Centralized Pfsense Control

gvtz

Hello all,

I know at one point there was a type of central control being looked into (back in 2014 was the last post I found).

is it something that is possible? Maybe monitor just online/offline, general health, current public IP, etc?

Thanks!

G

stephenw10

There's nothing included in pfSense currently but it's something we have been working on for some time (and are still working on!).

You can use Zabbix for monitoring only, there are packages for that.

There are some 3rd party solutions but I can't recommend that.
Otherwise you could script something yourself.

Steve

rolytheflycatcher

@gvtz I use PRTG for network monitoring (excellent product and a free license for up to 100 sensors).

I've just had a look, and the "out of box" SNMP settings in pfSense yield the following sensors:

Uptime
Ping
CPU load
Memory
Traffic throughput on each interface

@stephenw10 is there any other information available via SNMP - for example, system temperature, syslog, firewall logs?

stephenw10

Mostly detailed here:
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/services/snmp.html

There is a package for net-snmp you can install which provides more options.
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/110342/net-snmp-package-now-available-for-pfsense-2-4-snmpv3-tls-ipv6-and-more

Steve

bingo600

@stephenw10

I use Zabbix , and like it.

Note
The zabbix DB loves to be on a SSD, especially when doing "cleanup tasks".
My install (Debian VM) with around 100 monitor points - takes up 20GB diskspace including OS.

Here's linux install guide(s)

https://www.tecmint.com/install-and-configure-zabbix-monitoring-on-debian-centos-rhel/
https://www.tecmint.com/configure-zabbix-to-send-email-alerts-to-gmail/
https://www.tecmint.com/install-and-configure-zabbix-agents-on-centos-redhat-and-debian/
https://www.tecmint.com/install-zabbix-agent-and-add-windows-host-to-zabbix-monioring/

I used this one , back in time.
https://www.tecmint.com/install-zabbix-on-debian-10/