Scheduling downtime is extremely useful, if not essential, for the correct management of a monitoring system. What exactly is downtime and what is the reason for having it? “Downtime can be scheduled for planned server maintenance or any other targeted service outage you are aware of in advance. Downtime suppresses notifications and can trigger other…
Read MoreTornado is the spiritual successor of the NetEye EventHandler. As such, we took inspiration from its limitations, picking the most interesting ones, and trying to optimize for these scenarios. One example of this is the Processing Tree. In the past, all rules had to be placed in one of four predetermined groups, and events ran…
Read MoreFix a bug where a StateCalculationError was thrown by slmd when a dt_end was received as last event of a series For NetEye 4.7 we updated: slmd to version 0.7.1-1
Read MoreFor the Open Source Community, the most fashionable way to travel to Milan this month was for a software event the Icinga Camp rather than for Fashion Week. The agenda highlighted actual news from the Icinga universe shared by developers and executives. Special focus was given to the integration of Icinga as core of NetEye. Other topics…
Read MoreDeploying a NetEye Cluster If you regularly follow this blog, you know that we automatically generate and test a NetEye ISO every night. Starting from the ISO, we can also automatically provision a NetEye virtual machine in a VMware vSphere infrastructure. One might wonder, “What if, since I already have these two ingredients available, I…
Read MoreDeploying a Single Instance As you probably already know, here at Würth Phoenix we love Ansible. Our journey started by using Terraform for simple automation tasks like generating a virtual machine in vSphere starting from an existing template, only to switch to Ansible later. Ansible is now our everyday companion for automation. As mentioned earlier,…
Read MoreUpdate external link in user guide For NetEye 4.7 we updated: icingaweb2 to version 2.6.2_neteye1.45.2-1
Read MoreOne frequently noted problem in AX 2012 is the performance of inventory on-hand. The worst part is that while the problem is known, the solutions aren’t. You can try to solve it by guessing and poking around, but you may never discover the true underlying cause. And it’s also a bit of a naughty beast: here today, gone…
Read MoreOur continued development of the Tornado event processing module has led to a new set of functionalities and capabilities. Among these is the possibility of altering host and service statuses as the result of a certain event. Let’s look at a typical use case for this feature. Suppose you want to trigger a webhook that…
Read MoreThe Icinga Camp is powering up for the first time in Italy. Most of the renowned names in IT monitoring projects, as well numerous Open Source experts will strive for software innovation at this unique event. So give your experience a boost! Last places are available, so register now to see these inspiring approaches and…
Read MoreIn our ethical hacking activities there are three different phases in which we clash with the themes of SIEM: PLANNING – The phase prior to the activity where we define the scope of engagement, be it for a Vulnerability Assessment, a Penetration Test or simulating a real attack CHALLENGE – The activity, corresponding to Vulnerability…
Read MoreA vulnerability has been detected on the Nagios web interface. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information or crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users. To guarantee the security of your system, we recommend applying last released patch: neteye-3.12.1-3.5.1p8.nagios.1.x86_64.rpm . Update your system using following commands: yum clean all…
Read MoreFixed monitoring module and PDF report rendering in case of special chars. Fix Grafana setup in order to correctly manage Elasticsearch queries. For NetEye 4.7 we updated: icingaweb2 to version: 2.6.2_neteye1.41.1-3 icingaweb2-module-neteye to version: 1.26.1-1 icingaweb2-module-analytics to version: 1.11.0-1 neteye-setup to version: 1.20.0-2 searchguard-plugin-common to version: 0.9.0-1
Read MoreSet correct permission to the Tornado email collector so it can receive emails from non root users. For NetEye 4.7 we updated: tornado to version 0.15.1-1
Read MoreAt Würth Phoenix we take testing very seriously. NetEye 4 is a sophisticated product that operates in complex and business-critical environments, so it requires lots of tests before being released. One challenging part of the testing phase is load testing, where the functionalities of a system are subject to predetermined levels of load. NetEye customers…
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