Peter Eckel <[email protected]> writes:

> Would it be an option to use the API to disable monitoring when a Test/Dev 
> host is taken down (e.g. using a shutdown script) and re-enable it when it is 
> brought up again? 

We were in a similar situation and have implemented this via the
send_ncsa command. Works reliable.

Rgeards,
Wolfagng


> This would still provide full monitoring and alerting as long as the host is 
> running, and if a machine crashes or otherwise becomes unavailable, but not 
> during planned downtime indicated by server shutdown.
>
>> On 16 Jun 2016, at 01:11, Felix Cruz <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> No expert here, but if they can power off at anytime, then how would
>> Icinga distinguish a power off from a host down? You'd have to be
>> able to monitor for power status directly at the power socket. Even
>> then, how would you know if the power off status was intentional or
>> not?
>> 
>> Tel them if they want monitoring it stays on, or as the previous person 
>> said, why bother monitoring?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Jun 15, 2016, at 7:34 AM, Pascal Larivee <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> My question would be then, why monitor them at all? Or you could set then 
>>> in a "qa" group that sends no alert at all, only viewable on the web 
>>> interface
>>> -- 
>>> Pascal Larivée
>>> Senior IT Architecture & Cloud Ops Engineer
>>> Internap
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately interval time may not be the best method since dev/qa
>>> people can power their servers on and off when they want. So they
>>> could power them on for the weekend if they're working, or they may
>>> power them off during a workday if they have the day off.
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 7:21 AM, Gunnar Beutner <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> There are two things you could do about that:
>>> 
>>> 1. Set the check_period attribute for those Host and Service objects – this 
>>> way Icinga will only run checks during whatever interval you specify in 
>>> that TimePeriod object.
>>> 2. Set the period attribute for whatever Notification objects you
>>> have for those hosts and services – that way Icinga will still
>>> check those hosts and services, however it will only send
>>> notifications according to the intervals in the TimePeriod object.
>>> 
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Gunnar
>>> 
>>> On 15/06/16 13:16, "icinga-users on behalf of Matt Shields" 
>>> <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have Icinga setup to monitor our production instances in AWS, but
>>> we also have dev/qa resources that get shut off every night. I
>>> haven't been monitoring them because as soon as they power off I
>>> get flooded with alerts.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Is there a way to monitor servers only when they are powered on?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Matt
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