[sles-beta] RC1 NRPE Package (nagios)

[Simon Flood]

On 08/08/2014 16:43, Matthias G. Eckermann wrote:

> That's on purpose.

Okay ...

> Let me put it this way: nagios in SUSE Linux Enterprise
> Server 11 is a package we did not put much focus on nor
> any "love" into. It is there, it is maintained, it's
> aging; it will remain in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
> as fully supported, but that's it.
>
> For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 we thought how we
> could improve the situation for the monitoring
> framework, well, the server part of it. For example, we
> got requests for Icinga.

Whilst I've not played with Icinga I've at least heard of it so that's a 
start. By Icinga do you mean v1 or Icinga 2?

> Thus, starting with SUSE Linux Enterprise 12, we are
> replacing the Nagios server with Icinga. Support for
> Icinga will not be part of the SUSE Linux Enterprise
> Server 12 subscription, though.
>
> Instead fully supported Icinga packages for SUSE Linux
> Enterprise Server 12 will be available as part of a
> SUSE Manager subscription. In this context we will be
> able to deliver better integration into the monitoring
> frameworks supported by SUSE Manager, and more frequent
> updates on the monitoring server parts than it had been
> in the past.

So the only way to get a supported monitoring solution with SLES12 is to 
buy a subscription for SUSE Manager? That seems a little naughty.

Why does it feel like I'll have to use the openSUSE Build Service to 
plug more holes with SLES12 than SLES11 SP3?

> Hope this explains.

It does (even though I don't like it!).

Thanks,
Simon
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Simon Flood
Senior Systems Specialist
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom

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