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type the letters. Select TCP as the protocol, and click OK.
Click Save on the resulting page. As with the OSProcess
procedure, return to the OS tab of the server and lock the
new IPService. Zenoss is now monitoring HTTP availability
on the server (Figure 7).
Only the Beginning
There are a multitude of other features in Zenoss that space
here prevents covering, including Network Maps (Figure 8), a
Google Maps API for multilocation monitoring (Figure 9) and
Zenpacks that provide additional monitoring and performance-
capturing capabilities for common applications.
In the span of this article, we have deployed an enterprise-
grade monitoring solution with relative ease. Although it’s surpris-
ingly easy to deploy, Zenoss also possesses a deep feature set.
It easily rivals, if not surpasses, commercial competitors in the
same product space. It is easy to manage, highly customizable
and supported by a vibrant community.
Although you may not achieve the silent mind as long as
you work with networks, with Zenoss, at least you will be able
to sleep at night knowing you will hear things when they go
down. Hopefully, they won’t be trees.
I
Jeramiah Bowling has been a systems administrator and network engineer for more than ten
years. He works for a regional accounting and auditing firm in Hunt Valley, Maryland, and holds
numerous industry certifications, including the CISSP. Your comments are welcome at
[e-mail].
INDEPTH
Resources
Zenoss: www.zenoss.com
Zenoss SourceForge Downloads Page: sourceforge.net/
project/showfiles.php?group_id=163126
NET-SNMP: net-snmp.sourceforge.net
CentOS: www.centos.org
CentOS 5 Mirrors: isoredirect.centos.org/centos/5/isos/i386
Figure 8. Zenoss automatically maps your network for you.
Figure 9. Multiple sites can be monitored geographically with the
Google Maps API.
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