Re: [Nagios-users] SMS notification commands
On Fri, 30 Nov, 15:24 +1000 Nick Pratley wrote: > Thanks for the reply Peter, however that isn't what the problem is in my > case. The /var/spool/sms/outgoing directory on that server is in fact > world-writable. And as I said I can run it from the command line > successfully while logged in as the nagios user, which I wouldn't be able to > do if the permissions were not right. > > Keep in mind that SMS Tools is running on a different server, and I'm using > SCP to copy the file to that server. Ah I overlooked it was being copied to a remote server. As for running as the user nagios, how did you achieve that - with su or logging in directly? I found that su doesn't work as expected. Anyhow, as you say the outgoing dir is world-writeable on the remote server, then it should work AFAIK - though why don't you move the notify-by-sms script to the remote server and have a sommand on the nagios server such as: define command { command_namenotify-host-by-sms command_line/usr/bin/ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "/some/path/notify-by-sms $CONTACTPAGER$ \"$TIME$ $HOSTALIAS$ $HOSTSTATE$ $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ $HOSTOUTPUT$\"" } In my mind it's cleaner than the scp method, though whether or not it'll work or not I'm not sure! Regards, Peter pgpe1AKpkkHwB.pgp Description: PGP signature - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] SMS notification commands
Thanks for the reply Peter, however that isn't what the problem is in my case. The /var/spool/sms/outgoing directory on that server is in fact world-writable. And as I said I can run it from the command line successfully while logged in as the nagios user, which I wouldn't be able to do if the permissions were not right. Keep in mind that SMS Tools is running on a different server, and I'm using SCP to copy the file to that server. Any other ideas? Thanks anyway. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Hallam Sent: Friday, 30 November 2007 2:33 PM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] SMS notification commands Having just solved this problem this week: chmod g+w /var/spool/sms/outgoing chgrp nagios /var/spool/sms/outgoing This should enable nagios to write to the directory using your script. Regards, Peter. - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] SMS notification commands
On Fri, 30 Nov, 13:20 +1000 Nick Pratley wrote: > Hi, I need to be able to send notifications via SMS in the event that the > email servers are unavailable, or the internet connection is down. There is > a server on the same network as the Nagios host that has a modem installed > and uses SMS Tools 3 to send messages. To send a message all I need to do is > place a file in a certain directory on that server, in a simple format, and > it does the rest. > > Any ideas what the problem could be, when it runs manually from the command > line but not through the nagios daemon? Having just solved this problem this week: chmod g+w /var/spool/sms/outgoing chgrp nagios /var/spool/sms/outgoing This should enable nagios to write to the directory using your script. Regards, Peter. pgpObEhO8E6qd.pgp Description: PGP signature - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4___ 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
[Nagios-users] SMS notification commands
Hi, I need to be able to send notifications via SMS in the event that the email servers are unavailable, or the internet connection is down. There is a server on the same network as the Nagios host that has a modem installed and uses SMS Tools 3 to send messages. To send a message all I need to do is place a file in a certain directory on that server, in a simple format, and it does the rest. So, I created a script called 'notify-by-sms' in /usr/local/nagios/libexec which is as follows: TMPFILE=`/bin/mktemp notify.XX` /bin/echo -e $1 > $TMPFILE /usr/bin/scp $TMPFILE sms-server:/var/spool/sms/outgoing/ rm $TMPFILE The script is owned by the user nagios and is executable. To run it I just need to pass it a string like "To: \n\n" as the only parameter. If I run it from the command line while logged in as nagios it works fine. I have the following in commands.cfg which I adapted from notify-service-by-email and notify-host-by-email: # 'notify-host-by-sms' command definition define command{ command_name notify-host-by-sms command_line /usr/local/nagios/libexec/notify-by-sms "To: $CONTACTPAGER$\n\n* Nagios *\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nState: HOSTSTATE$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n" } # 'notify-service-by-sms' command definition define command{ command_name notify-service-by-sms command_line /usr/local/nagios/libexec/notify-by-sms "To: $CONTACTPAGER$\n\n* Nagios *\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$" } I see the following in /usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.log, as an example (I have replaced some things with <...>): [1196327641] SERVICE NOTIFICATION: ;;SyncServer;CRITICAL;notify-service-by-sms;CRITICA L - Error Fetching http:///sync/ds [503] Service Temporarily Unavailable however the sms is not received. It does not even appear in the log on the SMS server which indicates the script isn't running or isn't able to scp the file to that server. I am using public key authentication to negate the need for a SSH password to be entered. Any ideas what the problem could be, when it runs manually from the command line but not through the nagios daemon? Thank you, Nick - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] String errors
