alternative Status Map?

[Paul Weaver]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomasz Chmielewski [mailto:mangoo at wpkg.org] 
> Sent: 05 March 2009 15:56
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] alternative Status Map?
> 
> Are there alternative Status Maps for Nagios?
> 
> Current implementation has at least these limitations:
> 
> 1. With lots of monitored hosts, the map becomes unreadable / 
> does not fit on the screen.

That's true

> 2. All nagios users can see the whole network structure for all hosts.
> 
> Even if a given web user is not authorised to view certain 
> hosts, he/she will see them anyway on the status map (without 
> icons/descriptions).
> It can be even viewed as a security flaw.

Personally I'm not a fan of maps, very few cases I think they're useful,
however NagVis might be what you want

http://www.nagvis.org/

This kind of map could be useful for a server room
http://www.nagvis.org/sites/default/files/screenshots/nagvis-1.3-rack.pn
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And perhaps this kind if you have a geographically spread system. 
http://www.nagvis.org/sites/default/files/screenshots/nagvis_map_2.png
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Paul Weaver	
Systems Development Engineer
News Production Facilities, BBC News

 

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