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Introducing:
Nagios Log Server
Log Monitoring, Managementand Analysis with Nagios
Scott [email protected]
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Agenda• Introduction• Nagios Log Server
– What is it?– Key Features and Benefits– Demonstrations
• Searching & Alerting• 5 Minute Dashboard• Administration
• How To Win License!• Questions?
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Who Is This Guy?• Scott Wilkerson
– Almost 4 Year at Nagios
– 3rd Nagios World Conference
– New Title At Each Conference
– Product Development Manager
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What is Nagios Log Server?
• Inspired by 2013 Conference Ask Nagios!
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What is Nagios Log Server?
• Inspired by 2013 Conference Ask Nagios!
• Central Log Collection Platform
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What is Nagios Log Server?
• Inspired by 2013 Conference Ask Nagios!
• Central Log Collection Platform
• It's Making Big Data Useful
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What is Nagios Log Server?
• Inspired by 2013 Conference Ask Nagios!
• Central Log Collection Platform
• It's Making Big Data Useful
• Commercial Product - Open Source Roots
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What is Nagios Log Server?
• Inspired by 2013 Conference Ask Nagios!
• Central Log Collection Platform
• It's Making Big Data Useful
• Commercial Product - Open Source Roots
• Elasticsearch
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What is Nagios Log Server?
• Inspired by 2013 Conference Ask Nagios!
• Central Log Collection Platform
• It's Making Big Data Useful
• Commercial Product - Open Source Roots
• Elasticsearch
• Logstash
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What is Nagios Log Server?
• Inspired by 2013 Conference Ask Nagios!
• Central Log Collection Platform
• It's Making Big Data Useful
• Commercial Product - Open Source Roots
• Elasticsearch
• Logstash
• Kibana
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What is Nagios Log Server?
• Inspired by 2013 Conference Ask Nagios!
• Central Log Collection Platform
• It's Making Big Data Useful
• Commercial Product - Open Source Roots
• Elasticsearch
• Logstash
• Kibana
• Nagios Enterprises Special Sauce
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Key Features and Benefits
• Accepts Any Textual Data
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Key Features and Benefits
• Accepts Any Textual Data
• Infrastructure Wide Query / Analysis
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Key Features and Benefits
• Accepts Any Textual Data
• Infrastructure Wide Query / Analysis
• Automated Alerting On Any Search Pattern
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Key Features and Benefits
• Accepts Any Textual Data
• Infrastructure Wide Query / Analysis
• Automated Alerting On Any Search Pattern
• Automatic Archiving of Historical Logs
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Key Features and Benefits
• Accepts Any Textual Data
• Infrastructure Wide Query / Analysis
• Automated Alerting On Any Search Pattern
• Automatic Archiving of Historical Logs
• Distributed By Design
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Key Features and Benefits
• Accepts Any Textual Data
• Infrastructure Wide Query / Analysis
• Automated Alerting On Any Search Pattern
• Automatic Archiving of Historical Logs
• Distributed By Design
• Scalable To Petabytes of Data
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Key Features and Benefits
• Easily Configure, Save & Share Dashboards
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Key Features and Benefits
• Easily Configure, Save & Share Dashboards
• Easily Configure, Save & Share Queries
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Key Features and Benefits
• Easily Configure, Save & Share Dashboards
• Easily Configure, Save & Share Queries
• Data Available Near Real-time
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Key Features and Benefits
• Easily Configure, Save & Share Dashboards
• Easily Configure, Save & Share Queries
• Data Available Near Real-time
• It’s Fast
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Key Features and Benefits
• Easily Configure, Save & Share Dashboards
• Easily Configure, Save & Share Queries
• Data Available Near Real-time
• It’s Fast
• It’s Really Fast
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Key Features and Benefits
• Easily Configure, Save & Share Dashboards
• Easily Configure, Save & Share Queries
• Data Available Near Real-time
• It’s Fast
• It’s Really Fast
• Really, Really Fast
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5 Minute Dashboard
• Fresh install
• Added geoip Filter
• Send Apache Logs
if [program] == 'apache_access' {
geoip {
source => 'clientip'
}
}
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Easy Administration
• GUI Based
– Configuration
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Easy Administration
• GUI Based
– Configuration
– Cluster Management
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Easy Administration
• GUI Based
– Configuration
– Cluster Management
– Instance Management
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Easy Administration
• GUI Based
– Configuration
– Cluster Management
– Instance Management
– Index Management
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Easy Administration
• GUI Based
– Configuration
– Cluster Management
– Instance Management
– Index Management
– Backup Management
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Distributed & Redundant
• Like Software Raid
• All Instances Share Workload
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Contest
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Contest1. Create Cool Dashboard2. Upload to Nagios Exchange by 12/31/2014
– Winner will receive choice of:
• 5 Instance Nagios Log Server License• $500 Amazon Gift Card
– Details• http://www.nagios.com/products/nagios-log-
server/contest
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Resources
• 90 Day Unlimited Trial Period
• Download
– http://www.nagios.com/downloadlogserver
• Get VM Copy at Demo Table
• Get Log Server Earbuds @ Demo Table
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Questions?