RFE: First class VMware vSphere checks

[jflemer-ndp]

Request For Enhancement: Provide a (public or enterprise) extension or plugin with first class monitoring of vSphere.

Expected Behavior

sudo sensu-install -p vsphere

Current Behavior

Maybe use Nagios plugins, pulling in associated dependencies, and JIT/Proxy checks:

• https://github.com/jjasghar/esxi_health (Ruby)
• https://github.com/rogerlz/nagios-check-vcenter (Python)
• https://www.claudiokuenzler.com/nagios-plugins/check_esxi_hardware.php (Python)
• https://github.com/lgeeklee/pyvinga (Python)

These are less desirable due to having to use JIT/Proxy and the need to deal with Python environment & deps in addition to Ruby.

Possible Solution

• VMware provides a capable Ruby interface to the vSphere API (https://github.com/vmware/rbvmomi)
• Implement a CLI check plugin that can be used as a JIT/Proxy check using rbvmomi
• Implement an extension using rbvmomi that supports subscription based checks (but not actually requiring sensu-client on a ESXi/vSphere/VCSA node)

Context

Monitoring of hybrid infrastructure necessitates monitoring of the virtualization infrastructure to include:

• hypervisor health (cpu, memory, uptime)
• hypervisor networks
• data stores
• etc

Your Environment

• Sensu 0.26
• vSphere & vCenter 6.5 with VCSA

[portertech]

@jflemer-ndp thanks for the issue, a valid request. This is however the wrong place for it, I have gone ahead and created sensu-plugins/community#13