1. 1 © 2014 All Rights Reserved SouthEast LinuxFest Introduction to Zenoss June 2015 Andrew D Kirch Community Manager akirch@zenoss.com

2. 2 © 2014 All Rights Reserved Prerequisites Basics: Basic Linux Systems Administration Skillset Devices that respond to ICMP ping Advanced (things that will help you long term): Intermediate to advanced BASH Python SNMP WMI SSH Keys

3. 3 © 2014 All Rights Reserved Speaker Andrew D Kirch Community Manager at Zenoss I’ve done lots of Systems and Networks Administration Linux, Cisco, Juniper I’ve also done lots of monitoring Argus (argus.tcp4me.com) Ncentral by Nable Zenoss (of course) Worst thing I ever broke: I accidentally deleted /var on the Amanda backup server taking the tape robot index with it.

4. 4 © 2014 All Rights Reserved Objectives Why Might you Be Here? (a sad story I tell) this story may have happened to you If it has I’m sorry :( Why Zenoss? Demonstration (30-40 minutes) The Community Where do you get it? Questions and Answers

5. 5 © 2014 All Rights Reserved You Got Yourself some neat IT stuff to monitor! Maybe it’s an internet connection Maybe it’s a server or VM Maybe it’s the point of sale at your first retail location Regardless it’s going to crash in a few weeks, and business will stop. You are going to get blamed.

6. 6 © 2014 All Rights Reserved You fixed the problem! You, as the new IT Ops guru fixed the problem Good news, you fixed it so you’re a hero! Bad news, everything that breaks is now your problem! You realize you needed to monitor your shiny new kit, and installed something you found after searching on google

7. 7 © 2014 All Rights Reserved We got this new app! Monday morning, a few months later your boss informs you that they’ve bought a brand new app He didn’t tell you about it when he was evaluating it Your network monitor doesn’t support it You deploy the app, dread rising You google “monitoring my new app” You install the solution found on Google

8. 8 © 2014 All Rights Reserved The app crashed and you didn’t know! Monitoring your new monitoring software wasn’t supported by your old monitoring software Your new monitoring software crashed You weren’t told Your app went down and you never got warned It’s your fault!

9. 9 © 2014 All Rights Reserved Google monitoring software to monitor your monitoring software At some point isn’t this getting absurd?

10. 10 © 2014 All Rights Reserved Actually yes, it is absurd. Maybe there’s a better way?

11. 11 © 2014 All Rights Reserved Unified Monitoring Unified monitoring for legacy, physical, virtual and cloud Agentless deployment leverages standard protocols SNMP WMI SSH and Local command plugins SNMPv2 MIBs Supports most major operating systems out of the box Zenoss and Community documentation available

12. 12 © 2014 All Rights Reserved ZenPacks ZenPacks - Use the target’s API or existing agent to monitor it 394 total ZenPacks Created by Zenoss and Zenoss User Community Rapid Development via Open Source ZenPack Generator Notable Open Source ZenPacks: CloudStack OpenStack AWS Windows Linux 408 ZenPacks currently available on the ZenPack Catalog http://wiki.zenoss.org/Category:ZenPacks

13. 13 © 2014 All Rights Reserved Install Zenoss Core 5 – Small Footprint You will need: VM or server with 4 cores, and 20gb of ram (for up to 100 devices) Minimal Install of CentOS 7/Ubuntu 14.14 (or later) 64bit Get it on the Wiki: http://wiki.zenoss.org/Install_Zenoss Takes about an hour Guaranteed to take 3-6 weeks on hotel wifi! (I highly recommend a good beer while waiting)

14. 14 © 2014 All Rights Reserved Demo

15. 15 © 2014 All Rights Reserved Support Zenoss has an active support community Places you can go to find us: Wiki: http://wiki.Zenoss.orghttp://wiki.Zenoss.org ZenPack directory: http://wiki.zenoss.org/Category:ZenPackshttp://wiki.zenoss.org/Category:ZenPacks Forums and Blog: http://www.Zenoss.orghttp://www.Zenoss.org IRC: irc.freenode.net #zenoss

16. 16 © 2014 All Rights Reserved What can be found on the Wiki? Wealth of Community sourced docs Over 400 ZenPacks Getting Help section on the front page Tips for creating transforms and templates Development guide for ZenPacks including four two-hour videos Wealth of Community sourced docs Over 400 ZenPacks Getting Help section on the front page Tips for creating transforms and templates Development guide for ZenPacks including four two-hour videos

17. 17 © 2014 All Rights Reserved The Community Website – www.Zenoss.org Forums Great for more in-depth questions Patrolled by Zenoss employees, other customers, and the Community Community Blog - http://www.zenoss.org/blog Updated several times a month Contains the Dev Hours schedule

18. 18 © 2014 All Rights Reserved IRC irc.freenode.net #Zenoss Active Community support Dev Hours twice a week A Zenoss Engineer from our solutions, platform, or professional services team will be available to answer your Transform, Template, or ZenPack related questions. Schedule is posted quarterly The current schedule is available here: http://www.zenoss.org/blog/201506/q2-dev-hourshttp://www.zenoss.org/blog/201506/q2-dev-hours It’s IRC folks, did you really expect a screenshot?

19. 19 © 2014 All Rights Reserved Questions? Contact info: Andrew Kirch Community Manager @ Zenoss Email: akirch@zenoss.comakirch@zenoss.com IRC: Trelane in #zenoss Twitter @trelane99 Thank You! Questions & Answers