In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED] net>, "Morris, Patrick" writes: >> I have 2 nagios servers that will be setup as >> redundant, if nagios1 is down, nagios2 will enable its checks >> + alert. Using NSCA, I can sync the state, but I now have a >> problem to sync the config and plugin directory. >> >> The easiest way to sync would be to have all the files >> in /etc/nagios/ and /usr/lib(64)/nagils/plugins/ owned by the >> user who does the sync. >> Could I do a chown nagios:nagios on all those files? >> >> If someone has a better idea, I welcome it! > >I do that on a few machines. The only potential snag (one that I have >to deal with) is if you have Nagios boxes running different OS versions, >in which case synching your plugins can be a bad idea. > >Configs aren't a problem in any case, as long as you make sure they're >readable when they arrive.
Patrick, I assume you must have your two nagios server co-located at the same site and connected to the same switches. Otherwise do you have a method for rewriting your configs to change the parent directives to match the view from your backup/remote nagios machine. Also if you have local commands that are run on the nagios server rather than remote probes (such as nrpe or check_by_ssh), how do you define these entries in your services file? E.G. I have a stanza define service{ service_description DiskRootCheck hostgroup_name standard_linux_services,!standard_linux_services -dev host_name !nag1 use generic-service check_command check_by_ssh!check_disk!-w 10% -c 5% -p / servicegroups check_by_ssh normal_check_interval 2 } define service{ service_description DiskRootCheck hostgroup_name standard_linux_services-dev use generic-service check_command check_by_ssh!check_disk!-w 10% -c 5% -p / servicegroups check_by_ssh contact_groups renesys-admins-nopage normal_check_interval 2 } define service{ service_description DiskRootCheck host_name nag1 use generic-service check_command check_local_disk!10%!5%!-p / } I need to change all the "nag1" (which is the primary nagios server) host names to "nag2" which is the backup server (located 1500 miles from the primary server). How are yours set up so that you don't have to change the config files and still cross monitor the machines? -- rouilj John Rouillard =========================================================================== My employers don't acknowledge my existence much less my opinions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null