Submitted by:

Egor Puzanov

Description:

This ZenPack provides UI for configuring multiple collectors with Zenoss Core. It implement remote collector configuration method described in How to install distributed collectors manual.

Adding Remote Collector

Screenshots:

REQUIREMENTS:

• Zenoss Version: 2.5, 3.0, 4.2
• ZenPack Dependencies:
• External Dependencies: ssh, find, cpio, tar
• Installation:

ADDITIONAL STEPS REQUIRED:

1. Setup SSH keys between the master and the collector for the zenoss user like described here: http://community.spiceworks.com/education/projects/Passwordless_SSH_Using_Shared_Keys
2. As the zenoss user, issue the following command: env > /home/zenoss/.ssh/environment
3. As root, edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and add the following line to the end of it: PermitUserEnvironment yes
4. Restart sshd.

Source: http://github.com/epuzanov/ZenPacks.community.DistributedCollectors

Tagged Releases:

• http://zenpacks.zenoss.org/trac-zenpacks/browser/tags/distributedcollectors-1.1
• http://zenpacks.zenoss.org/trac-zenpacks/browser/tags/distributedcollectors-1.2
• http://zenpacks.zenoss.org/trac-zenpacks/browser/tags/distributedcollectors-1.4
• http://github.com/epuzanov/ZenPacks.community.DistributedCollectors/tree/distributedcollectors-1.6
• http://github.com/epuzanov/ZenPacks.community.DistributedCollectors/tree/distributedcollectors-1.7
• https://github.com/epuzanov/ZenPacks.community.DistributedCollectors/tree/distributedcollectors-2.0

Change History:

• 1.0 initial release
• 1.1 moveRRDFiles method implemented for device class
• 1.2 Zenoss 3.0 support
• 1.4 changed default 'Render URL'
• 1.6 support for zenmodeler and zendisc execution on remote collector over SSH
• 1.7 start zenmodeler daemon on remote collector
• 2.0 Zenoss 4.2 support, UI3 support

Trac tickets: http://zenpacks.zenoss.org/trac-zenpacks/report/1

Known issues: