Bloonix is an open-source server and IT infrastructure monitoring software licensed under the AGPLv3. It uses a plugin-based architecture with over 80 own plugins to monitor servers, services, and hardware reachable over a network, including via satellites for distributed monitoring. It offers a web-based GUI (WebGUI) with configurable dashboards, performance charts, alerting, and a JSON/HTTP API, and can be highly scaled across multiple servers.
What it's for
Monitor servers and IT infrastructureMonitor web transactionsMonitor hardware like routers, switches, and load balancers via SNMPDistributed monitoring via satellitesAlerting via email, SMS, or HTTP APIGenerate availability reportsDetect flapping servicesManage host and service dependenciesDocker container discoveryPlanned downtimes / maintenance scheduling
Features 20
- Alerting via email, SMS, HTTP API
- Availability reports
- Configurable dashboards
- Data storage and retention controls
- Docker container discovery
- Escalation levels
- Flap detection
- Highly scalable server architecture
- Host and service dependencies
- Host and service registration
- JSON API
- Monitoring via satellites
- More than 80 own monitoring plugins
- Open source for more than 10 years
- Performance charts
- Plugin-based monitoring system
- Support for Nagios plugins
- Template system for services
- User management
- Web transaction monitoring
At a glance
open sourceself-hostableAPI
TypeWeb app
DeploymentSelf-hosted
PlatformsWeb, Linux
LanguagesEnglish, German
CompanyBloonix GmbH
Integrations
PostgreSQLApacheRedisMemcachedVarnishNginxMySQL
Resources
Pricing
No prices are stated on bloonix.org; the software itself is open source (AGPLv3). Professional support and a fully managed cloud solution are mentioned as available via www.bloonix.de, but no pricing details are given.
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