Jerad Riggin wrote: > Ok, so I'm monitoring about 100 websites with string checks via > check_http. We are mirroring what our datacenter actually checks, so > we have notifications turned off so when a site goes down we aren't > being spammed by the datacenter and our nagios installation. > > The issue is that every once in awhile a string changes on the site so > it goes critical in our nagios. We perhaps won't notice it for a day > which messes up our availability reports. Is there a way to > retroactively mark the time that it was critical as scheduled downtime? I'm not aware of any way to retrospectively schedule downtime but you could probably solve your problem by adjusting your checking procedure. Assuming you or a colleague has access to change the html on your websites, you could have a standard string of text that you add to all your websites so that Nagios is checking the same text on each site. Whenever a new site is added, just make sure that your standard text string is added and you will avoid this problem in the first place. hth Aidan - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
[Nagios-users] String errors
Ok, so I'm monitoring about 100 websites with string checks via check_http. We are mirroring what our datacenter actually checks, so we have notifications turned off so when a site goes down we aren't being spammed by the datacenter and our nagios installation. The issue is that every once in awhile a string changes on the site so it goes critical in our nagios. We perhaps won't notice it for a day which messes up our availability reports. Is there a way to retroactively mark the time that it was critical as scheduled downtime? - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] Check_SMTP plugin Problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 stava wrote: > On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:42:20 -0500, "Kaplan, Andrew H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Hi there -- >> >> I tried the command syntax you suggested, and the output was the >> following: >> >> Invalid SMTP response received from host on port 5666 > > And what do you suppose that could mean? > > I wild guess: there's no SMTP server listening on port 5666. > Or your firewall isn't allowing it through. I'd check that first. Regards, Max -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHTzdEHoeeepPau2ERApPEAJoDBjsLcoHL0MHvF7GYY5l4YJcAgQCg2JsN aC+Fk0Xc/pdPMXSnhq2kVt4= =M2qE -END PGP SIGNATURE- - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] Check_SMTP plugin Problem
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:42:20 -0500, "Kaplan, Andrew H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there -- > > I tried the command syntax you suggested, and the output was the > following: > > Invalid SMTP response received from host on port 5666 And what do you suppose that could mean? I wild guess: there's no SMTP server listening on port 5666. Cheers /Lars > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Max > Hetrick > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 4:38 PM > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Check_SMTP plugin Problem > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote: > >> >> The server is outside the company's firewall, but it is able to be >> monitored via port 5666. What steps can I take to enable the use of this >> plugin? The Nagios > > Read the help on the plugin. > > ./check_smtp --help > > ./check_smtp -H HOST -p 5666 # specify the port > > Regards, > Max > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHTzE6HoeeepPau2ERAp0nAKCekPQyym9WjG9GnvosqrDYcDS+MgCeKbtt > smwA2hbI00BBoA0v4pgvlP4= > =k9Xp > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > - > SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper > from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going > mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. > http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 > ___ > 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 > > The information transmitted in this electronic communication is intended > only > for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain > confidential > and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or > other > use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by > persons or > entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received > this > information in error, please contact the Compliance HelpLine at > 800-856-1983 and > properly dispose of this information. > > > > - > SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper > from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going > mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. > http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 > ___ > 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 -- Lars Stavholm - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
[Nagios-users] NRPE_NT Error: NRPE_NT failed to create process, exiting...
