How to Monitor Linux Clients Using Shinken monitoring framework

To monitor Linux Clients Using Shinken monitoring framework

In this article we will learn how to monitor Linux Clients using Shinken monitoring framework.

Switch to the shinken user using the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# su shinken  
shinken@linuxhelp:/root$ shinken install ssh
Grabbing : ssh
OK ssh

Create host file configuration for Client as shown below.

shinken@linuxhelp:/root$ nano /etc/shinken/hosts/client.cfg  

Add the following lines.

define host{
   use             linux,ssh
   host_name       sk
   address         192.168.7.158
   _SNMPCOMMUNITY  password
}

Save and close the file.

Switch to root user and restart the shinken service.

shinken@linuxhelp:/root$ exit
exit

root@linuxhelp:~# service shinken restart  
Restarting scheduler
   ...done.
Restarting poller
   ...done.
Restarting reactionner
   ...done.
Restarting broker
   ...done.
Restarting receiver
   ...done.
Restarting arbiter
Doing config check
   ...done.
   ...done.

Configuring the Client system

Run the following command to install SSH & SNMPD package.

root@server2:/home/user1# apt-get install ssh snmpd 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
&hellip 
&hellip 
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Setting up ssh (1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.8) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.7) ...

Open the snmpd.conf file by running the following command.

root@server2:/home/user1# nano /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf 

Comment the following line

#agentAddress  udp:127.0.0.1:161
Uncomment the following line:
agentAddress udp:161,udp6:[::1]:161
Find the following line, and set the password for the client system. You should use the same password as defined in the shinken server.
rocommunity  password  default    -V systemonly

Save and restart the snmpd service.

root@server2:/home/user1# service snmpd restart 
 * Restarting network management services:  

Navigate to the Shinken web interface and check the status of the client. You can see that the client is successfully added. Click on the client1 to view the Client status.

SSH Service status of the client machine.