What software should i use to monitor my server

badgerbox76 · 12-14-2005, 10:47 PM

Hello I am running a my Ubuntu box as a web server and I would like to know what programs people would suggest for monitoring there systems. I would love to have something like monitorix http://www.monitorix.org/ that makes the great looking charts and that I could put on my site. Also if there is any think that could automatically post stats about my system like the tempter, time running, OS, and other things of the sort.

Thanks much for you assistance in advance

azucaro · 12-15-2005, 04:38 PM

So this is apache, right? Try Webalizer: http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/

badgerbox76 · 12-15-2005, 07:49 PM

Are there any others you or any one would recomend?

azucaro · 12-16-2005, 10:37 AM

I haven't used any others, to tell you the truth. I was happy with webalizer's speed and reliability, so it was really a one-stop shop for me.

Cheers!

badgerbox76 · 12-16-2005, 01:19 PM

I think its an ok pice of software but i need some thing with more options like monitorix. the resone why i am not useing it it becuase it has so many dependaces and i can seem to get any installed. So if any one has free time on there hands it would be great if you could try and install it your self and then tell me how you did it.

badgerbox76 · 12-16-2005, 01:33 PM

I think its an ok pice of software but i need some thing with more options like monitorix. the resone why i am not useing it it becuase it has so many dependaces and i can seem to get any installed. So if any one has free time on there hands it would be great if you could try and install it your self and then tell me how you did it.

azucaro · 12-18-2005, 01:43 PM

I'll check it out sometime this week, and I'll let you know.

azucaro · 12-18-2005, 01:48 PM

That project looks really nice, but it is an awful lot like gkrellm2. What services are you trying to monitor exactly? Do you want log files or just to be able to run analysis as "snapshots"?

Snerkel · 12-19-2005, 06:49 AM

A brilliant php script for monitoring things such as temp, HDD size, space etc, network sent/recived data, OS, PCI devices, CPU usage, RAM, swap, cache usage etc is phpsysinfo. http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpsysinfo/. It doesnt monitor things such as who's visited but it still sounds like what your looking for. And is a brilliant piece of kit!

Give it a try, Sourceforge have there copy running. http://phpsysinfo.sourceforge.net/ph...template=black (with my fav template that i use

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That + webalizer should cover your needs i think!

badgerbox76 · 12-19-2005, 12:34 PM

Thanks azucaro i hope you can get it to run

MS3FGX · 12-19-2005, 12:48 PM

I am a bit confused, if you want something just like Monitorix, why don't you just use Monitorix?

Snerkel · 12-19-2005, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MS3FGX

I am a bit confused, if you want something just like Monitorix, why don't you just use Monitorix?

I think he wants something web based

badgerbox76 · 12-19-2005, 04:17 PM

the reason why i have not been using Monitorix it because it has to many dependencies that i just cant seem to get installed. if i could get it to work or there was a tutorially that would show me how to install it i would use it

azucaro · 12-20-2005, 07:45 AM

Just letting you know that I'm still looking into it. I know what I need to do, I just need to find the time to do it between work and other stuff.

The main thing is getting rrdtool (monitorx depends on it) to recognize cgilib (rrdtool depends on it). Aren't dependencies fun?

badgerbox76 · 12-20-2005, 02:16 PM

thanks for keeping up with this thread i appreciate it