Connecting to a Palo Alto Network GlobalProtect Gateway from Linux

Posted on by David Vassallo

Please note: this software has only been officially tested on Ubuntu and CentOS distributions. The VPN software uses community based vpnc software, please direct support questions about the actual client to your distribution's support channels. The following documentation is based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Install the following packages on your system: * network-manager-vpnc * … Continue reading Connecting to a Palo Alto Network GlobalProtect Gateway from Linux

Adding agentless Windows WMI monitoring to Nagios

Posted on by David Vassallo

There are a couple of well documented methods to monitor Windows machines from Nagios. The most popular of these seems to be NRPE. This method works very well, but the biggest downside for me was the need to install a client on every machine that needed to be monitored. WMI seemed to be the best … Continue reading Adding agentless Windows WMI monitoring to Nagios