What is Monitorix?

Monitorix is a free, open source, lightweight system monitoring tool designed to monitor as many services and system resources as possible. It has been created to be used under production UNIX/Linux servers, but due to its simplicity and small size may also be used on embedded devices as well.

It consists mainly of two programs: a collector, called monitorix, which is a Perl daemon that is started automatically like any other system service, and a CGI script called monitorix.cgi.

All of its development was initially created for monitoring Red Hat, Fedora and CentOS Linux systems, so this project was made keeping in mind these type of distributions. Today it runs on different GNU/Linux distributions and even in other UNIX systems, like FreeBSD and OpenBSD.

It is currently in active development adding new features, new graphs and correcting bugs in the attempt to offer a great tool for daily systems administration.

Monitorix is an open source project and, just like any other open source project, anyone can contribute with its own time and knowledgements.

You are very welcome to join to the project.

Contributing to the project

There are many ways of contributing to this project. You do not have to be a Perl guru or spend much time. Coding is only one aspect of Open Source Software. Just install the software and test it. If you encounter any error, please notify it. If you think there are some parts that could be improved, please share your ideas.

You can contribute in any of the following maners:

• Submiting patches.
• Adding new features.
• Improving project documentation.
• Porting the project to other GNU/Linux distributions or other UNIX systems.
• Making a donation. Payments will be made through PayPal, guaranteeing a secure transaction.
  
  Thank you very much for any donation!
  The Monitorix project appreciates your support.

License

Monitorix is an open source initiative and is released under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL). The GNU GPL allows a person or persons to distribute Monitorix for a fee, without actually charging for the software itself, since Monitorix is free.

See License for a more detailed explanation.