On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Ray Van Dolson rayvd@bludgeon.org wrote:
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 02:51:38PM +1000, Rob K wrote:
Where could OpenNMS fit into this? They've been pretty friendly to us, and it's a solid bit of gear.
OpenNMS is rock solid, but it's Tomcat/Java powered... would it run well with OpenJDK? Is Fedora open to using Sun's JDK? Also, although it's gotten a lot better (more configuration done via the UI), the XML based config files are seriously annoying. :)
It should work Just fine - it'd be seriously better than any of the PHP driven horrors I've dealt with, and Java is officially a Good Guy.
XML config files, meh. At least they can be programattically created and maintained by puppet etc. I work with XML from beyond Euclidean space every day and I remain sane-ish. Dealing with huge BIND rigs has taken the shine off apparently 'readable' non-XML config files.
It's certainly worth a try, and as I say, the OpenNMS guys have shown willing to throw their hat into the fray.
Ray