Shinken
Python monitoring framework compatible with Nagios
Shinken is a monitoring framework written in Python and compatible with Nagios configurations and plugins. Its distributed architecture splits monitoring into specialized, scalable daemons.
Key features
- Nagios configuration compatibility
- Distributed daemon architecture
- Scales across many pollers
- Plugin support
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Scales horizontally
- Reuses Nagios ecosystem
Trade-offs
- Development has slowed
- Complex setup
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