PMp ist ein proaktives Konfigurations-Software-Paket, das entwickelt wurde, um das Einrichten eines Monitoring Setups zu erleichtern. Es kann Netzwerk IPs scannen und erstellt automatisch angemessene Monitoring Konfigurationen. PMP überlässt dem Endverbraucher die Wahl was im Monitoring UI sichtbar ist und wie es über ein intuitives Web Interface überwacht wird. Derzeit wird PMp am besten in Kombination mit OMD verwendet um Icinga oder Nagios Software zu konfigurieren. Des Weiteren kann es ebenfalls problemlos mit anderer Software erweitert werden.

1. OMSC
17-18 October 2012
By Wallemacq Pierre
Another approach
to configure Nagios
…
Made easy by PMp

2. Introduction
 Nagios through PMp
 Why Nagios/OMD ?
 Your configuration in a few steps;
 Why PMp?
 Who’s PMp ?
 Whence ?
PMp
 Conceptual Overview
 Installation
 Current release features
 Roadmap
Questions
Agenda

3. Proactive Monitoring Platform;
Real-time Nagios configuration WebApp;
Response to the configuration of the network
management environment;
Roots are in a L3 environment;
Understanding of your topology;
Dynamic graphical representation of your network;
Rules based;
Dynamic network survey based on iterative checks and
“automatically discover all changes”;
Nagios through PMp

4. Nagios:
Widely used
It is not only Nagios but also an ecosystem:
 GUI/addons: Nagvis – PNP4nagios – Thruck – shincken – etc
 Wide collection of probes out of the shelve
 Lot of tools around it: Check_mk, MK Livestatus, ..
Builds on many year of development ( plugins,
configuration expertise, ..)
Why Nagios / OMD?

5. OMD (Open Monitoring Distribution):
Before OMD, we had to install all the different
components separately ..
With PMp we wanted to glue thinks together.
OMD (the answer):
 Integration of a set of tool;
 Easy to deploy (package based)
 Integrates a lot of interesting tools, GUI
 Maps (Nagvis) /graphs (PNP4NAGIOS)/GUIs/WIKI ..
Recent evolution in PMp actual environment;
Could simply reuse the configuration + a few adaptations
One configuration fits it all;
Why Nagios / OMD?

6. Why Nagios/ OMD?

7. Your configuration in five steps.

8. Introduction
 Nagios through PMp
 Why Nagios/OMD ?

 Why PMp?
 Who’s PMp ?
 Whence ?
PMp
 Conceptual Overview
 Installation
 Current release features
 Roadmap
Questions
Agenda

9. Your configuration in a few steps.
Select the settings
menu. Then go to
Group

10. Your configuration in a few steps.
You can use these buttons
to either create/delete a
group or add a user to a
group
Notice the
navigation bar

11. Your configuration in a few steps.When done,
Click on Settings -
Networks

12. Your configuration in a few steps.
You presented with a list of
networks. Now, either select the
one you want to edit/delete or click
add to create a new one

13. Your configuration in few steps.
Link this
network to a
group
Name the
management
subnet
Fill the Subnet
information
Enter a
network name

14. Your configuration in a few steps.

15. Your configuration in a few steps.
Select your
device here
Interface are
automatically
selected or not
BB interfaces
are the ones
polled more
often

16. Your configuration in a few steps.
Once all device are refreshed,
you can go on and hit “Build
config” to test and apply the new
configuration!
If you whish to see
the topology then
select Topology
To understand the
meaning of the flag hit
on the flag
information

17. Your configuration in a few steps.
Select Operations ->
Topology.
For graphs options:
Settings -> Topology

18. Introduction
 Nagios through PMp
 Why Nagios/OMD ?
 Your configuration in a few steps;

 Who’s PMp ?
 Whence ?
PMp
 Conceptual Overview
 Installation
 Current release features
 Roadmap
Questions
Agenda

19. To simplify installation process;
To simplify configuration process;
To simplify maintenance process;
To benefit from the expertise in the tools;
No perfect solution:
Often work on a device base and,
Need development work to customize it.
Why PMp?

20. And also
To reduce Monitoring burden;
To reduce TCO;
To add flexibility….
Tested today on Force10, cisco, Juniper, HP …
But first of all,…
To be PROACTIVE
Why PMp?

21. Pierre Wallemacq
Network Engineer @ Belnet
 Belnet => 200 nodes
 ….
And a small team of enthousiatics guys…
Who’s PMp?

22. Whence?
2002: Nagios first install
 Nagios is used for servers and the network;
 Watchlist – PERL scripts to automate the configurations;
2002 – 2008:
 New features – links – multicast – wheathermap ..
2008 NCT:
 First test to build auto discovery functions: NCT
 Automation of the network self ( configuration is built through scripts running
on the routers).
2011: NCT, becomes PMp
End Q4 2011 – Q1 2012
 Totally rewritten – repackaging through team work!
 Almost ready for Open Source
 Own WEB site – dedicated appliance

23. Whence, 1-2 xls, NCT …

24. Whence: NCT

25. Whence?

26. Introduction
 Nagios through PMp
 Why Nagios/OMD ?
 Your configuration in a few steps;
 Why PMp?
 Who’s PMp ?
 Whence ?
PMp

 Installation
 Current release features
 Roadmap
Questions
Agenda

27. PMp Conceptual Overview
Monitoring Daemon
Log files
PMp Web Interface
Status
files
Config.
files
External
Command file
Internal DB
Network

28. PMp is available as an "out of the box" Virtual Machine
 VM ware, VirtualBox, …
 Based on OMD (LAMP).
PMp is Operation System Agnostic
 Ubuntu, Centos, Windows...
PMp Installation

29. Topology based on IP subnet and/or CDP and/or OSPF
Interfaces
Environment
Local search engine …
PMp current release features

30. PMp current release features
In the search area:
Start typing the string
you are looking for
s a n

31. PMp current release features

32. Topology based on IP subnet and/or CDP and/or OSPF
Interfaces
Environment
Local search engine …
Multiple management subnet per network
Protocols:
OSPF, BGP
Hardware:
Cisco, Juniper, Force10
PMp current release features

33. Introduction
 Nagios through PMp
 Why Nagios/OMD ?
 Your configuration in a few steps;
 Why PMp?
 Who’s PMp ?
 Whence ?
PMp
 Conceptual Overview
 Installation
 Current release features
 Roadmap
Questions
Agenda

34. Q4 2012]
Code documentation
Use a DB to store the information
Web site
Homogenous look and feel
PMp Roadmap

35. H2 2012/H1 2013]
Integration with Check_mk ( new check probes for interfaces/
MPLS)
Protocols:
 Discovery of VPN topology
 MPLS checks
Widen hardware support (HP, ..)
GoogleMap?
User interface customisations
 Edit discovery -> let’s the user choose the information he is presented with
 configurations rules -> notion of what should be monitored and how
PMp Roadmap

36. Questions ?
PMp

37. Thank You !
www.pmp-solutions.org
info@pmp-solutions.org
PMp