Category Archives: op5 Tech Blog

Anything and everything to do with the latest in technology, from network monitoring updates to random hacks for firewalls, you can find it here!

op5 NSClient++ 0.3.9 is out

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Klas Bernehjält

NSClient++ is a nagios agent used for monitoring Windows type operating systems. Some bugfixes and a couple of new features have been added by op5 coders in the op5 NSCLient++ 0.3.9. Continue reading →

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op5 Monitor 5.2.0 released!

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Peter Östlin

op5 Monitor 5.2 is about to be released to the public! By the time you read this it’s probably already out there . This release is mostly about our new method for distributed, redundant and load balanced setups but we … Continue reading →

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The colors are back

Posted on October 27, 2010 by perasb

As I’m sure most of you are aware of, Ninja 1.1.0 is just around the corner and I’ve already described some of the new features included in previous posts. Now there’s even more – how about a new skin, user … Continue reading →

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FOSS Day 2010

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Peter Östlin

op5 is sponsoring and participating in the event FOSS Day 2010. The event targets ‘decision makers in the industry and public sectors’. I will give a presentation about the symbiosis between open source projects and commercial interests. The event is in Swedish only but … Continue reading →

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Eventblocking madness and more stresstesting

Posted on October 25, 2010 by ae

Ok, so I couldn’t quite be satisfied with the stress-test results I saw in the last post. Like all perfectionists, I always want more. More, I tell you, MORE! So what the hell have I done now? Well, the long … Continue reading →

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Merlin under stress

Posted on October 23, 2010 by ae

So, we finally got the stress-test systems freed up from op5 logserver testing so we could run some performance-tests on Merlin. Previously, all such tests have been done on VMWare guest systems, which aren’t well suited to the task due … Continue reading →

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Beta code in production = win!

Posted on October 14, 2010 by ae

Today we got our first sales announcement where a customer chose op5 based on the distributed and loadbalanced features added to op5 Monitor by the Merlin project. I’m quite proud about that actually Continue reading →

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Green IT by mistake

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Jonathan Petersson

Green IT has been one of the biggest catchwords throughout the last few years and as any other company op5 wants to take part of the game which we’ve done by utilizing virtualization where possible, taken advantaged of cloud-services rather … Continue reading →

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The Ninja API

Posted on September 29, 2010 by perasb

In a previous post I tried to explain how easy it is to create your own widgets in Ninja. And It really is. But how do you access the merlin data? Creating a Ninja widget without access to Nagios/op5 Monitor status … Continue reading →

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Configsync, performance-data and adventures in python

Posted on September 27, 2010 by ae

So, Merlin is nearing its first stable release with distributed monitoring. Development has been erratic but rapid. The poor beta testers that have tried to keep up with me have struggled in vain. It’s been good though. Continue reading →

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