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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      A proxy is better than separate monitoring tools. What is it that you want to monitor?

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      • wirestyle22W
        wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

        A proxy is better than separate monitoring tools. What is it that you want to monitor?

        It would be a proxy at each site though. Hardware and service monitoring with e-mail alerts

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
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          @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

          @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

          A proxy is better than separate monitoring tools. What is it that you want to monitor?

          It would be a proxy at each site though. Hardware and service monitoring with e-mail alerts

          Yes. But then you'd have a central console rather than needing to log in to each separately to check in.

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          • wirestyle22W
            wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

            @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

            @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

            A proxy is better than separate monitoring tools. What is it that you want to monitor?

            It would be a proxy at each site though. Hardware and service monitoring with e-mail alerts

            Yes. But then you'd have a central console rather than needing to log in to each separately to check in.

            At that point why wouldnt I put a Zabbix server at their site and use Teamviewer or something to access it?

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            • gjacobseG
              gjacobse @wirestyle22
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              @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

              @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

              @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

              @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

              A proxy is better than separate monitoring tools. What is it that you want to monitor?

              It would be a proxy at each site though. Hardware and service monitoring with e-mail alerts

              Yes. But then you'd have a central console rather than needing to log in to each separately to check in.

              At that point why wouldnt I put a Zabbix server at their site and use Teamviewer or something to access it?

              If you sitll used a hosted option - you can set offline / down alerts - if the site is down (isp) you won't get them. We have a Zabbix hosted monitoring several different clients / servers.

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              • wirestyle22W
                wirestyle22 @gjacobse
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                @gjacobse said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                A proxy is better than separate monitoring tools. What is it that you want to monitor?

                It would be a proxy at each site though. Hardware and service monitoring with e-mail alerts

                Yes. But then you'd have a central console rather than needing to log in to each separately to check in.

                At that point why wouldnt I put a Zabbix server at their site and use Teamviewer or something to access it?

                If you sitll used a hosted option - you can set offline / down alerts - if the site is down (isp) you won't get them. We have a Zabbix hosted monitoring several different clients / servers.

                That's a good point

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                • wirestyle22W
                  wirestyle22 @gjacobse
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                  @gjacobse said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                  Not sure why you need separate Zabbix instances for each?

                  So when we attempt to calculate what is needed hardware wise (number of machines) we can get what we need and if they don't renew we can just delete that VM for that business.

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                  • gjacobseG
                    gjacobse @wirestyle22
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                    @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                    @gjacobse said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                    Not sure why you need separate Zabbix instances for each?

                    So when we attempt to calculate what is needed hardware wise (number of machines) we can get what we need and if they don't renew we can just delete that VM for that business.

                    We have but a single Zabbix instances running for the sites we are monitoring. If they discontinue service - just delete that 'site'

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
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                      @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                      @gjacobse said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                      Not sure why you need separate Zabbix instances for each?

                      So when we attempt to calculate what is needed hardware wise (number of machines) we can get what we need and if they don't renew we can just delete that VM for that business.

                      Same with the proxy. I'm not seeing any value to separate Zabbix instances.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
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                        @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                        @gjacobse said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                        @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                        @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                        A proxy is better than separate monitoring tools. What is it that you want to monitor?

                        It would be a proxy at each site though. Hardware and service monitoring with e-mail alerts

                        Yes. But then you'd have a central console rather than needing to log in to each separately to check in.

                        At that point why wouldnt I put a Zabbix server at their site and use Teamviewer or something to access it?

                        If you sitll used a hosted option - you can set offline / down alerts - if the site is down (isp) you won't get them. We have a Zabbix hosted monitoring several different clients / servers.

                        That's a good point

                        If you have an instance at each site, you'll have no way to be alerted should a site fail.

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                        • wirestyle22W
                          wirestyle22
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                          Definitely appreciate the advice guys

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
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                            @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                            @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                            A proxy is better than separate monitoring tools. What is it that you want to monitor?

                            It would be a proxy at each site though. Hardware and service monitoring with e-mail alerts

                            Yes. But then you'd have a central console rather than needing to log in to each separately to check in.

                            At that point why wouldnt I put a Zabbix server at their site and use Teamviewer or something to access it?

                            Teamviewer? Why not SSH? Or Salt?

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
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                              @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                              A proxy is better than separate monitoring tools. What is it that you want to monitor?

                              It would be a proxy at each site though. Hardware and service monitoring with e-mail alerts

                              Right. It would also be a Zabbix server at each site. So you word this like it's bad, when in reality the proxy is better for this very reason.

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                              • wirestyle22W
                                wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                A proxy is better than separate monitoring tools. What is it that you want to monitor?

                                It would be a proxy at each site though. Hardware and service monitoring with e-mail alerts

                                Yes. But then you'd have a central console rather than needing to log in to each separately to check in.

                                At that point why wouldnt I put a Zabbix server at their site and use Teamviewer or something to access it?

                                Teamviewer? Why not SSH? Or Salt?

                                Because I'm not going to be here forever and I'm the only person that understands (sort of) the linux command line.If I did this in vultr it wouldnt matter though. TV would be pointless. That was referencing the onsite virtualized Zabbix server though

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
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                                  @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                  @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                  @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                  A proxy is better than separate monitoring tools. What is it that you want to monitor?

                                  It would be a proxy at each site though. Hardware and service monitoring with e-mail alerts

                                  Yes. But then you'd have a central console rather than needing to log in to each separately to check in.

                                  At that point why wouldnt I put a Zabbix server at their site and use Teamviewer or something to access it?

                                  Teamviewer? Why not SSH? Or Salt?

                                  Because I'm not going to be here forever and I'm the only person that understands (sort of) the linux command line.If I did this in vultr it wouldnt matter though. TV would be pointless. That was referencing the onsite virtualized Zabbix server though

                                  At some point, you just have to assume that they must hire someone capable or they are screwed anyway. This isn't a case of making something complex that you need to struggle to find support for, it's a case of very basic skill that anyone potential competent can learn in minutes and getting support from anywhere is available. If they have a problem with this, they can't support Windows either - but might look like they are. So it's the opposite of your thought process, you are putting them at the biggest support risk making it LOOK like they are able to support something that they cannot.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
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                                    @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                    If I did this in vultr it wouldnt matter though. TV would be pointless. That was referencing the onsite virtualized Zabbix server though

                                    How does being on Vultr change the TV situation?

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                                    • wirestyle22W
                                      wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                      @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                      @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                      @wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Remote Monitoring with Zabbix:

                                      A proxy is better than separate monitoring tools. What is it that you want to monitor?

                                      It would be a proxy at each site though. Hardware and service monitoring with e-mail alerts

                                      Yes. But then you'd have a central console rather than needing to log in to each separately to check in.

                                      At that point why wouldnt I put a Zabbix server at their site and use Teamviewer or something to access it?

                                      Teamviewer? Why not SSH? Or Salt?

                                      Because I'm not going to be here forever and I'm the only person that understands (sort of) the linux command line.If I did this in vultr it wouldnt matter though. TV would be pointless. That was referencing the onsite virtualized Zabbix server though

                                      At some point, you just have to assume that they must hire someone capable or they are screwed anyway. This isn't a case of making something complex that you need to struggle to find support for, it's a case of very basic skill that anyone potential competent can learn in minutes and getting support from anywhere is available. If they have a problem with this, they can't support Windows either - but might look like they are. So it's the opposite of your thought process, you are putting them at the biggest support risk making it LOOK like they are able to support something that they cannot.

                                      You're right. I'll setup SSH.

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