FTP Monitor

Open Source

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Organization:

Zenoss, Inc.

Name:

ZenPacks.Zenoss.FtpMonitor

Applications Monitored:

FTP

FTP Monitor ZenPack

The FTPMonitor ZenPack monitors connection response time to an FTP server.

Support

This ZenPack is part of Zenoss Core. Open Source users receive community support for this ZenPack via our online forums. Enterprise support for this ZenPack is provided to Zenoss customers with an active subscription.

Background

The ZenPacks.zenoss.FtpMonitor ZenPack monitors the response times of File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server connection requests.

Prerequisites


Prerequisite	Restriction
Product	Zenoss platform 4.2.x, 5.x
Required ZenPacks	ZenPacks.zenoss.FtpMonitor

Enable Monitoring

To enable monitoring of the device:

Select Infrastructure from the navigation bar.
Click the device name in the device list. The device overview page appears.
Expand Monitoring Templates in the left panel, and then select Device.
Select Bind Templates from the Action menu. The Bind Templates dialog appears.
Select the FTPMonitor template and move it to the list of selected templates.
Click Save. The FTPMonitor template appears under Monitoring Templates.
Select the FTPMonitor template and change options as needed.

FTPMonitor Basic Data Source Options | | | |---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Option | Description | | Port | The port to connect to FTP server (default 21) | | Send String | Command string to send to the server | | Expect String | A string to expect in server response | | Mismatch | If the expected string does not match the string returned from the remote server, create an event with one of these states: ok, warn, crit (default: warn) | | Quit String | Command to send to the remote server to end the session |

Enable Secure Site Monitoring

To enable secure site monitoring:

Select Infrastructure from the navigation bar.
Click the device name in the devices list. The device overview page appears.
Expand Monitoring Templates in the left panel.
Select the FTPMonitor template and change options as needed.

FTPMonitor Secure Data Source Options | | | |-------------|-------------------------------------------------| | Option | Description | | Port | The port to connect to FTP server (default 21). | | Certificate | Minimum days for which a certificate is valid | | Use SSL | Use SSL for the connection |

Tuning for Site Responsiveness

Select Infrastructure from the navigation bar.
Click the device name in the devices list. The device overview page appears.
Expand Monitoring Templates in the left panel.
Select the FTPMonitor template and change options as needed.

FTPMonitor Tunables Data Source Options | | | |----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Option | Description | | Timeout | Seconds before connection times out (default: 60) | | Refuse | If a TCP/IP connection to the remote service is refused (ie no program is listening at that port) send an event with one of these severity states: ok, warn, crit (default: crit) | | Max Bytes | Close the connection once more than this number of bytes are received. | | Delay | Seconds to wait between sending string and polling for response | | Warning response time (seconds) | Response time to result in a warning status. | | Critical response time (seconds) | Response time to result in critical status |

Daemons


Type	Name
Performance Collector	zencommand