Hi there, I'm trying to use NRPE to monitor remote Windows XP machines for the first time. Nagios version 2.8. I have installed check_nrpe on the Nagios server. Windows XP SP2 is the remote host. I installed NRPE_NT Version: 0.7f/2.0 on the XP machine. I edited the nrpe.cfg with the basic info including the following command definition: command[check_cmd]=c:\nrpe\test.cmd Test.cmd is on the XP machine in the following location: c:\nrpe\test.cmd. Here are the contents: @echo off echo hallo from cmd exit 1 I do a basic test from the Nagios server like this and it works: /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H 192.168.1.10 NRPE_NT v0.7f/2.0 Next, I try executing the remote cmd file, and this is where I get the error: /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H 192.168.1.10 -c check_cmd NRPE_NT failed to create process, exiting... There's nothing in the Windows event log. Nothing interesting in the nagios.log. Am I missing something totally simple? Thanks so much... Beth Stover Systems Administrator 415.395.8768 - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] Check_SMTP plugin Problem
Hi there -- I tried the command syntax you suggested, and the output was the following: Invalid SMTP response received from host on port 5666 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Max Hetrick Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 4:38 PM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Check_SMTP plugin Problem -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote: > > The server is outside the company's firewall, but it is able to be > monitored via port 5666. What steps can I take to enable the use of this > plugin? The Nagios Read the help on the plugin. ./check_smtp --help ./check_smtp -H HOST -p 5666 # specify the port Regards, Max -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHTzE6HoeeepPau2ERAp0nAKCekPQyym9WjG9GnvosqrDYcDS+MgCeKbtt smwA2hbI00BBoA0v4pgvlP4= =k9Xp -END PGP SIGNATURE- - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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 The information transmitted in this electronic communication is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this information in error, please contact the Compliance HelpLine at 800-856-1983 and properly dispose of this information. - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] Check_SMTP plugin Problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote: > > The server is outside the company’s firewall, but it is able to be > monitored via port 5666. What steps can I take to enable the use of this > plugin? The Nagios Read the help on the plugin. ./check_smtp --help ./check_smtp -H HOST -p 5666 # specify the port Regards, Max -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHTzE6HoeeepPau2ERAp0nAKCekPQyym9WjG9GnvosqrDYcDS+MgCeKbtt smwA2hbI00BBoA0v4pgvlP4= =k9Xp -END PGP SIGNATURE- - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
[Nagios-users] Check_SMTP plugin Problem
Hi there - I want to monitor the status of our Sendmail server, and I plan on using the check_smtp plugin. When I manually run the plugin using the following syntax: ./check_smtp -H The output I get is the following: Connection refused SMTP CRITICAL - 0.000 sec. response time|time=0.000473s;;;0.00 The server is outside the company's firewall, but it is able to be monitored via port 5666. What steps can I take to enable the use of this plugin? The Nagios server are both version 2.6. Thanks. The information transmitted in this electronic communication is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this information in error, please contact the Compliance HelpLine at 800-856-1983 and properly dispose of this information. - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4___ 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
[Nagios-users] Need help using check_by_ssh with check_disk
Oops, sent from wrong return address. -- Forwarded message -- From: Dave Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Nov 29, 2007 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Need help using check_by_ssh with check_disk To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net On Nov 29, 2007 6:09 AM, Sean Bowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From the command line, both hosts work fine and 'echo $?' shows 0 for > both. In a similar situation, I found it helpful to break my command line tests into steps. First ssh directly into the remote as nagios and execute the disk check, as you seem to have done. Then sudo -u nagios ssh -i /var/spool/nagios/.ssh/id_dsa [EMAIL PROTECTED] "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_disk -w 10% -c 5% -e -m -p /" to make sure the key is working and the args and path are correct. Then sudo -u nagios /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_by_ssh -H linoleum -i /var/spool/nagios/.ssh/id_dsa -C "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_disk -w 10% -c 5% -e -m -p /" If that works, the regular nagios process should work. I once had a sticky problem where I could get the above working, but nagios kept telling me unknown. It turned out I had a subtle little typo in my config that made it different from my command line tests. Headache! HTH, Dave Here are my defs define command{ command_namecheck_slash_free command_line $USER1$/check_by_ssh -i /var/spool/nagios/.ssh/id_dsa -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C '$USER1$/check_disk -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -e -p \/ -m ' } and the service define service { host_name service_description check slash check_command check_slash_free!30%!20% max_check_attempts 3 retry_check_interval1 normal_check_interval 5 check_period24x7 notification_interval 120 notification_period 24x7 notification_optionsw,u,c,r,f contact_groups localadmins } - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] How to get reboot messages
