Opsview 4.0

This is the official documentation resource for Opsview users and system administrators.

• Changes since last release
• Upgrading from Opsview 3
• Getting started with the new Dashboard
• Managing your Opsview Entitlements

• Operating system, browser and hardware support
• Designing your monitoring system
• Recommended hardware specifications
• Monitoring agents
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• Opsview Mobile for Android

• Using the downloadable VMware virtual appliance

• Important Opsview monitoring concepts
• Monitoring user interface options
• Events view
• Interactive graphs
• Management user interface options
• Standard monitoring templates

• Prerequisites
• Install guides
  • Debian Linux
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • CentOS Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • Red Hat/CentOS rpm installation (without direct network access)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
  • Sun Solaris 10
• Upgrading Opsview for all upgrades. Specific documents:
  • Upgrading from Opsview 3
  • Upgrading from Opsview Core

• Migrating from Nagios® Core to Opsview
• Importing data from a spreadsheet

• Configuration guides
  • Opsview Slave Server
  • Nagvis
  • Front end options - Opsview with HTTP and SSL / TLS
  • Integrating with Active Directory and LDAP
  • Using audible alerts in Opsview
  • Best Practice for Configuration
  • Guidelines for Performance
  • Webmin

• SNMP Trap processing
  • Overview
  • Linux Configuration
  • Solaris 10 Configuration

• Large Scale Systems
  • Running databases on a separate server
  • High Availability for Master Server
    • Debian Linux
  • Using preforked web servers to improve user interface response
  • Using a shared ODW with multiple Opsview master servers

• Automation
  • Using the Opsview REST API

• Troubleshooting plugin output
• Troubleshooting SNMP monitoring
• Troubleshooting stale results from slaves
• Troubleshooting the web application
• Diagnostics
• Log Files

• Starting and Stopping Opsview
• Migrating Opsview to different hardware
• Adding new Nagios Plugins
• Access rules
• Database management and performance tuning
• Data backup and archiving
• Monitoring an SME-Server
• How database updates work
• How performance data imports work
• Moving a host between Opsview servers
• Monitoring clusters

There is further information on the development wiki.

• Overview
  • Architecture
  • Distributed Architecture
  • Version numbering

• Agents
  • Opsview Agent Customisation - Unix Systems
  • Opsview Agent Customisation - Microsoft Windows Systems
  • Compiling and Packaging Agent - Mac OS X
  • Compiling and Packaging Agent - RHEL/CentOS Systems
  • Compiling and Packaging Agent - Debian/Ubuntu Systems
  • Compiling and Packaging Agent - Microsoft Windows Systems

• Configuration Files
• RRD Graphing
• Compiling Opsview from source (developer wiki)
• Authentication via the Web interface
• Internationalisation
• Customising status screens and side navigation menus
• Using Opsview Data Warehouse (ODW)
• Using Event Handlers
• Notification methods
• Adding host icons

• Using Nagios Checker with Opsview
• Using Selenium with Opsview

• Disclaimer