Extended Monitoring Guide

ZenPacks are a mechanism for extending and modifying Zenoss. This can be as simple as adding new Device Classes or Performance Templates or as complex as extending the data model and providing new collection daemons. ZenPacks can be distributed for installation on other Zenoss systems. Simple ZenPacks can be created completely within the Zenoss user interface while more complex ZenPacks require development of scripts or daemons in Python or another programming language. ZenPacks can also be used to package your customizations to multiple Zenoss servers.

For example, say you have developed a Performance Template for a new piece of hardware. You've created Data Sources for the OID's you think are worth monitoring, Thresholds to make sure some of these values stay within reasonable limits and several Graph Definitions to show this data graphically. Perhaps you've also created a new Device Class for this hardware. You can create a ZenPack to easily distribute your Performance Template and Device Class to other Zenoss administrators. This ZenPack can be entirely created from within the Zenoss user interface.