Free Server/Network Monitor?
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Looking for simple free network / server monitoring program.
It should be able to:
- install inhouse on a windows server
- not need to report back to / require logging into a web based account
- display green for contactable devices
- red for non contactable devices
- be able to display switches, servers & PCs differently
- have some basic 'right click functionality; eg; right click device and ping XYZ
- does not need to analyse traffic
- does not need to generate metrics or other guff
I need something so non tech office people can look at a screen and see quickly what is going on.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
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@siringo said in Free Server/Network Monitor?:
install inhouse on a windows server
This is the catch. All the rest, super easy. Requiring a Windows server makes no business sense and that is reflected in basically no one making such a product. Why do you want it to be free, but then want to pay for the platform that it runs on?
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Just install Windows, then install VirtualBox, then fun Zabbix on Linux on Windows. Windows installation and political requirements solved, but viable solution presented. Terrible efficiency, but would meet the requirements.
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Likely to work but I've not tried this, get Ubuntu (which is NOT Linux in any way, it's 100% Windows) from the Windows store and install that on Windows. I bet Zabbix will install there.
http://yallalabs.com/linux/how-to-install-zabbix-server-4-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts/
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I take it from all that, that you not aware of anything?
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@siringo said in Free Server/Network Monitor?:
I take it from all that, that you not aware of anything?
This question has come up before, and there is nothing that we were able to come up with. It's a product type and set of requirements that only makes sense on non-Windows. Once you want free, you wouldn't want Windows. The two don't really mix conceptually. There are nice non-free options on Windows, for sure. And if you are tiny, you can sometimes fine like "trial" or limited use options. But that is about it.
But that last option, which I'm only assuming will work, is absolutely a Windows solution. A pain that you have to add a compatibility layer, but there is no Linux (or any other kernel) whatsoever.
What is the goal, what's the reason that Windows is put in as a requirement? If you lacked that one thing, this would be so easy to solve - the hardest part would be choosing which awesome, enterprise, totally free product you wanted to use.
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I literally just used a similar process to solve a "I need that on Windows" problem. So as an approach, it is not conceptual, it is real.
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@scottalanmiller said in Free Server/Network Monitor?:
Likely to work but I've not tried this, get Ubuntu (which is NOT Linux in any way, it's 100% Windows) from the Windows store and install that on Windows. I bet Zabbix will install there.
http://yallalabs.com/linux/how-to-install-zabbix-server-4-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts/
First I've heard of this... Is this an attempt to have the windows equivalent of wine?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/ubuntu/9nblggh4msv6?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
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ok, dumb question maybe?
Can I run up a Linux host on Hyper-V? I think I can but I've never read up on it, only seen headlines in emails etc etc.
I have several Hyper-V hosts I can use.
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@IRJ said in Free Server/Network Monitor?:
@scottalanmiller said in Free Server/Network Monitor?:
Likely to work but I've not tried this, get Ubuntu (which is NOT Linux in any way, it's 100% Windows) from the Windows store and install that on Windows. I bet Zabbix will install there.
http://yallalabs.com/linux/how-to-install-zabbix-server-4-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts/
First I've heard of this... Is this an attempt to have the windows equivalent of wine?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/ubuntu/9nblggh4msv6?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
Yes. It is Wine in reverse. Windows has long had it under other names.
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@siringo said in Free Server/Network Monitor?:
ok, dumb question maybe?
Can I run up a Linux host on Hyper-V? I think I can but I've never read up on it, only seen headlines in emails etc etc.
I have several Hyper-V hosts I can use.
Yes definitely.
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@siringo said in Free Server/Network Monitor?:
ok, dumb question maybe?
Can I run up a Linux host on Hyper-V? I think I can but I've never read up on it, only seen headlines in emails etc etc.
I have several Hyper-V hosts I can use.
No, but you can install a linux GUEST on hyper-v
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@scottalanmiller said in Free Server/Network Monitor?:
@siringo said in Free Server/Network Monitor?:
I take it from all that, that you not aware of anything?
This question has come up before, and there is nothing that we were able to come up with. It's a product type and set of requirements that only makes sense on non-Windows. Once you want free, you wouldn't want Windows. The two don't really mix conceptually. There are nice non-free options on Windows, for sure. And if you are tiny, you can sometimes fine like "trial" or limited use options. But that is about it.
But that last option, which I'm only assuming will work, is absolutely a Windows solution. A pain that you have to add a compatibility layer, but there is no Linux (or any other kernel) whatsoever.
What is the goal, what's the reason that Windows is put in as a requirement? If you lacked that one thing, this would be so easy to solve - the hardest part would be choosing which awesome, enterprise, totally free product you wanted to use.
Exactly. You can't have a "free" solution if you are spending $1300 for a Windows Server license, plus all future costs associated with that.
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There is PRTG but last I check only give you 10 (free) sensors. So can only monitor one or two host at best. Last I used it many moons ago it was a very complex product to setup & use.
Also try https://mikrotik.com/thedude. Never used it but have heard of it.
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@siringo To add to @scottalanmiller's comment, if you want something that looks good and is easily readable you can pair Zabbix with Grafana.
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@wirestyle22 I've been wanting to do this, pair zabbix with Grafana but I just haven't yet.
Do you have a guide on how to do this @wirestyle22 ?
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@DustinB3403 No, sorry. I did this a few years ago and whatever I used is in my old employers internal wiki. I do want to do it again soon though (hopefully this week) and could probably write one myself.
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@360col said in Free Server/Network Monitor?:
There is PRTG but last I check only give you 10 (free) sensors. So can only monitor one or two host at best. Last I used it many moons ago it was a very complex product to setup & use.
Also try https://mikrotik.com/thedude. Never used it but have heard of it.
Yeah, good product on Windows, but the limits are really for "itty bitty shops" or "testing."
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If you are wanting something simple-ish for Windows, what about The Dude from Mikrotik?
It runs on Windows and will do most of what you want.
It's been a while since I've used this, but it will work. I don't know that it keeps the history or anything like that (you lose it if you restart the server / service?).
Edit: Nevermind me, apparently, I'm blind.
