Hi all,
I’ll give my best to try and explain what I am trying to achieve.
We have some servers, where not all checks are relevant to us. So we want to “group” or “scale” our services by using host tags, e.g. minimal, standard, extended, custom.
Minimal shall only include a ping check, the checks for CPU load, memory consumption and file system usage
Normal will contain all checks from minimal, plus network bandwidth, disk IO and mount options
Extended will then contain even more
And custom will be for customers wanting to have specific services monitored.
Depending on which host tag is set, the host will receive a certain “monitoring set”.
This is just merely an example, but I guess one might understand what I’m trying to achieve.
Why am I doing this? We are currently monitoring too many services, a lot of them are not relevant to us or our customers. Also: If a customer wants extensive monitoring, they will have to pay more. Additionally a neat side effect: We will reduce stress on our monitoring server.
I think I might only need a nudge in the right direction!
Do you think my plan is realizable?
Cheers
