For the daily work of operation and maintenance, server monitoring is a must and the most basic content. In the process of enterprise network operation and maintenance, the administrator keeps an eye on the server and network operation at any time, so as to discover problems in time and minimize the occurrence of failures. When there are many devices and servers in the network, in order to obtain various monitoring information more conveniently and quickly, some centralized monitoring software is usually used.
Currently, there are three types of server monitoring software that are used more frequently: zabbix, cacti, and nagios. Briefly introduce these three software.
zabbix
zabbix is an enterprise-level open source solution based on WEB interface that provides distributed system monitoring and network monitoring functions.
Zabbix can monitor various network parameters to ensure the safe operation of the server system; and provide a flexible notification mechanism to allow system administrators to quickly locate/solve various problems.
cacti
Cacti is a set of network traffic monitoring graphical analysis tools based on PHP, MySQL, SNMP and RRDTool.
nagios
Nagios is an open source free network monitoring tool that can effectively monitor the status of Windows, Linux and Unix, network devices such as switches, routers, and printers. When the system or service status is abnormal, an email or SMS alarm will be sent to notify the website operation and maintenance personnel at the first time, and a normal email or SMS notification will be sent after the status is restored.
However, for most novices, although these three monitoring software are very powerful in monitoring, they are not easy to use, and installation and deployment are more difficult.
The role of resource monitoring in operation and maintenance is to discover problems, so that operation and maintenance personnel can handle and solve problems in a timely manner. Based on this, operation and maintenance novices should find a software that is more suitable for them, simple to operate and easy to use, and at the same time meets the monitoring function. .
After comparing other monitoring software, I finally found a good monitoring tool. It can't be said to be a monitoring tool, but the monitoring function of the operation and maintenance panel.
This operation and maintenance panel is called Cloud Helper ( official website ), compatible with linux/windows, compatible with all cloud vendors, and has fewer restrictions on servers. At the same time, although its server resource monitoring function is relatively basic, it is quite complete.
After adding a server (by the way, the way they add a server is quite simple, the probe is installed, and you can log in directly in this software). You can see the real-time monitoring overview of CPU, memory, disk, and network in the resource monitoring module.
You can also click to view the usage of each resource
The most important thing is that you can set alarms. Once a resource triggers the alarm rules you set, an alarm notification will be sent. This is very convenient. You can also handle the problem in time without real-time monitoring of resource data.
Of course, this software is essentially a server management panel. Resource monitoring is only one of its functions. There are other basic operation and maintenance functions such as one-click security inspection, one-click repair, environment deployment, and site management.
Other students who have more convenient and easy-to-use monitoring tools can also leave a message to share~