Introduction
The Osmius documentation is divided in:
Features
This is a quick reference to main Osmius features organized in sections.
The main idea is to make it easier for someone interested in Monitoring one or more of these areas:
- Systems (servers, routers, devices, networks, racks )
- Application (Web apps, social , corporative CRM, ERPs, databases)
- Key Performance Indicators [KPI] (Business processes, HR efficiency, energy consumption)
- SLAs (availability, response time, planned and unplanned downtimes)
- Internet of the Things: Stock shares, Climate values, pollution values in the neighbourhood,…
to get a fair idea of what Osmius does and why its capabilities are unique in the monitoring software arena. … More
Installation
This section explains the different installation and activation procedures available for the Osmius software: from making use of an automatic installer program to set up all the Osmius underlying software, to a completely customized setup, picking up only the selected elements. Installation
Technical Requirements and Performance
In this chapter we can see which are the technical specifications to get an Osmius system up and running and the main technologies it uses. Requirements
Comparing Osmius to other Monitoring products
Monitoring tools comparison summary-table
| Tool | Installation | Configuration, No command-line work needed | No Monitoring knowledge needed | Webapp Full Control | Security Layer | Business & Technical View | Maps & GIS | Reports | SLA | ITIL | SNMP Get & Traps | Autodiscovery | Triggers or Alerts with notification | Groups, tags or aggrupations | Central & distributed 1) monitoring | Timetable, schedules & duties | Plugins, store and templates | Total Points | Ranking position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osmius | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 159/170 | 1 |
| Pandora FMS | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 83/170 | 2 |
| Zabbix | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 74/170 | 3 |
You can fin more explained comparison data at Compare Osmius
This section is permanently in update mode as our support team is always doing tests installing, using and stressing other Monitoring Tools.
User
This section explains all the Osmius monitoring system functionalities and concepts from a user’s point of view: monitoring the current events, management of the entire infrastructure in charge of the monitoring activities, security, etc, with special emphasis in giving accurate examples of every possible situation. User
Agents
In this section you will discover widely each Osmius monitoring agent, learning every event and possible configurations. Compiling and running is also explained. Agents
HowTo's
Documents that explain shortly and focused the way to do any task with Osmius.
Go to: Howto section
