Thanks for joining our OTEL Beta program.
Let me explain what happens here.
Monitoring is evolving towards observability and tends to leverage passive data collection more and more.
OpenTelemetry is getting traction as a framework and opensource toolbox for observability (instrumentation, generation, telemetry data collect and export - metrics, logs, traces).
It is already adopted by dozens of solutions.
We aim to develop Centreon’s OpenTelemetry capabilities.
- Accept OTEL-formatted metrics data from third-party systems
- Use (visualization, alerting) this data via dedicated screens/widgets
- Export metrics in OTEL format to other compatible systems
- In the future, collect logs and traces
OTEL Agent support - Telegraf
The first step of our work was about enabling Centreon pollers to acquire and process OTEL metrics from third-party systems.
We started with a well-known open source OTEL Agent: Telegraf, which is also able to execute Centreon (and Nagios custom) plugins.
A monitoring connector for Telegraf (Windows or Linux Host) has been released!
Validating Centreon’s ability to acquire and process OTEL metrics using Telegraf is the scope of the first Beta phase.
You can now try to run the Telegraf Agent on a Windows or Linux host, with dedicated Centreon or custom plugins, and give us feedback!
Centreon Monitoring Agent
The second step of our work was providing Centreon Monitoring Agent, which is a cross-platform OTel Agent designed to replace NSClient/NRPE in Centreon’s ecosystem.
The Agent is now available, including the following Beta features :
- Windows installer (UI & CLI for massive deployments)
- Support for Centreon & custom plugins
- Dedicated documentation to configure Poller
General Availability version will includes :
- Native checks for better performance
- Dedicated UI for Poller configuration
- Local repo for plugins
A monitoring connector for Centreon Monitoring Agent (Windows or Linux Host) has been released!
Validating Centreon Monitoring Agent’s ability to replace NSClient/NRPE is the scope of the first Beta phase.
You can now try to run the Centreon Monitoring Agent on a Windows or Linux host, with dedicated Centreon or custom plugins, and give us feedback!