About
"Shinken is an open source monitoring framework based on Nagios Core which has been rewritten in python to enhance flexibility, scalability, and ease of use. Shinken is fully compatible with Nagios and supports its plugins and configurations that can be used on the go without rewriting or adjusting." - Digital Ocean Community
Installation
Download and run the installation script with the following command:
curl -L http://install.shinken-monitoring.org | /bin/bash
Update the administator's password:
editor /usr/local/shinken/etc/contacts.cfg
Update the auth secret
editor /usr/local/shinken/etc/shinken-specific.cfg
Install Mongodb support and reboot
cd /usr/local/shinken ./install -a mongodb sudo apt-get install python-pip -y pip install pymongo sudo reboot
Now you can navigate to the server in order to configure it further or view information/alerts. Just go to http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:7767
Add A Server To Monitor
There is no point having a monitoring server that doesn't monitor any other servers. Here we are going to configure the Shinken server to monitor an external entity.
Add a config file to the
editor /usr/local/shinken/etc/hosts/[put-name-here].cfg
Add the following contents to it, ensuring to fill in the details between []
define host{
use linux,ssh
host_name [unique name here]
address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
_SNMPCOMMUNITY [Password Here]
}
Restart the service for all changes to take effect.
sudo service shinken restart
Configure the Client
Install the snmpd service before configuring it:
sudo apt-get install snmpd -y editor /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
Comment out the following line:
agentAddress udp:127.0.0.1:161
Uncomment this line:
agentAddress udp:161,udp6:[::1]:161
Replace "rocommunity public" with whatever password you put in [Password Here] e.g.
rocommunity [PASSWORD HERE]
Restart the snmpd daemon
service snmpd restart
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