What should I know before using Zenoss?
There are some things that are helpful in installing, configuring and using Zenoss. You don’t have to know any of them, but you probably will hit up problems as you go if you don’t have some knowledge of the upper items in the list. I will list them in roughly decending order. • (VMWare Administration) – if you’re running the VMware Appliance • (VMWare Converter) – if you want to run on ESX • Linux Administration • Bash use • Bash (Shell) Scripting • OS Administration and configuration of whatever you are monitoring. • Especially how to configure: • SNMP • WMI • SSH • SNMP • Python • Zope These are just a general overview from my own experiance and from reading on the forums, using the generally expected method for new users. (If you’ve decided to install on Solaris, of course replace Linux Administration with Solaris Administration. If you’re compiling from source, add in knowledge of the build environment you’re using. etc…) Some comments – You probably can use the VMWare Appliance
