Automating Nagios Device Creation With Device42 Webhooks & Logstash
Many of you are very familiar with Device42’s powerful autodiscovery. It’s arguably one of the most important features of Device42. Similarly, many of you already know... Read More
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GDPR is Coming: Compliance Can Be Hard. Device42 Makes it Easier.
What is GDPR, and Am I Affected? The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation, EU 2016/679) is coming, and there’s nothing we can do to change that.... Read More
Turn Discovered Data Into Actionable Insight: Post Discovery 101
The Importance of Initial Discovery Discovering what you have in your datacenter, which includes all the hardware, software, applications, services, and their interdependencies, and assembling accurate... Read More
Zombie Servers: Force Them Out of Hiding
Happy Halloween from all of us over at Device42! This special post isn’t about giving away candy or spooky costumes, but instead is about Zombies. Zombie... Read More
Continuous Digital Transformation: Aligning IT to Business
Digital transformation is a term that has steadily gained interest over the past few years, but represents a process that isn’t nearly as new as the... Read More
Configure Device42 to be a Puppet External Node Classifier (E.N.C.)
Introduction: Understanding is Powerful The modern tech ecosystem is comprised of a litany of tools, frameworks, solutions, and philosophies that seek to empower us in our work.... Read More
Whatever “ops” you may be, you need a SST
There’s currently an “Ops Identity Crisis” happening in our industry. Sysadmins, techops, DevOps, and SREs are all worried that they are automating their jobs away, which... Read More
What is an SDDC, and Do I Need One?
What is a Software-Defined Data Center? A software-defined data center means Software-Defined Everything: All aspects of the IT stack have virtual rather than physical implementations. The... Read More
Software Wears Out: The Dangers of Outdated Software & How Device42 Can Help Keep You Safe
Software wears out? In short, yes! Software doesn’t ‘wear out’ in the classical sense, but it does indeed have a limited lifespan. As technology evolves, there... Read More
Monitoring System Initiated Automatic Device42 Failover
Monitoring System Initiated Automatic Failover – Including a Nagios Example When running Device42 in a Warm HA (High Availability) configuration, in the event the primary instance... Read More