What you have to have first.
Installing Om*ni.
Getting acquainted with your new friend.
Prerequisites
You have to have some sort of database. Right now, that means MySQL, Oracle, or MSSQL. Eventually we'll start supporting more and more RDBMS. PostgreSQL - you're on deck.
A Java JDK installation - preferably Sun JDK 1.5+, although others may work. Edit /opt/omnisys/config/omnienv.sh or simply set your JAVA_HOME in /etc/profile, or what have you.
Installation
Download the installation file for your favorite Linux Distro - RPM for SuSe, RedHat, and .deb for Debian/Ubuntu. Once you install it, Om*ni will be fired up, and configured to be started on boot. Now, logging into the web install.
Web install
Go to https://localhost:9962/, where 'localhost' is your server name/IP (don't forget the https!).
You'll be asked to change these in a minute.
Right now, you'll need to have your database account handy, with enough privileges to create a new database and fill it with goodness (tables).
Create the database. We do have to restart om*ni one time during this install. At the prompt of the server Om*ni is installed on, run "sudo /etc/init.d/omnisys restart".
Log back in to your Om*ni installation. The default credentials are:
username: admin
password: password
Now, you'll have to change the password, since the above is weak as hell.
NOW! The MENU!@!
Lets get cautiously funky
Home
This takes you to the dashboard. It's pretty much a one-trick pony.
Monitor Menu
You have a couple options here - each of these icons will take you to a list of devices, services, or groups, respectively. Users with the helpdesk role can see anything from here, but can't do much else.
Add Menu
Self-explanatory - add devices and services to Om*ni. Once the devices and services are in, you can create groups from them.
Security Menu
Ok, I feel like these explanations are getting pretty redundant right about now.
Add Users to Om*ni, manage Om*ni users, and manage server logins. This option is for bulk changing the logins you've given Om*ni to gain access to your servers. You can still change the individual logins from going to the appropriate device/service monitor page, from the monitor device/service menus.
Action Menu
Finally, some tangy sauce. This is where you can really man-handle your servers and such.
Metrics - everything om*ni collects is setup here. Any command, lots of protocols. Have fun.
Actions - want to do something like send an email or run a script to auto-magically fix something that went wrong? Om*ni can do that.
Scripts - this is just a text-box to write scripts, so you can run them against systems, or run them based off of an action.
Run Command - There's a wealth of options. Roll out a package to one or hundreds of systems. Run a report using well-known commands. This stuff is powerful crazy juju. Be careful with it.
