcp connections etc of the freebsd server itself. > > > > I already have the program to process the data, of which part of this > > solution is mrtg. > > > net-snmp will do this for you over a network, if that's what you are > after. There are additional MIBs to cover most/all of the things you > list, and it's not too hard to extend with any custom monitoring you > need (I've extended mine to monitor some qmail-specific variables, for > instance). It's in ports as net-mgmt/net-snmp. Great stuff. Thank you for this. I've installed and played around with this and it seems that snmpd will do what I want at this stage. > There's quite a bit of overlap between some data-processing apps and the > data-collection part though. For instance, Cacti is a MRTG-alike with a > nice web UI, but it also has some of the data collection scripts you > might need, similarly with Remstats, if it is still developed. Either > way, it'd be an unusual data-collection/data-processing admin tool that > didn't understand SNMP. Well, these programs are "data collection/processing" orientated, as opposed to providing the raw data which is what I was looking for. This raw data will be used my by Nagios and mrtg etc to make alerts and graphs Many thanks! JB