Open Source Cloud monitoring tools

Open Source Cloud monitoring tools

Open Source Cloud monitoring means any type of cloud service monitoring

tool that has been built by any open source software or technology. There

are many open-source Cloud monitoring tools that are used by Clients

using Public Cloud vendors:

● Prometheus.

● Zabbix.

● Nagios.

● Riemann.

● Sensu.

● Icinga.

● Cacti.

● LibreNMS.

● Observium Community.

● Pandora FMS.

Let us go through them all:

1. Prometheus:

Data Gathering and analysis based on time-series data is

the primary solution for open source monitoring.

This is the best Open Source Cloud Monitoring tool as it

can audit the bandwidth of network usage. The PromQL

system inspects data and allows you to make plots, tables

and other graphics on the system.

1. Zabbix:

This open-source software is mostly recommended

because of its easy-to-use interface. It stores the data in a

relational database for well-organised processing.

Zabbix can do the following tasks:

● Network Monitoring.

● Server Monitoring.

● Cloud Monitoring.

● Application Monitoring.

● Service Monitoring.

1. Nagios:

This open-source cloud monitoring tool was launched in

1. As an added feature, this tool helps to integrate
2. with third-party apps using a plugin. There are enough
3. plugins made for it since it is an old tool. It can inspect or
4. monitor a variety of web servers, middleware and many
5. more.
6. Riemann:

This is the best tool for distributed systems primarily. It

has very low remission as the processing system can

collect metrics from different types of distributed systems.

It can handle millions of queries every second.

1. Sensu:

Sensu is actually a full-stack monitoring tool. This tool can

monitor any types of services like applications, servers

and reports on business KPIs. This tool is special as it

doesn’t require any other type of workflow and supports

all types of OS (including Windows, Linux and other

operating systems).

1. Icinga:

This tool is the best option when it comes to checking the

attainability or the presentation of the network. Via a

simple web interface, a firm can not only host the full

network architecture but also keep an eye on the

applications. With every type of device, Icinga is so

flexible and easy to construct. For BPM (business

process modelling) and cloud environment of vSphere,

there are few Icinga modules left for this type of typical

monitoring.

1. Cacti:

This tool, which is built on the basis of RRD Tool’s data

classification and plotting system, is called Cacti. To

collect information on different devices on networks, this

tool uses the functionality of data gathering. This

encompasses the potential to create pattern scripts for

gathering data along with the potential for SNMP polling.

It then shows the information in the form of

understandable plots, which can be set up as per the

firm’s requirements.

1. LibreNMS:

LibreNMS is a well-known open-source cloud monitoring

tool as this gives the facility of utilising every type of

network protocol to keep an eye on the network. This tool

can recover, manage and plot the data collected by it.

Along with that, it also facilitates scalability, which in turn

helps to grow the monitoring abilities along with your

network. A Flexible and Custom-made alerting system

has been presented by LibreNMS to communicate with

the client with which the firm is comfortable. LibreNMS

offers its own IOS and Android operating system.

1. Observium Community:

In this free version of Observium Community, clients or

the firm can keep an eye on an unlimited number of

devices along with the extraordinary facility of mapping

provided by Observium Community. This tool features the

discovery of programmed, connected devices. It also

double-checks the discovery protocols to confirm that the

map is the latest or the old one. By this, the client can

keep footprints of new devices as they one by one get

connected with the network.

1. Pandora FMS:

Pandora FMS, helps businesses to track their whole IT

structure. It monitors the network and simultaneously

features the Unix, Windows servers and Interfaces, which

are actually virtual. It really enhances some of its best

features like SNMP support, network latency, along with

system overload. These agents can be installed on the

devices to check the temperature and the overheating

issues. Along with this logfile, happenings can also be

checked through these agents.

Zabbix monitoring tool is available as a default offering for Public cloud

customers of E2E Cloud. But, customers are free to use any of the above

monitoring tools if they are comfortable with them. It is important to conduct

your research before opting for the correct cloud monitoring tool.