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Re: OpenNMS: Visualize and monitor everything on your local and distributed networks

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Post by BigParm » Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 10:08 PM UTC

mikeocool wrote: post #40

ajsnigrutin wrote: post #39

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Used it once, based on java, worked slow... reminded me of other "enterprise systems" of the era, big, clunky, java-based and slow. https://docs.opennms.com/horizon/30/operation/admin/webui/da... here are the screenshots 2/10, would not recommend. I liked zabbix a lot more, but then switched to nagios because "everyone else" was using it, and it was easier.

Thanks! Though I am still left wondering who is upvoting this link.

It's an ad dude. The upvotes are just a fugazi.

Re: OpenNMS: Visualize and monitor everything on your local and distributed networks

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Post by RamRodification » Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 3:21 PM UTC

PenguinCoder wrote: post #34

RamRodification wrote: post #29

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Does that mean that it has a library of devices so that it knows what SNMP stuff from them means? (I barely know how SNMP works).

Yes. That's called SNMP MIBs, and LibreNMS has a lot of the standard/well known device MIBs to parse out the details. https://docs.librenms.org/Support/FAQ/#how-does-librenms-use...

Cool thanks

Re: OpenNMS: Visualize and monitor everything on your local and distributed networks

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Post by Refalm » Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 9:57 PM UTC

But I've already got Observium at home.

Re: OpenNMS: Visualize and monitor everything on your local and distributed networks

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Post by secabeen » Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 11:24 PM UTC

mypalmike wrote: post #31

secabeen wrote: post #14

Network visualization tools have generally been a solution in search of a problem for me. At both work and home, my network is very stable and unchanging.

NMS systems are useful for monitoring large networks where something is likely to fail due to sheer quantity of devices/interfaces. Visualization is secondary to state capture and alerting.

Yet they still market themselves as visualization systems. An open source/free NMS-first product like Zabbix or Nagios (and its successors) is plenty.