So SNMP won't work with Windows? Damn, clients hate extra software. :( Would you be willing to post your commands/services configs? I bet if I see your configs I may be able to replicate it to SNMP/windows. Thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Nov 29, 2007 2:57 PM, Steve Shipway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here, we do this by checking the uptime of the host/device.For > switches etc, this is in the SNMP counter. For windows hosts, it is via > check_nt and the UPTIME object. For unix, you just create an appropriate > script to run via nrpe. > > We then do a critical if uptime < 10min. Since hosts are checked every > 5min at most then even if the hosts reboots quickly, this will alert. A > scheduled outage is OK because the scheduled downtime extends 10min after > the reboot. > > > > Steve > > > -- > > I have a bunch of devices which alert me fine up/down, but I'm looking to > find how to get messages when they reboot. Solarwinds does this for me now, > but I'm trying to move off this solution, but my boss want reboot messages > as well as up/downs for the devices... > > - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] How to get reboot messages
Here, we do this by checking the uptime of the host/device.For switches etc, this is in the SNMP counter. For windows hosts, it is via check_nt and the UPTIME object. For unix, you just create an appropriate script to run via nrpe. We then do a critical if uptime < 10min. Since hosts are checked every 5min at most then even if the hosts reboots quickly, this will alert. A scheduled outage is OK because the scheduled downtime extends 10min after the reboot. Steve I have a bunch of devices which alert me fine up/down, but I'm looking to find how to get messages when they reboot. Solarwinds does this for me now, but I'm trying to move off this solution, but my boss want reboot messages as well as up/downs for the devices... - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4___ 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
[Nagios-users] check_rbl.c in contrib
anyone using this? please share how you compiled it and how you are using it. what rbl's is it checking against? - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] How to get reboot messages
Thanks for all the replies, these would be Windows servers, Cisco/Juniper devices and Checkpoint boxes running mainly on SPLAT (linux) I prefer to do this with SNMP, as that's how I have done it on Solarwinds. I will be trying the SNMP_uptime command and report my results. [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Nov 29, 2007 12:03 PM, Edwin Zoeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You could create a script in /etc/rc2.d or rc3.d that will page/email > upon shutdown/startup. > > -- > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *chris serafin > *Sent:* Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:00 PM > *To:* Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* [Nagios-users] How to get reboot messages > > I have a bunch of devices which alert me fine up/down, but I'm looking to > find how to get messages when they reboot. Solarwinds does this for me now, > but I'm trying to move off this solution, but my boss want reboot messages > as well as up/downs for the devices... > > Any ideas? > > Chris Serafin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4___ 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
[Nagios-users] Help with failover
I have 2 master servers that attach to a shared NAS which holds the nagios configs and status data basically /etc and /var. When the primary goes down there's an event handler that mounts the NAS on the backup and starts nagios. When I implemented this setup I thought it would be beneficial in the sense that I would have all the status data retained from the primary instance. This is not the case when I initiate a failover the backup system which mounts all the same data that the primary had prior to being brought down doesn't see any saved status data all checks are in a pending state until the distributed servers send new check data via nsca. The other confusing thing is that if I fail it back over to the primary it see's the old saved status data. I'm not sure what I'm missing here can anyone enlighten me? Thanks in advance Michael - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] How to get reboot messages
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Donnell Lewis wrote: > You could also (if it's linux) just put a simple mail command with > message in /etc/rc.local which executes after system boot and init. > Duh! That's so simple I wasn't even thinking about it. I was thinking of how to have it checked in Nagios, so see it in the web interface that it was rebooted. :) Max -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHTwxKHoeeepPau2ERAhUYAKCUKiBCtVYhzl8mbBk2l3o5acwtXgCgw4P2 NwcIMRgeKePQOlyhaYsUmKA= =bqYi -END PGP SIGNATURE- - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] How to get reboot messages
