The talk is about the Monitoring plugin of Foreman and the Smart Proxy and how it integrates with the rule based configuration of Icinga 2, the configuration frontend Icinga Web 2 module Director and the Puppet modules to deploy them.

1. Foreman Monitoring Integration
Configmanagement Camp Ghent 2017
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2. Table of Contents
Motivation
Implementation
Config management
Planned Improvements
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3. Motivation
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4. Foreman Project
Lifecyclemanagement for servers
provisioning
configuration
orchestration
monitoring reporting
The monitoring part of Foreman is actually reporting as it
only collects reports from different sources.
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5. Icinga Project
Icinga 2
Replacement of the Nagios or Icinga 1 Core
Performance oriented
Distributed
Rule based Configuration
REST API
Icinga Web 2
Extendable Web Interface
Director
Module for Icinga Web 2
Configuration Frontend for Icinga 2
REST API
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6. Integration
Monitoring Configuration during Provisioning
Monitoring Status in Foreman Interface
Scheduling of Downtimes
During Rebuild
As User action
Communication via Smart Proxy
More Flexibility for Communication
Integration of different Monitoring solutions
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7. Implementation
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8. Smart Proxy Monitoring -
Provider Icinga 2
Connects via Icinga 2 REST API
Authentication via User/Password or Certificate
Manage Host Object via Config Objects
Monitoring Status initial via Config Objects
Monitoring Status observed via Events
Downtimes via Action
https://github.com/theforeman/smart_proxy_monitoring
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9. Smart Proxy Monitoring -
Provider Icinga Director
Extends Provider Icinga 2
Connects via Icinga Director REST API
Authentication via User/Password
Manage Host Object via Config Objects
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10. Foreman Monitoring
Provisioning Options
No Action
Creation of Monitoring object
Deprovisioning Options
No Action
Deletion of Monitoring object
Downtime
Rebuild sets Downtime
Monitoring Status
Sub-Status affecting Global status based on
setting
Detail Panel
Downtime as individual or bulk action
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman_monitoring/
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11. Config
management
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12. Puppet support by Icinga
Project
Designed and developed by Project members and
community
Support every plattform possible
Support every use case supported by the Project
Utilize other modules when required
but do not enforce usage of specific modules if
not required
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13. Module Icinga 2
Installation
Manages Repository
Installation from packages
Feature configuration
Manages database backend
Defines cluster role
Manages certificates
Configures monitoring objects
https://github.com/icinga/puppet-icinga2
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14. Module Icinga Web 2
Installation
Manages Repository
Installation from packages
Resource and authentication configuration
Manages database backend
Support for Modules provided by the Project
Installation via git
Configuration
https://github.com/icinga/puppet-icingaweb2
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15. Other Solutions
Chef
Ansible
Powershell
Chef https://github.com/Icinga/chef-icinga2
https://github.com/Icinga/chef-icinga2repo
https://github.com/Icinga/chef-icingaweb2
https://github.com/Icinga/chef-icinga2client
Ansible https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2-ansible
Powershell https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2-
powershell-module
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16. Planned
Improvements
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17. Planned Improvements
Smart Proxy Plugin
Icinga 2: Management of Endpoints/Zones
Other Providers
Foreman Plugin
Automatic reload of Monitoring status
Make default settings configureable
Add an API
Tag an interface for monitoring
Link to the monitoring solution
https://github.com/theforeman/smart_proxy_monitoring/i
ssues
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman_monitoring/issu
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