Suggest a simple free / open source Network Monitoring software.
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I agree with @notverypunny. Zabbix is very easy to setup and use. It has a very small learning curve and has templates for almost everything you listed.
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I need a new solution as well and am going to go with Zabbix. What is the recommended OS these days for a Zabbix install? Are the guides on here still valid?
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@openit said in Suggest a simple free / open source Network Monitoring software.:
Note: I'm just wondering if we can monitor Fax or Telephone line is up etc.
Only by monitoring test calls. Nothing else can tell you if it is working.
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@coliver said in Suggest a simple free / open source Network Monitoring software.:
I agree with @notverypunny. Zabbix is very easy to setup and use. It has a very small learning curve and has templates for almost everything you listed.
We use Zabbix. But it's not all that easy.
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@AdamF said in Suggest a simple free / open source Network Monitoring software.:
I need a new solution as well and am going to go with Zabbix. What is the recommended OS these days for a Zabbix install? Are the guides on here still valid?
We run on Ubuntu LTS.
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@AdamF said in Suggest a simple free / open source Network Monitoring software.:
I need a new solution as well and am going to go with Zabbix. What is the recommended OS these days for a Zabbix install? Are the guides on here still valid?
I run on CentOS but at this point I'd probably move it to Ubuntu.
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@scottalanmiller said in Suggest a simple free / open source Network Monitoring software.:
@coliver said in Suggest a simple free / open source Network Monitoring software.:
I agree with @notverypunny. Zabbix is very easy to setup and use. It has a very small learning curve and has templates for almost everything you listed.
We use Zabbix. But it's not all that easy.
For all the basic stuff, hardware and OS monitoring, it is really easy. For some advanced things (and software) you write a lot of your own scripts to accommodate those. I've written quite a few small scripts to monitor some of our software applications.
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I set up Zabbix on CentOS many months ago, felt difficult while doing it, and left it without completing further. Below is the one. Since all pointing on it, I may have look on it once again. @notverypunny as you said, see info of " Toner magenta low on printer 2nd A3 Printer"
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Prometheus works well. It has a lot of exporters for different types of data. Grafana has a lot of prebuilt dashboards for common metrics also.
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Getting up and running is fine if you follow a guide.
Think this is the one i followed.
https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-latest-zabbix-server-on-ubuntu-linux/Getting basics up and running like simple ping tests to devices is ok once you get the steps right. But it can get complex with different templates, SNMP, agents etc. (Just make sure you backup regularly
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For switch, the following is the configuration, I mean it is on SNMP.
Following is info that I can see for it:
Is it possible to pull info every port of switch, just like Spiceworks Networ Monitor used to do? If yes, what template I would need to use or any config? Most switches we have are Cisco SG300.
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@openit said in Suggest a simple free / open source Network Monitoring software.:
For switch, the following is the configuration, I mean it is on SNMP.
Following is info that I can see for it:
Is it possible to pull info every port of switch, just like Spiceworks Networ Monitor used to do? If yes, what template I would need to use or any config? Most switches we have are Cisco SG300.
Yes, Cisco and general SNMP templates can be applied to the host and it will start to pull in information if you configured SNMP correctly.