if you're trying to check windows boxes, I wouldn't use this snmp value because I don't think it's set reliably. I've been using "check_nt -v UPTIME" for those (but i still think it resets correctly at reboot). Also, it may not say "0 days" (so you could look to see if "days" doesn't show up); it may just give a time such as the following: libexec # snmpget -v1 -c hrSystemUptime.0 HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrSystemUptime.0 = Timeticks: (8082663) 22:27:06.63 you'll have to play around w/ it, I guess (sorry for the top-posting). - Josh From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Yost, Josh Sent: Thu 11/29/2007 12:47 PM To: chris serafin; Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] How to get reboot messages hi, One simple idea is to use the Uptime number from SNMP ("hrSystemUptime.0"), and if that ever says "0 days" then you get an alert. I have a script that does a little more than this, but that's the basic idea. you should be able to do this with check_snmp (or a quick perl script that uses snmpget and does regular expression matches). - Josh From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of chris serafin Sent: Thu 11/29/2007 11:59 AM To: Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] How to get reboot messages I have a bunch of devices which alert me fine up/down, but I'm looking to find how to get messages when they reboot. Solarwinds does this for me now, but I'm trying to move off this solution, but my boss want reboot messages as well as up/downs for the devices... Any ideas? Chris Serafin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] How to get reboot messages
You could also (if it's linux) just put a simple mail command with message in /etc/rc.local which executes after system boot and init. -Don On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 11:59 -0600, chris serafin wrote: > I have a bunch of devices which alert me fine up/down, but I'm looking > to find how to get messages when they reboot. Solarwinds does this for > me now, but I'm trying to move off this solution, but my boss want > reboot messages as well as up/downs for the devices... > > Any ideas? > > Chris Serafin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper > from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going > mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. > http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 > ___ 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 - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] How to get reboot messages
hi, One simple idea is to use the Uptime number from SNMP ("hrSystemUptime.0"), and if that ever says "0 days" then you get an alert. I have a script that does a little more than this, but that's the basic idea. you should be able to do this with check_snmp (or a quick perl script that uses snmpget and does regular expression matches). - Josh From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of chris serafin Sent: Thu 11/29/2007 11:59 AM To: Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] How to get reboot messages I have a bunch of devices which alert me fine up/down, but I'm looking to find how to get messages when they reboot. Solarwinds does this for me now, but I'm trying to move off this solution, but my boss want reboot messages as well as up/downs for the devices... Any ideas? Chris Serafin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] How to get reboot messages
We have our site-specific init script do this on Linux and Solaris. We also dump the users from last into the mail just in case a user rebooted a lab machine. The general algorithm is: -build the input to /usr/lib/sendmail in some file -mail it with `cat $file | /usr/lib/sendmail -oi $emailAddress` -if shutting down, wait 10 seconds (this was for older Solaris, may not be needed) Make it run last on boots and first on shutdowns and you should be good. Cheers, Kevin - Kevin Sumner [EMAIL PROTECTED] (919) 962-6494 Assistant Systems Administrator Physics and Astronomy Networking Infrastructure and Computing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Max Hetrick wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > chris serafin wrote: >> I have a bunch of devices which alert me fine up/down, but I'm looking >> to find how to get messages when they reboot. Solarwinds does this for >> me now, but I'm trying to move off this solution, but my boss want >> reboot messages as well as up/downs for the devices... >> >> Any ideas? > > Are you talking Linux? If not, ignore the rest of this message. :) > > If so, what about some type of script to write a flag file when the host > reboots. Then a script which checks to see if that flag file exists. If > it exists, exit with an OK status and delete the flag file. > > I set something similar to this up yesterday with an AS400 backup. My > boss was tired of getting a page off of a completed backup. He set > things up to write to an NFS share with a simple touch flag file. > > I then check to see if that files exists. If the backup completed > successfully the night before it sees the file, says ok, deletes the > file and exits normally. If the file isn't there, then it exits with an > error to which we get notified. > > #!/bin/bash > > FILE=/var/flags/AS400_DAILY > > if [ -f $FILE ]; then >echo "OK: AS400 backup completed normally." >rm -f $FILE >exit 0 >else >echo "CRIT: AS400 backup error." >exit 2 > fi > > A simple script of some sort linked to /etc/init.d could write the flag > file after the system boots and disks are mounted. Once that's there, > then you can check if the file exists. > > It's not elegant, but would work. If anyone has a better idea, please > chime in. > > Regards, > Max > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHTwcKHoeeepPau2ERArpDAJ4lVqyC5z2nWt2uBwD+aFiTBGOYQgCgtZ+f > rubEvG3ToHPGsm34ubat0UE= > =GUQs > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > - > SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper > from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going > mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. > http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 > ___ > 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 > > > -- > > - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] How to get reboot messages
