We are here to create an open source monitoring solution that is:
- easy to install;
- easy to use for new users;
- useful for sysadmins and business types;
- built for scalability;
- incorporates high availability;
- multi-platform (and not just Unix ones);
- utf8 compliant;
- nearly fully compatible with Nagios configuration;
- fully compatible with its plugins and interfaces;
- fast enough
- centralized configuration that should be as easy as possible for the admin to manage;
- independent from any huge monitoring solution;
- fun to code :)
This is what we want to have (and already have for the most part).
At the beginning of the project, we used to say that what we didn’t want was our own webui. This became a requirement. Why? Because none of the current UIs truly provided the right way to prioritize and display business oriented information to the end users. Features like root problem analysis or business impact. After trying to adapt the external UIs, we had to roll our own. So we did. :)
So there is nothing we do not want, if in the end it helps Shinken’s users.