From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D46D01396D9 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:10:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7CD532BC065; Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:10:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ra.horus-it.com (ra.horus-it.com [94.130.34.199]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 132E62BC014 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:10:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ra.horus-it.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71E0948C06EF for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2017 18:10:08 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: at horus-it.com Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: monit and friends. DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=monksofcool.net; s=bravo; t=1508170204; bh=eMkYH+/wL77HlFWa4NZvC9VR79a4UigOmTH60S0tKUg=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Message-ID:Date:User-Agent:In-Reply-To: Content-Type:Content-Language; b=j78p1Rypny2g/MhdmqsHuyM//Ce4K+n07zJJLtmrwrS771BY9amuhYjBni6cbeGn8 uthUfnU1bRezOFhgsu1gzKBMu97Gc7vJ75jRT/HhdJidcvbfn/lUSko2uh7EP1uwjF CWCQKYRf3Wq5MrFtwPJuzeVFSATSPj4hcfSYiZ/7pncgDpjUnPeXErFh1Shm4PgOkI iTk5AU5qxChHrTPEhMso75b/wutD9Ge7Ic83CScDWhe4KyEZStpVvGRgwW0xadeS0d uwuKVwpAesiBSdKOYATOKdyra6vp1mKm3Oze3Qx7YwZWpqtKl6QfoIFNIKWQ2ztF0y lZsvjICgGA3tg== To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <96762772-dd49-7464-da0c-c0a878a6e7de@gmail.com> <20171016150852.u6w6ekna7la4pxhb@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> <6623947.tej94tQTD2@dell_xps> From: Ralph Seichter Message-ID: Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 18:10:02 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.4.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 38cfcc10-d9c7-41da-9d87-bc77152923a3 X-Archives-Hash: 77fdd8d756fb9b11f961b853f850df5f On 16.10.2017 17:50, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Nagios and I go way back, way way waaaaaay back. I now recommend it > never be used unless there really is no other option. Have you tried Icinga 2 (*) yet? It originally started as a Nagios fork and uses plugins to monitor, but the rule-based configuration mechanism of Icinga 2 is IMO more powerful and easier than Nagios' mechanism. I've used both Nagios and Icinga for years, and I definitely prefer Icinga 2. -Ralph (*) https://www.icinga.com/products/icinga-2/