Supervision avec OMD (Open Monitoring Distribution)
Hugo Étiévant · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 2015
OMD (Open Monitoring Distribution) is a distribution dedicated to monitoring. It relies on the tool Check_MK, which offers a different paradigm from the market's monitoring tools: reducing the bandwidth used by using a passive super probe installed on the client's end, detecting and automatically taking inventory of services available from a host, major configuration flexibility based on dynamic rules, delegation of rights. OMD integrates all the necessary tools into a single distribution: orderer, user and administrator web interface, mobile interface, system metrology tool, wiki, ticket management, mapping tool. OMD is compatible with the Nagios ecosystem; it represents one more step in the development of monitoring tools, somewhat like hypervision. A review of the main features will take place, and operating principles will be described.We will explain the monitoring revision project at the Lyon institute of higher education (ENS), managed by applying the M4P method (developed by Lyon universities), in connection with the service project and the operation of different IT department teams. The human aspect being at the heart of these technical jobs, we will see how installation of new tools impacts service procedures and collaboration between IT engineers both within and outside of an IT department. Experience feedback will be shared based on the monitoring platform's two years of operation at the Lyon ENS.