Rodrigo Faria's presentation on Helping Nagios grow in Your Country. The presentation was given during the Nagios World Conference North America held Sept 20-Oct 2nd, 2013 in Saint Paul, MN. For more information on the conference (including photos and videos), visit: http://go.nagios.com/nwcna

1. Helping Nagios grow in
your Country - Brazil
Rodrigo Faria
rmfaria@ma.nagios.com

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About me
 From Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
 Security IT Consultant
 Working last 13 years in IT Companies
 Working with Nagios since version 0.99
 I am from Brazil but not good at soccer 

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Topics
 Initial idea (Built first version of blog)
 Rebuild template
 First access with Google Analytics
 Understanding searches from users
 Posting articles about top search phrases
 View access growth
 Blog presentation: Nagios Core and XI functions
 Result: Successful cases in Brazil with Nagios XI

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Why the initial idea ?
 IT admins need to understand Nagios
 They need to understand robust architecture
 They want to understand initial setup
 What can they do with Nagios ?
 Why use Nagios XI ?

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First version of blog running on Wordpress structure
Not aesthetically pleasing

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Rebuild new template in own server
 I am not a developer but:
 I spent a few nights developing a new design.
 I migrated from the wordpress.com infrastructure to
our own ( Nagios company provided server )
 Changed URL to www.nagios-br.com

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The new template

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The nagios.org website

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First Visits

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Understanding searches from users

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Posting articles about top search phrases

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Viewing the access growth

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Presenting Nagios Core and XI functions

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What can I do with this ?

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Result
Successful cases in Brazil with Nagios XI

16. Brazilian Store
 It’s the similar BestBuy store in Brazil
 Use Nagios XI Enterprise Edition
 700 store ( Telecom devices and local servers).
 2 Big Datacenters
 2000 Hosts Monitored
 More than 10000 services monitored
 Head Office localized in Rio de Janeiro
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Thiago Pereira is System Architect from Brazilian
Store
He was responsible for the project and
said:
“We got out of a bad situation, ceased to be
reactive, and were able to focus on our
problems because of Nagios XI”

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 Investment bank
 Use Nagios XI Standart Edition
 20 Hosts Monitored
 150 services monitored
 The main is telecom system because need the
connectivity to do financial operation
 Head Office localized in São Paulo

19. Fernando Ferreira is IT Manager from Tricury
Bank
He was responsible by the project and
said:
“Reduced downtime in our environment.”

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 Operate a request system for insurance
companies
 Use Nagios XI Enterprise Edition
 200 Hosts Monitored
 More than 2000 services monitored
 Monitoring MSSQL with customized plugin to
get business result.
 Head Office localized in São Paulo

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Leonardo Sakai is IT Infraestructure Manager
from Audatex ( Solera Company )
He was responsible by the project and
said:
“Reduced downtime and made the team more
pro-active.”

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Nagios Network Community

23. Questions ?
Contacts:
Email: rmfaria@ma.nagios.com
Website: www.nagios-br.com
Skype: rodrigomenchio
Gtalk: rodrigomenchio@gmail.com
Nagios Network Community program:
http://www.nagios.org/communitynetwork