RE: [syslog-ng]GUI Monitoring tool ?
What do you mean by "keep an eye on"? Do you want logging stats, or just "is it running"? There are a number of system monitoring tools out there that will let "watch" various processes including syslog-ng. I use Big Brother(http://www.bb4.com). I wrote a couple of scripts that monitor the syslog-ng process and plugged them into Big Brother so I could ensure that it was alive and kicking. The BB results are posted on a series of web pages, all of which are customizable. I know there are several others out there and some of the other folks here use them so perhaps they will respond as well. Regards, Drew -----Original Message----- From: Tom McGee [mailto:tom_mcgee_2@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 4:00 AM To: syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu Subject: [syslog-ng]GUI Monitoring tool ? Hi, I'm a real newbie to syslog-ng so sorry if this has been asked before. I'm looking for something that will allow me to keep an eye on syslog via some GUI. Ideally via a browser... Any suggestions ? Thanks Tom. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail _______________________________________________ syslog-ng maillist - syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng Frequently asked questions at http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html
Hamilton Andrew wrote:
What do you mean by "keep an eye on"? Do you want logging stats, or just "is it running"? There are a number of system monitoring tools out there that will let "watch" various processes including syslog-ng. I use Big Brother(http://www.bb4.com). I wrote a couple of scripts that monitor the syslog-ng process and plugged them into Big Brother so I could ensure that it was alive and kicking. The BB results are posted on a series of web pages, all of which are customizable. I know there are several others out there and some of the other folks here use them so perhaps they will respond as well.
Nagios is good, I've used BB too, but rate Nagios higher.
Nagios and BB are better for testing for boolean conditions. (ie: Is it broke? Yes/No?) What I use is LogMuncher to watch my syslog files on a central log host, and it mails me about any messages I need to see. Then I get all the important messages in my mail client. See http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html Russell On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 02:16:14PM +0000, Jim Mozley wrote:
Hamilton Andrew wrote:
What do you mean by "keep an eye on"? Do you want logging stats, or just "is it running"? There are a number of system monitoring tools out there that will let "watch" various processes including syslog-ng. I use Big Brother(http://www.bb4.com). I wrote a couple of scripts that monitor the syslog-ng process and plugged them into Big Brother so I could ensure that it was alive and kicking. The BB results are posted on a series of web pages, all of which are customizable. I know there are several others out there and some of the other folks here use them so perhaps they will respond as well.
Nagios is good, I've used BB too, but rate Nagios higher.
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What I use is LogMuncher to watch my syslog files on a central log host, and it mails me about any messages I need to see. Then I get all the important messages in my mail client.
I've been using swatch in conjunction with some of my own scripts to do a similar job. Look at SEC (simple event correlation) if you want to match up events in the log.
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