Graphing DHCP pools

[project722]

What do you guys use for the NMS graphing part ? Cacti? Solarwinds?

On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 10:43 AM, Chuck Anderson <cra at wpi.edu> wrote:

> Here is my previous email on this topic with a patch for dhcpd-snmp
> that gives more detailed stats, especially for DHCP Failover:
>
> https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/dhcp-users/2014-March/017693.html
>
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 11:23:22AM -0500, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> > Add this:
> >
> > pass_persist .1.3.6.1.4.1.21695.1.2 /usr/sbin/dhcpd-snmp
> /etc/dhcpd-snmp.conf
> >
> > to the file /etc/snmp/snmpd.local.conf (create the file if it doesn't
> exist already).
> >
> > Adjust file paths appropriately.  Then restart snmpd.
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 09:58:11AM -0600, project722 wrote:
> > > I'm looking into the dhcpd-snmp tool. I've downloaded the files, and
> they
> > > are working correctly. I'm at the part of the instructions where is
> says
> > > "it can now be installed in Net-SNMP".
> > >
> > >  https://github.com/ohitz/dhcpd-snmp
> > >
> > > I'm not the best with SNMP, and my team does not have our own NMS. That
> > > being said, I am looking into standing one up. But, first, can someone
> tell
> > > me where Net-SNMP needs to be installed? Is that on the DHCP server
> itself
> > > or the NMS? Can someone suggest a good open source NMS that can run on
> Red
> > > Hat/Cent and can then graph this data that it collects?
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 8:20 AM, project722 <project722 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > David, which one are you referring to? dhcpd-snmp or dhpool.pl?
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 10:29 AM, David Ramage <
> dramage at lsnetworks.net>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I use that tool.  It is very nice because it allows you to monitor
> your
> > > >> pools via your existing NMS.
> > > >>
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: dhcp-users [mailto:dhcp-users-bounces at lists.isc.org] On
> Behalf Of
> > > >> Chuck Anderson
> > > >> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2017 7:33 AM
> > > >> To: Users of ISC DHCP <dhcp-users at lists.isc.org>
> > > >> Subject: Re: Graphing DHCP pools
> > > >>
> > > >> There is:
> > > >>
> > > >> https://github.com/ohitz/dhcpd-snmp
> > > >>
> > > >> Then you can use your favorite SNMP graphing tool.
> > > >>
> > > >> On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 08:52:51AM -0600, project722 wrote:
> > > >> > Hey guys, I'm looking for a solution that can take the data from
> our
> > > >> > dhcp server and use that to create charts and graphs of of our
> scopes.
> > > >> > Currently we are using a homegrown bash script that uses the
> Google
> > > >> > API for charts to do the graphing and create the charts. But,
> although
> > > >> > its very nice looking it takes ALOT of re-working the script every
> > > >> > time we add a pool or adjust a scope. I'm looking for another
> > > >> > solution. One that can automatically detect and put up a new chart
> > > >> > when we add scopes and one that could possibly retain historical
> data.
> > > >> > I've thought about solarwinds but I'm not sure if it can plug into
> > > >> > Linux like this or if it even has such a feature for dhcpd.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Any suggestions?
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