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OSMC 2021 | Thola – A tool for monitoring and provisioning network devices
Thola is a versatile tool designed for monitoring and provisioning network devices across various manufacturers, including Cisco and Juniper, utilizing protocols like SNMP and HTTP. It provides a unified interface, command line operations, and works seamlessly with monitoring tools and Ansible, allowing easy integration and extension with configuration logic in YAML files. The tool supports various device types, making it a valuable resource for network management and automation.
OSMC 2021 | Thola – A tool for monitoring and provisioning network devices
- 1. Introducing Thola Stephan Schmidt,Tobias Berdin A tool for monitoring and provisioning network devices A tool for monitoring and provisioning network devices
- 2. Overview generic request generic response Server Juniperspeci fi c request Juniper speci fi c response Cisco speci fi c response Cisco speci fi c request Juniper Switch Cisco Switch Thola
- 3. Overview gather facts facts Ansible Juniper speci fi crequest Juniper speci fi c response Cisco speci fi c response Cisco speci fi c request Juniper Switch Cisco Switch generic request generic response Server Thola
- 4. Why is Tholathat awesome? • uni fi ed interface for communication with devices from Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, Nokia/ISAM and many more • support for various devices like switches, routers, directional radio, UPS… • easy way for adding additional device types
- 5. Why is Tholathat awesome? • usage of different protocols including SNMP, HTTP… • low resource needs open source
- 6. Modes of operation •Command Line Interface • Monitoring Check Plugin • REST API • Ansible Module
- 7. Getting started withThola
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- 9. ./thola read interfaces Readout special interface information
- 10. • thola checkoutput per default in check plugin format • can be used in monitoring tools (e.g. Nagios, Icinga) ./thola check
- 11. ./thola check cpu-load CheckCPU usage
- 12. ./thola api Start andcon fi gure the API
- 13. ./thola-client Let the APIdo the work
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- 15. Device class content •conditions for assigning a device to this class • available operations for the device
- 16. Device class hierarchy generic junosios ceraos edgeos fortigate ip10 ECS3528 ECS3510 … …
- 17. Device classes in.yaml • entire logic in .yaml con fi guration fi les • easy to write • not bound to a programming language • embedded in binary • can be extended with code
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- 21. Using Thola withAnsible
- 22. Using Thola withAnsible • gather facts of your hosts • read out identify information • perform checks • embedded in playbooks
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- 25. Gathering identify facts Identifyhosts and display their properties
- 26. Gathering identify facts Identifyhosts and display their properties
- 27. Gathering cpu loadfacts Read cpu load of your hosts
- 28. Gathering cpu loadfacts Read cpu load of your hosts
- 29. Why using Tholawith Ansible? • one module for all vendors and device types • variety of check and read modes • easy way for adding new manufacturers
- 30. Thanks for yourattention 🎉 thola.io github.com/inexio/thola galaxy.ansible.com/inexio/thola reddit.com/r/thola