Replacing NSClient++: A Comparison of Current Alternatives
Monday, January 13, 2025 in Insights
Many of you have probably wondered how to best replace NSClient++ with a modern tool. René Gau from ASFINAG has written a bachelor’s thesis on this very topic, providing a detailed analysis of the pros and cons of the most relevant alternatives. …
missing perl module Digest::SHA1 under Rocky 9
Friday, January 10, 2025 in Insights
Some of you might have followed the instructions at https://labs.consol.de/repo/testing/#_9 to install the labs.consol.de repository. If you’re using a minimal setup of Rocky Linux 9, you might encounter this error message: # yum install …
OMD 5.50 was released
Thursday, December 19, 2024 in Releases
A new version of OMD was released. Changelog omd: add -y/–yes option to accept some dialogs automatically add build support for ubuntu 24.04 fix bash completion for services fix dropping root privileges on omd disable command omd cleanup: add …
SNClient v0.29 was released
Sunday, November 17, 2024 in Releases
A new version of SNClient+ was released. Breaking Changes none Features Changed show error if shared ports use different ssl configuration Bugfixes fix vbs wrapper in default config (#170) fix empty performance data when using perf-config units fix …
SNClient+ 0.28 was released
Monday, October 21, 2024 in Releases
A new version of SNClient+ was released. Breaking Changes none Features add check_ping plugin add exporter to inventory list add /api/v1/inventory/{module} rest endpoint to get specific inventory add /api/v1/admin/updates/install endpoint to trigger …
SNClient+ 0.27 was released
Monday, September 02, 2024 in Releases
A new version of SNClient+ was released. Breaking Changes none Features none Changed do not use empty-state if warn/crit conditions contain check on ‘count’ check_memory: distinguish between committed and swap memory check_memory: change …
SNClient+ 0.26 was released
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 in Releases
A new version of SNClient+ was released. Breaking Changes none Features none Changed update node exporter to 1.8.2 chdir windows service into to shared-path folder fill unused $ARGx$ macros with empty space (#110) Bugfixes fix check_os_version …
OMD 5.40 was released
Monday, July 15, 2024 in Releases
A new version of OMD was released. Changelog OMD: remove /etc/init.d/omd, all systems use systemd now Thruk: Thruk: 3.16 LMD: 2.2.1 Naemon: Naemon: 1.4.2 Livestatus: 1.4.2 Plugins: check_dell_health: 1.1.0.1 check_hpasm: 4.9.0.1 check_mssql_health: …
Removing old Naemon logfiles
Wednesday, June 05, 2024 in Insights
In an OMD environment Naemon writes its logfile to var/naemon/naemon.log. At midnight a logrotate job moves the logfile to the folder var/naemon/archive, renaming naemon.log to naemon.log-YYYMMDD. By default none of the archived logs is ever deleted. …
Das war der Open-Source-Monitoring-Workshop 2024
Sunday, May 19, 2024 in Releases
Der Open-Source-Monitoring-Workshop, der vergangene Woche in Neckarsulm stattfand, blickt auf eine lange Tradition zurück. Seit seiner Premiere, damals noch als Wochenendtreffen von Nagios-Anwendern, im Jahr 2005 wird er jährlich in einer anderen …