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 chris serafin wrote: > I have a bunch of devices which alert me fine up/down, but I'm looking > to find how to get messages when they reboot. Solarwinds does this for > me now, but I'm trying to move off this solution, but my boss want > reboot messages as well as up/downs for the devices... > > Any ideas? Are you talking Linux? If not, ignore the rest of this message. :) If so, what about some type of script to write a flag file when the host reboots. Then a script which checks to see if that flag file exists. If it exists, exit with an OK status and delete the flag file. I set something similar to this up yesterday with an AS400 backup. My boss was tired of getting a page off of a completed backup. He set things up to write to an NFS share with a simple touch flag file. I then check to see if that files exists. If the backup completed successfully the night before it sees the file, says ok, deletes the file and exits normally. If the file isn't there, then it exits with an error to which we get notified. #!/bin/bash FILE=/var/flags/AS400_DAILY if [ -f $FILE ]; then echo "OK: AS400 backup completed normally." rm -f $FILE exit 0 else echo "CRIT: AS400 backup error." exit 2 fi A simple script of some sort linked to /etc/init.d could write the flag file after the system boots and disks are mounted. Once that's there, then you can check if the file exists. It's not elegant, but would work. If anyone has a better idea, please chime in. Regards, Max -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHTwcKHoeeepPau2ERArpDAJ4lVqyC5z2nWt2uBwD+aFiTBGOYQgCgtZ+f rubEvG3ToHPGsm34ubat0UE= =GUQs -END PGP SIGNATURE- - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
[Nagios-users] How to get reboot messages
I have a bunch of devices which alert me fine up/down, but I'm looking to find how to get messages when they reboot. Solarwinds does this for me now, but I'm trying to move off this solution, but my boss want reboot messages as well as up/downs for the devices... Any ideas? Chris Serafin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] hard_check_interval revisited
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremy C. Reed > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:06 AM > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Nagios-users] hard_check_interval revisited > > I want my final failed services to be rechecked faster that my normal > checks. I want this so I will be notified quicker when the service is > successful again. (I already use retry_check_interval with > max_check_attempts, but I want an interval when the service is in HARD > state.) > > So I googled "hard_check_interval" and I saw that keyword was mentioned > before. This mail from 2003 nagios-devel archive describes it: > > http://ml.osdir.com/network.nagios.devel/2003-06/msg00064.html > > Does anything like this exist but maybe with a different configuration > name? It does not. Nagios uses normal_check_interval (or check_interval for nagios-3) for checks beyond max_check_attempts (HARD states). -- Marc - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios-users Digest, Vol 18, Issue 48
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NTOUGHE GUY-SERGE > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:49 AM > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios-users Digest, Vol 18, Issue 48 > We'll start with the problems at the bottom of your e-mail and work our way up (Subject: [Nagios-users] Need help using check_by_ssh with check_disk). Since the e-mail is quite long, it may take us some time to read through it all. -- Marc - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
[Nagios-users] hard_check_interval revisited
I want my final failed services to be rechecked faster that my normal checks. I want this so I will be notified quicker when the service is successful again. (I already use retry_check_interval with max_check_attempts, but I want an interval when the service is in HARD state.) So I googled "hard_check_interval" and I saw that keyword was mentioned before. This mail from 2003 nagios-devel archive describes it: http://ml.osdir.com/network.nagios.devel/2003-06/msg00064.html Does anything like this exist but maybe with a different configuration name? - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring Nagios
On Nov 28, 2007, at 4:52 AM, Mohr James wrote: > Hi All! > > We had a problem the other day where the nagios process died and no > one > noticed it for over 30 minutes. Therefore, I was thinking about ways > to > monitor Nagios itself. One simply way would be a cronjob that checks > if > the nagios process is running and then uses yaps or something to > send an > SMS. But what about cases where the nagios process is running, but for > whatever reason the messages are not being processed. > > I was thinking about setting up a service that is triggered by a > cronjob > and then sends a notification. This notification writes a flag file > and > every X minutes a cron job checks the age of the flag file. If the > flag > file is too old, it sends an SMS via yaps. > > Rather than re-invent the wheel, I was wondering if other people had > already implemented something similar. > > Regards, > > Jim Mohr For a simple solution that requires no additional software, I just use the check_nagios plugin that comes with nagios, and run it from a script/cron job. This not only checks to see if nagios has crashed, but also checks the age of the status file. If a problem is detected