- Current state of Nagios 3.x - Planned roadmap for Nagios 3.x - Change in development focus - Future planned features for Nagios 4 The presentation involves the current state of Nagios 3.x, an outlook on the planned roadmap for Nagios 3.x, the changes in development focus and the future planned features for Nagios 4

1. Ethan Galstad
Current State,
Future Direction

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Continued Growth

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“Big 4” Competitor
Source:
http://www.groundworkopensource.com/solutions/tco-gwme_vs_hp-openview.html

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Nagios 3.x
Flexibility
Performance

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Flexibility

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Flexibility
Plugin output
Embedded Perl

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Flexibility
Custom variables

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Flexibility
Notifications

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Flexibility
Timeperiods

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Flexibility
State translation

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Performance

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Performance
Macro handling

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Performance
Fork behavior

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Performance
Fast startup options

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Performance
Parallel host checks

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Performance
Route detection

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Performance
Predictive checks

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Performance
Cached checks

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Performance
Data structures

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Monitoring Performance

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Why Monitor Performance?
You rely on Nagios
Nagios must be running
Nagios must be running correctly

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Nagios Metrics
Host Checks
Service Checks

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Nagios Metrics
Host Checks
Service Checks

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Cached Host Checks

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Nagios Metrics
Latency
Execution Time

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Nagios Metrics
Commands
Command Buffers

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Nagios Metrics
Status File Age
Check Results

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Future Development

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Nagios 3.x
Branched development
3.[even].x = Stable
3.[odd].x = Experimental

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Nagios 3.1
Event queue
Circular path detection

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Future Features?
Embedded Perl/Python modules
Auto-add/delete/change during runtime
Event broker API mods
External command queue

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NRPE / NSCA Addons
Maintain for compatibility
Rewrite for protocol enhancements
Replace with web services

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NDOUtils
Challenges: big, fast data
Change default behavior
Remove MySQL reliance – libdbi
Focus on performance, Nagios impact

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Web Interface
Multiple instances
Central view and control point
Scalability
Visualization

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Web Interface
Backend API
Standard web services
Basic frontend structure
Widget support

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Questions?