Splunk is a log analysis tool, it indexes whatever you tell him to index. ... So Splunk is not a replacement for Nagios but it can do part of what Nagios does. Based on indexed data it is possible to generate an alert (the alert is based on a search on the indexed data).8 dic 2016
Is Splunk and Nagios same?
While Splunk is used for log analysis Nagios is used for continuous monitoring. Both Splunk and Nagios are the tools to study the health of system infrastructure. While each has a distinct way of working and different architecture, there are some areas where they overlap.
How does Splunk integrate with Nagios?
The Splunk Add-on for Nagios Core allows a Splunk® Enterprise administrator to poll data from a local Nagios Core with NDOUtils. This add-on provides the inputs and CIM-compatible knowledge to use with other Splunk Enterprise apps, such as the Splunk App for Enterprise Security and the Splunk App for PCI Compliance.
What are the benefits of using Nagios?
- Increased server, services, process, and application availability.
- Fast detection of network and server outages and protocol failures.
- Fast detection of failed servers, services, processes and batch jobs.
What are the benefits of network monitoring?
- Benchmarking standard performance.
- Effectively allocating resources.
- Managing a changing IT environment.
- Identifying security threats.
- Deploying new technology and system upgrades successfully.