We use the basic checks for any Unix machine along with special checks for running Puppet master and client process where appropriate. A service which uses NRPE and a check_procs call on the Puppet boxes like these two examples works fine for us:
Command[check_puppetmaster]=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_procs -w 1:1 -c 1:1 -C puppetmasterd Command[check_puppetclient]=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_procs -w 1:1 -c 1:1 -C puppet Bernd > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: puppet-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:puppet- > us...@googlegroups.com] Im Auftrag von Marcus, Allan B > Gesendet: Dienstag, 4. Oktober 2011 15:47 > An: puppet-users@googlegroups.com > Betreff: [Puppet Users] How best to monitor puppet? > > We want to use Nagios to monitor out puppet server so we can be > notified > if it goes down. We are using Fusion Passenger and Apache on Red Hat. > > Any suggestion for what and how to monitor? > > -- > Thanks, > > Allan Marcus > 505-667-5666 > al...@lanl.gov > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet- > users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
