WYAE - MoSShE - Lightweight, secure server monitoring

MoSShE (MOnitoring in Simple SHell Environment) is a simple, lightweight (both in size and system requirements) server monitoring package designed for secure and in-depth monitoring of a handful of typical/critical internet systems.

For example in a current setup I do 219 checks on 2 servers monitoring 6 systems - on average 36 checks for each system. MoSShE supports email alerts and SLA monitoring out of the box - and whatever you can script.

The system is programmed in plain (Bourne) SH, and to be compatible with BASH and Busybox so it can easily be deployed on embedded systems.

Monitoring is designed to be distributed over multiple systems, usually running locally. As no parameters are accepted from outside, checks cannot be tampered or misused from outside.

The system is designed to allow decentralized checks and evaluation as well as classical agent-based checks with centralized data accumulation.

Agent data is transferred via HTTP, so available web servers can be co-used for agent data transfer. Additionally each agent creates simple (static) HTML pages with full and condensed status reports on each system, allowing simple local checks.

Requirements

for each system:

Unix Shell (Bourne-SH, BASH, Busybox)
standard Unix text tools (fgrep, cut, head, mail, ...)
"netcat" networking tool

for some checks additional tools are necessary:

only checks actually run sometimes require special tools
the tools needed are displayed in the status message if not installed
usually only common unix commands are used as tools: dig, free, snmpget, ...

for web interface:

webserver (nearly any)

Documentation

README
Requirements and installation guide.
HISTORY
Changelog
Screenshot
...of a server monitoring (excerpt).
tested values (cpu load, freee memory, ...) are plotted with the great dygraphs JavaScript library - thanks Dan!
MoSShE is represented at freecode (former FreshMeat) where you can review release cycles, activity, etc.
Checks performed (selection)
- Network-Services:
  dns (multiple), RBLchecks, http (multiple), imap2, imap3, pop3, samba, smtp
- System properties:
  hardware (temperature, fan speed, HDD errors), ressources (hdd and RAM space), load, network errors & thoughput, simple IDS (file change, brute force attacks)
- Complete list:
  A complete listing of all checks and functions is available in the README.

Support / Bugs and Roadmap / Contributing / Wish List

Please see readme.txt for details. For bug reports and suggestions or if you just want to talk to me please contact me at volker.tanger@wyae.de

There is a user/developer mailing list available. To subscribe send a mail with "subscribe mosshe" as subject to minimalist@wyae.de

Downloads

MoSSHe 13.5.14 (34kB)
This is the currentmost version of MoSShE. It includes all the documentation listed above. Please read the History file for changes.

License

For details on licensing and support please see there.

This software is published under "Gnu Public License", an open source license.