Comments on: Bash Linux server monitoring script http://www.sam-hughes.co.uk/2010/01/03/bash-linux-server-monitoring-script/ Etw aka Ntw's Blog :: "Life ain't that simple" Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:29:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matthew Walster http://www.sam-hughes.co.uk/2010/01/03/bash-linux-server-monitoring-script/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Matthew Walster Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:29:15 +0000 http://www.sam-hughes.co.uk/?p=80#comment-69 One thing I tend to do is have a server on the net with "Opsview" installed, then any machine I need to monitor has the "Opsview agent" installed, then the opsview server monitors that agent - so it can check CPU, memory, disk space, apache processes, mysql replication etc. The one down side to it is that you need a server to run the Opsview process on! Of course, the one thing your package does is a bit of auditing, I tend to do this with etckeeper, but yours is far more integrated. Seems quite nice, I'll have to look into it! One thing I tend to do is have a server on the net with “Opsview” installed, then any machine I need to monitor has the “Opsview agent” installed, then the opsview server monitors that agent – so it can check CPU, memory, disk space, apache processes, mysql replication etc.

The one down side to it is that you need a server to run the Opsview process on!

Of course, the one thing your package does is a bit of auditing, I tend to do this with etckeeper, but yours is far more integrated.

Seems quite nice, I’ll have to look into it!

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