with either (and I have had both situations) the script then first attempts to restart nagios via a full stop/start, then checks again and e-mails me with the result. So far, this has always just been a status notification saying that it had restarted nagios, as the stop/ start has worked as expected, but if for some reason that should fail it would notify me of this fact as well. --- Israel Brewster Computer Support Technician Frontier Flying Service Inc. 5245 Airport Industrial Rd Fairbanks, AK 99709 (907) 450-7250 x293 --- > > > - > SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper > from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going > mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. > http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 > ___ > 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 - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
[Nagios-users] Announce: Check Dhcpd Leases - Shows leases / Alerts on unauthorized machines
Hi, I've just released another plugin on www.NagiosExchange.org to display the leases that have been handed out by an ISC Dhcpd server. It can also be used to alert you if any unauthorized machine is detected as having a dhcp lease by going Critical. This works by giving the plugin any combination of Whitelists/Blacklists of Hostnames and/or Mac Addresses. Combine for maximum tripping effect. Outputting is also flexible so you can choose whether you want to include/exclude Hostnames and/or Macs displayed as well as just IPs when displaying the leases (default is Hostname = IP). There are also switches for sorting the order of display and whether you want compacted output, as well as whether to give the summary information on the number of active leases. As usual, it should be flexible enough for all needs, and is open to suggestions/constructive criticisms or feature requests which should be sent to this address. Find the plugin here: http://www.nagiosexchange.org/Check_Plugins.21.0.html?&tx_netnagext_pi1[p_view]=1164 Hope you find it useful Thanks -h -- Hari Sekhon - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
[Nagios-users] Need help using check_by_ssh with check_disk
I'm running Nagios 2.10 with plugins 1.4.10 running on: Linux nagioshost 2.6.9-34.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Feb 24 16:56:28 EST 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux System information on the two remote hosts is: Linux remotehost1 2.6.9-11.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri May 20 18:26:27 EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Linux remotehost2 2.6.9-5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jan 5 19:30:39 EST 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux My check (in commands.cfg as check_disk_by_ssh) is: $USER1$/libexec/check_by_ssh -E -i identify.txt -l nagios -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_disk -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$" The services.cmd has: check_disk_by_ssh!10%!5% This test runs fine on remotehost1, but on remotehost2 it returns back "UNKNOWN - check_by_ssh: Remote command '/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_disk -w 10% -c 5%' returned status 255". At first, I thought this could be a 32 vs. 64-bit issue, but the Nagios host is 64-bit while both remotes are 32. >From the command line, both hosts work fine and 'echo $?' shows 0 for both. Logging into the remote boxes and running check_disk manually is fine as well. Using -v doesn't help since it doesn't show tracing information. Does anyone have any ideas or thoughts on this? Are there any other tricks I can try for debugging this? Any help would be appreciated immensely. Thanks! - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] Dealing with nightly high load
Cell: 281-734-6965 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/29/2007 02:30:20 AM: > All, > > I'm trying to deal with a bunch of servers that generate some high load > during the night. That is, between 00:00 and 06:00 a series of job is > run that will generate load from 10 to 15. Outside this windows, load > should be no more than 3. > > I have read all the documentation, but I cant find a way to implement > this in Nagios. I have found 2 options: > - defining 2 services (load_daily and load_nightly) with different > tresholds. This will make 2 services show up in nagios that are > essential the same > - using escalations to supress messages during the night. This will > however still show errors in the webinterface and spoil you reports with > fake errors > > How can I tell Nagios that during the day the load should be max 3 > (warning) and max 5 (critical) but during the night, it's ok if they are > 8 (warning) and 10 (critical)? I'm sure other people have ran into this > same problem and found a solution for it? Please share! > > I'm running Nagios 2.10 > > Thanx for the help. > > Met vriendelijke groet/With kind regards, > > Jasper Filon > > CAIWAY Business > Jasper, I have sort of the same issue and you have already stated the most expedient, and indeed only, solution that I found. Two services with different time periods for checking. It's doesn't look as pretty in the web interface but it works like a charm. The other method would be to write a wrapper that performs the check and alerts on the value you set based on time. This wouldn't be hard to do to be honest but it seems like re-inventing the wheel to some degree. The other question I have is if the servers are capable of withstanding a load that high why not just have your high threshold set the same all time? My situation isn't load based but with the standard Nagios plugin you can alert on any of the three points that uptime returns (here I make the assumption you are monitoring *nix boxen). If the situation calls for being able to be alerted to spikes during normal operating hours then you will either need two checks and time period for each or a wrapper that checks the time and returns an alert based on the time and load. Best Regards, Mark L. Potter - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4___ 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
