1 © 2014 All Rights Reserved SouthEast LinuxFest Introduction to Zenoss June 2015 Andrew D Kirch...

1 © 2014 All Rights Reserved

SouthEast LinuxFestIntroduction to ZenossJune 2015

Andrew D KirchCommunity [email protected]


Prerequisites

Basics:

• Basic Linux Systems Administration Skillset

• Devices that respond to ICMP ping

Advanced (things that will help you long term):

• Intermediate to advanced BASH

• Python

• SNMP WMI SSH Keys


Speaker

• Andrew D Kirch• Community Manager at Zenoss

• I’ve done lots of Systems and Networks Administration• Linux, Cisco, Juniper

• I’ve also done lots of monitoring• Argus (argus.tcp4me.com)

• Ncentral by Nable

• Zenoss (of course)

Worst thing I ever broke: I accidentally deleted /var on the Amanda backup server taking the tape robot index with it.


Objectives

• Why Might you Be Here? (a sad story I tell)•this story may have happened to you •If it has I’m sorry :(

• Why Zenoss?

• Demonstration (30-40 minutes)

• The Community

• Where do you get it?

• Questions and Answers


You Got Yourself some neat IT stuff to monitor!

• Maybe it’s an internet connection

• Maybe it’s a server or VM

• Maybe it’s the point of sale at your first retail location

Regardless it’s going to crash in a few weeks, and business will stop. You are going to get blamed.


You fixed the problem!

• You, as the new IT Ops guru fixed the problem• Good news, you fixed it so you’re a hero!• Bad news, everything that breaks is now your problem!• You realize you needed to monitor your shiny new kit, and

installed something you found after searching on google


We got this new app!

• Monday morning, a few months later your boss informs you that they’ve bought a brand new app

• He didn’t tell you about it when he was evaluating it

• Your network monitor doesn’t support it

• You deploy the app, dread rising

• You google “monitoring my new app”

• You install the solution found on Google


The app crashed and you didn’t know!

• Monitoring your new monitoring software wasn’t supported by your old monitoring software

• Your new monitoring software crashed

• You weren’t told

• Your app went down and you never got warned

• It’s your fault!


Google monitoring software to monitor your monitoring software

• At some point isn’t this getting absurd?


Actually yes, it is absurd. Maybe there’s a better way?


Unified Monitoring

• Unified monitoring for legacy, physical, virtual and cloud

• Agentless deployment leverages standard protocols

• SNMP

• WMI

• SSH and Local command plugins

• SNMPv2 MIBs

• Supports most major operating systems out of the box

• Zenoss and Community documentation available


ZenPacks

• ZenPacks - Use the target’s API or existing agent to monitor it

• 394 total ZenPacks Created by Zenoss and Zenoss User Community

• Rapid Development via Open Source ZenPack Generator

• Notable Open Source ZenPacks:

• CloudStack

• OpenStack

• AWS

• Windows

• Linux

408 ZenPacks currently available on the ZenPack Catalog

http://wiki.zenoss.org/Category:ZenPacks


Install Zenoss Core 5 – Small Footprint

You will need:• VM or server with 4 cores, and 20gb of ram (for up to 100 devices)

• Minimal Install of CentOS 7/Ubuntu 14.14 (or later) 64bit

• Get it on the Wiki:• http://wiki.zenoss.org/Install_Zenoss

• Takes about an hour

• Guaranteed to take 3-6 weeks on hotel wifi!

(I highly recommend a good beer while waiting)


Demo


Support

• Zenoss has an active support community

• Places you can go to find us:

• Wiki: http://wiki.Zenoss.org

• ZenPack directory: http://wiki.zenoss.org/Category:ZenPacks

• Forums and Blog: http://www.Zenoss.org

• IRC: irc.freenode.net #zenoss

http://wiki.zenoss.org/

http://wiki.zenoss.org/Category:ZenPacks

http://www.zenoss.org/


What can be found on the Wiki?

• Wealth of Community sourced docs

• Over 400 ZenPacks

• Getting Help section on the front page

• Tips for creating transforms and templates

• Development guide for ZenPacks including four two-hour videos

• Wealth of Community sourced docs

• Over 400 ZenPacks

• Getting Help section on the front page

• Tips for creating transforms and templates

• Development guide for ZenPacks including four two-hour videos


The Community Website – www.Zenoss.org

• Forums• Great for more in-depth

questions

• Patrolled by Zenoss employees, other customers, and the Community

• Community Blog - http://www.zenoss.org/blog• Updated several times a month

• Contains the Dev Hours schedule


IRC irc.freenode.net #Zenoss

• Active Community support

• Dev Hours twice a week

• A Zenoss Engineer from our solutions, platform, or professional services team will be available to answer your Transform, Template, or ZenPack related questions.

• Schedule is posted quarterly The current schedule is available here: http://www.zenoss.org/blog/201506/q2-dev-hours

It’s IRC folks, did you really expect a screenshot?

http://www.zenoss.org/blog/201506/q2-dev-hours


Questions?

Contact info:

Andrew Kirch

Community Manager @ Zenoss

Email: [email protected]

IRC: Trelane in #zenoss

Twitter @trelane99

Thank You!Questions & Answers

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