[UPHPU] Server monitoring script

[Scott Morris]

Velda wrote:
> Hi there
> 
> I hope this isn't terribly off topic.  We're on the hunt for a really
> great multi-server management & monitoring solution.  Does anyone know
> of a good open source monitoring script? If not what are you opinions on
> systems that we could purchase?  We want something that'll monitor nodes
> + help us track IP usage, version information, average loads, and disk
> space usage on 100-200 servers.  We've tried alot of things that do some
> of those items, but can't seem to find one solution that does it all,
> and with that many servers it would be terribly helpful.
> 
> While I've figured out how to do some of the things I want to do (report
> IP address usage, version numbers, usage, and load averages) I really
> don't know how to write something that does basic monitoring and
> notification for nodes like pop3, mysql, etc. etc.  I am hoping to at
> least find something open source in that area as I -know- there's
> already stuff out there that does it.  I just don't know how (or whether
> its possible) to do it with php.
> 
> Let me know your thoughts,
> 
> velda

Well, you could use nagios.  It has the ability to do almost everything
you list.  For what it doesn't have, you can write plugins for it (which
I have done) in php.  If you are looking for a php framework that does
all this, nagios isn't it.  But if you are looking for an open-source
system that does a whole lot of what you describe, that is what I use at
my place of employment.  I only have about 47 sensors on like 8 servers,
but it definitely scales well.  It sends notifications when certain
thresholds are reached, etc.  Email and SMS notifications.  Again, not
exactly a PHP solution, but you can definitely use php with it.

Scott