OSMC 2021 | Thola – A tool for monitoring and provisioning network devices
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Thola is a versatile tool designed for monitoring and provisioning network devices across various manufacturers, including Cisco and Juniper, utilizing protocols like SNMP and HTTP. It provides a unified interface, command line operations, and works seamlessly with monitoring tools and Ansible, allowing easy integration and extension with configuration logic in YAML files. The tool supports various device types, making it a valuable resource for network management and automation.
OSMC 2021 | Thola – A tool for monitoring and provisioning network devices
- 1. Introducing Thola Stephan Schmidt, Tobias Berdin A tool for monitoring and provisioning network devices A tool for monitoring and provisioning network devices
- 2. Overview generic request generic response Server Juniper speci fi c request Juniper speci fi c response Cisco speci fi c response Cisco speci fi c request Juniper Switch Cisco Switch Thola
- 3. Overview gather facts facts Ansible Juniper speci fi c request Juniper speci fi c response Cisco speci fi c response Cisco speci fi c request Juniper Switch Cisco Switch generic request generic response Server Thola
- 4. Why is Thola that awesome? • uni fi ed interface for communication with devices from Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, Nokia/ISAM and many more • support for various devices like switches, routers, directional radio, UPS… • easy way for adding additional device types
- 5. Why is Thola that awesome? • usage of different protocols including SNMP, HTTP… • low resource needs open source
- 6. Modes of operation • Command Line Interface • Monitoring Check Plugin • REST API • Ansible Module
- 7. Getting started with Thola
- 8. ./thola identify Automatically identify a device
- 9. ./thola read interfaces Read out special interface information
- 10. • thola check output per default in check plugin format • can be used in monitoring tools (e.g. Nagios, Icinga) ./thola check
- 11. ./thola check cpu-load Check CPU usage
- 12. ./thola api Start and con fi gure the API
- 13. ./thola-client Let the API do the work
- 14. Device classes
- 15. Device class content • conditions for assigning a device to this class • available operations for the device
- 16. Device class hierarchy generic junos ios ceraos edgeos fortigate ip10 ECS3528 ECS3510 … …
- 17. Device classes in .yaml • entire logic in .yaml con fi guration fi les • easy to write • not bound to a programming language • embedded in binary • can be extended with code
- 19. Example model identification (ios)
- 20. Live Demo
- 21. Using Thola with Ansible
- 22. Using Thola with Ansible • gather facts of your hosts • read out identify information • perform checks • embedded in playbooks
- 23. Why?
- 25. Gathering identify facts Identify hosts and display their properties
- 26. Gathering identify facts Identify hosts and display their properties
- 27. Gathering cpu load facts Read cpu load of your hosts
- 28. Gathering cpu load facts Read cpu load of your hosts
- 29. Why using Thola with Ansible? • one module for all vendors and device types • variety of check and read modes • easy way for adding new manufacturers
- 30. Thanks for your attention 🎉 thola.io github.com/inexio/thola galaxy.ansible.com/inexio/thola reddit.com/r/thola