Monitoring Infoblox DDI Bloxone without a Grid
So most of the Infoblox modules I've found seem to rely heavily on SNMP which is great, SNMP is alive and well. However, if you purchase an Infoblox solution without the monitoring module/license SNMP is not supported directly on the DDI appliances themselves, to my knowledge. I actually opened a support case with Infoblox as was told SNMP was not supported on their Data Connector and can't find the nerd knobs for the DDI appliances themselves. I've created resources for them in LM and obtained local access to the DDI appliances but there's no place to associate an SNMP user within the Infoblox csp portal. After banging my head against that for a while, I switched my thoughts toward an API integration which works decently for some base level DHCP metrics but isn't as stalwart as I'd like. I was able to couple a feeble API integration along with syslog collection over TLS, having the requirement to install a syslog engine on my collector that could listen on TCP 6514, and get more metrics such as DHCP discover rates etc.
Has anyone else found a stable solution for monitoring an Infoblox solution that does not include a Grid or Grid Master with modules for maybe SNMP and API that they like? I feel like I'm a bit between a rock and a hard place with the limitations imposed by Infoblox on what they support.
I'm happy to share the custom data sources I created to get to where I am but wanted to get some feedback first.
