Goal of this project - to discuss future packaging for Sensu plugins.
Why - we have plugins repo already? Yes, we have it. It has a lot of ❤️ from developers and users, but as well we have some problems, which also persist in classic monitoring systems with plugins nature:
- no version management for checks except for sha-ref which is not so useful in real life
- no dependencies management
- no test coverage as a requirement which leads to blind or almost blind PR accepts (if you don't use service tested - it is hard to tell if the code is sane - this is error prone by nature)
- hard to perform granular installation
Down with all of that! We are Ruby guys, and we can make it shine !
Killer features:
- Future integration with sensu client which can download and install checks/plugins/metrics from centralized server (either global either local). Yes - you just need to define a check and as a first approach it will be downloaded from central server and installed.
- versioning - clear and concise way to leave your infrastructure stable but still receive updates (Yes your checks can be updated if you want and in a way you want)
- Clearance on how to test check and which procedures to follow
- Dependencies management for every check - each node will have all deps installed automatically.
- searching mechanism allowing sensu server manager to pick proper check for his requirements - just click on this and that in your webui - and your will have your checks installed on desired nodes.
- use gem pattern as a foundation
- setup centralized server based on
geminabox - extend sensu client upcoming release to be able to install
those check gemsfromgeminaboxwhich can be or local or global (Sensu supported) - for each of existing check with more than 5 contributors - setup a separate repo like this one + add test coverage for them
- package and deliver(to server) tested checks each run of Travis CI if they changed and changes are sane