Monday, May 08, 2006

Linux - Server Monitoring With munin And monit (HowtoForge)

Quick and dirty monitoring ... looks like you can have this up and running in 15 minutes or less ...


Server Monitoring With munin And monit | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials
Server Monitoring With munin And monit. In this article I will describe how to monitor your server with munin and monit. munin produces nifty little graphics about nearly every aspect of your server (load average, memory usage, CPU usage, MySQL throughput, eth0 traffic, etc.) without much configuration, whereas monit checks the availability of services like Apache, MySQL, Postfix and takes the appropriate action such as a restart if it finds a service is not behaving as expected. The combination of the two gives you full monitoring: graphics that lets you recognize current or upcoming problems (like "We need a bigger server soon, our load average is increasing rapidly."), and a watchdog that ensures the availability of the monitored services.

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