NRPE/NSCA replacement thoughts?

[Michael Schwartzkopff]

Am Donnerstag, 18. Februar 2010 19:25:33 schrieb Michael Medin:
> Hello
>
> Since I am pondering a replacement for the NSCA and NRPE protocol I
> thought I would get some thoughts from the community?
> So this is pretty much an "open floor" kind of thing to get some sense
> of what people actually need and would want (if anything at all).
> But to get some general idea I'll give you a few questions to start it off:
>
> Is a new protocol a good idea?

No. People thought about network managment protocol for more than 20 years 
now. I doubt that you can reinvent anything better.

> Should a new protocol be "flat text based" or structured?

No need for a new protocol.

> Would webservices be the best way?
>
> Should the protocol be extensible?

Yes.

> What features would a new protocol need to support?
>   - message, performance data, configuration, multiple queries, control
> logic transfer, inventory, etc.
>
> What plattforms would it need to support?
>
> Whats polling scheme(s): active, passive, active/passive, proxy, etc?
>
> Master/slave scenarios?
> In both NRPE and NSCA "nagios" is the master should the client be
> allowed to act as master?
>
> What kind of security mechanisms do you need (host, password,
> encryption, certificates, etc)?
>
> Client side "checks" or client side data gathering with server side checks?
> (ie. check_nrpe get "ok" back, another option would be to get the
> "value" and let the server decide if it is good or bad.)
>
> Multiple streams?
> ie  send to both Nagios and potentially other collectors (like rrd)
>
> <<Feel free to add more thoughts and ideas here>>
>
> // Michael Medin

Go for SNMP. This is the ONLY standard for vendor independent managment of 
devices. Nearly all devices support it. And I really doubt that you will be 
able to implement your agent on a Cisco IOS or a Check Point firewall 
appliance.

Greetings,


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