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genDevConfig on github

The most astute will have noticed genDevConfig moving to github. This means, you can easily add more devices, submit corrections and  improve this old school tool reborn for use with the up and coming Shinken monitoring system. Yup. genDevConfig 3.x, dedicated to creating Shinken configuration files is ready to rock. What does …

genDevConfig migrating to Shinken/Nagios

genDevConfig is in the process of being converted to output in a Shinken/Nagios configuration format. Nagios does not have any true discovery frameworks that generate configuration trees. It is more of a piecemeal affaire, where each acquisition check is responsible for knowing what it gets and how. Basic information is passed from …

DNS event trending as an NSM component

  Making use of time series trending for network security monitoring. A short history with examples. Time series trending tools like: Cricket, Cacti and Torrus focus on performance and availability. Operational teams use these day in day out, the tools are there to organize and display reams of data in …

Removing spikes from RRD databases

RRDs are fixed size databases for storing time series data. They collect information given to them and normalize it to permit trending over long periods of time. Spurious data may inadvertently make it’s way into a database. Treating this data is possible using the following means: Set the rrd-min and/or …