From OpenNMS

For ease of use, the FAQ has been divided into multiple sections:

FAQ-About 

General Questions About the OpenNMS Project

FAQ-Install 

Questions about Installation and Migration

FAQ-Source 

Specific Questions About Building from Source

FAQ-Configuration 

Configuring OpenNMS

FAQ-Troubleshooting 

Troubleshooting OpenNMS

Building FAQ 

Building OpenNMS

Note that while many FAQs are set up as a place to ask questions, this is more a place to answer them. In other words, editing one of these pages and asking "How do I get OpenNMS to do x" will probably be ignored. The best place to ask questions is on the public mailing lists.

If you do get an answer to a question that puzzled you, please contribute it back to the community by editing one of the FAQ pages.

Using OpenNMS As Part of a Commercial Product covers some of the issues with OpenNMS and the GPL.