This is the support page to my Blackboard World 2014 presentation. Use the links below to review the content mentioned in my presentation which can be viewed on YouTube

Piwik Information | Kibana/Logstash Information | Zabbix Information
Web Relic Information | AppDynamics Information

Piwik Information

Links

Piwik Website – http://piwik.org/

Piwik User Guides – http://piwik.org/docs/

Piwik Demo – http://demo.piwik.org/

Piwik and Blackboard Blog Posts –

http://www.scuba2deth.com/blackboard/blackboard-and-piwik

http://stage-www.blackboardguru.com/2014/03/monitoring-blackboard-learn-users-on-a-shoestring/(My Blog Post)

Recommended Video Playlist – (see below)

Installation Instructions – The Piwik website provides many good installation guides and links to third party developers who can offer installations as well.

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Kibana / Logstash Information

Links

Overview of Kibana by Elasticsearch.org – http://www.elasticsearch.org/overview/kibana/

Kibana’s GitHub Repository – https://github.com/elasticsearch/kibana

A blog review of Kibana – http://rashidkpc.github.io/Kibana/

Query and filter examples used to search through the data in Logstash and Kibana – http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/kibana/current/working-with-queries-and-filters.html

Since I mentioned grok, here are examples from logstash on how to use grok to parse data within logstash for use with Kibana – http://logstash.net/docs/1.4.2/filters/grok

Here is an awesome grok parser that lets you copy a line of code from your logs and then use grok to parse it the way you want – http://grokdebug.herokuapp.com/

Here’s a Google Code page on grok including many examples – https://code.google.com/p/semicomplete/wiki/Grok

Recommended Video Playlist – (see below)

Installation Instructions

Overview of Kibana Installation by Elasticsearch.org – http://www.elasticsearch.org/overview/kibana/installation/

A blog overview of how to install Logstash and Kibana on Ubuntu – https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-logstash-and-kibana-to-centralize-and-visualize-logs-on-ubuntu-14-04

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Zabbix Information

Links

Zabbix Website – http://www.zabbix.com

Zabbix Documentation – http://www.zabbix.com/documentation.php

Zabbix Extension with Blackboard GitHub Site (This will allow more specific monitoring of Blackboard in Zabbix) – https://github.com/blackboard/zabbix-ext

Recommended Video Playlist – (see below)

Installation Instructions – Zabbix has a large amount of specific documentation within their website that will assist you in installing it on virtually any type of operating system.

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New Relic Information

Links

NewRelic Site – http://www.newrelic.com/

An article on New Relic by TechCrunch – http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/19/new-relic-goes-beyond-server-monitoring-and-launches-business-analytics-tool/

Recommended Video Playlist – (see below)

Installation Instructions

Help should be provided by the company, but a fellow Blackboard Admin, Jorge Carrasco, has provided a great installation guide – http://goo.gl/1OiIOU – I added some additional information of Linux users – http://goo.gl/HjH8i4

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AppDynamics Information

Links

AppDynamics Site – http://www.appdynamics.com/

Recommended Video Playlist – (see below)

Installation Instructions

I have never successfully installed AppDynamics within a Blackboard Learn production environment, but I know it can be done. Contact AppDynamics for installation assistance or if you are interested in their product. Sorry I can’t be more help.

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