[Nagios-users] obsessing and event handlers
Hi all, Can anyone here tell me where I'm going wrong in my attempts to correctly setup a slave nagios server. What I have is as follows :- 1 master nagios host (running FreeBSD 6.2). This host executes active checks some of which trigger event handlers (ie. to restart web servers, etc... the usual stuff). 1 slave nagios host (running FreeBSD 5.5). This host rsyncs the nagios configuration files from the master, and performs the check_nagios plugin to determine if the master is running. If it is not, then it takes over active checks. The above has been setup using the documentation accompanying the nagios installation and has v 2.10 installed. Yesterday I tried to get the slave to receive service check results from the master by running the nsca daemon on the slave and adding commands to enable send_nsca on the master to transmit results to the slave. To achieve this I forced the master to obsess over services and this all worked correctly. However, when I checked the system today I have found that although an event handler should have been executed overnight, it did NOT get executed. The only way I've been able to get the master to actually run the event handlers as needed has been to disable obsessing on the master - hence I no longer have the slave passively receiving service check results. I've sort of worked round this by enabling a global event handler on the master which calls the send_nsca command, so at the moment the slave is passively gettings the changes of state to services (but, as the http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/distributed.html page says, "We could use event handlers to report changes in the state of a service, but that just doesn't cut it.") and the master is happily executing event handlers as needed. Anyone else had this problem with event handlers when obsessing is enabled ? And does anyone have this working correctly ? thanks, Mark - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
[Nagios-users] RES: SMS gateway
We use Smstools (http://smstools.meinemullemaus.de/) which works very smoothly, but hardware is always a problems because of cable and cel devices compatibility. Lately we´ve found a little device from Huawei, the E220 model which connects trhough USB and works fine. I think the best hw solution would be the Falcon modems, but unfortunately they are hard and expensive to find here. Check with the guys from Netways (www.netways.de), I believe they have a "ready" package using Falcon as SMS gateway fully integrated with Nagios. []s _ Dario B. BestettiOpServices R. Luciana de Abreu, 471 - Sala 403 Porto Alegre, RS - CEP 90570-060 Fone 55(51)30613588 Mobile 55(51)81518218 Fax 55(51)30613588 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In God we trust, the rest we monitor ..." _ > -Mensagem original- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Em > nome de R.Oxley > Enviada em: quinta-feira, 29 de novembro de 2007 08:14 > Para: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Assunto: Re: [Nagios-users] SMS gateway > > > > I use a Nokia 6210e with a data cable connected to the serial port, > running gnokii to handle sending the SMSs. > Cheap and functional, > regards > Rafe > > > Marcel Hecko wrote: > > Hi, does anybody know of any HARDWARE solution into which I would just > > stick GSM SIM card and send SMS messages from Nagios? > > Something with ethernet interface - like - I would just call HTTP URI and > > the device will send the SMS text to the number encoded in the HTTP > > request (both - the text and phone number). > > > > Basically - very basic SMS gateway. With pre-paid sim card that would be > > just magic! > > > > Does something like that exist? Possibly with two-way communitaction? > > What price should I be looking at? > > > > Cheers! > > Marcel > > > > - > > SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper > > from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going > > mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. > > http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 > > ___ > > 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 > > -- > > > - > SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper > from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going > mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. > http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 > ___ > 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 - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] SMS gateway
I use Gnokii with a Nokia phone and it works really well but it relies on a wired or wireless connection (serial, usb, infrared or Bluetooth according to the website) between the server and the phone. I use some simple shell scripts to interface between Nagios and Gnokii. It could be part of what the OP wants if somebody writes (or has already written) an http-to-gnokii gateway, but then that wouldn't really be a hardware solution as requested. I've never run across anything that implements the sending interface and modem hardware in one product but it may be out there. -- Phil Costelloe Foundation IT, Hermitage, Berkshire RG18 9SE (apologies for the top post, we were already on that path) Phil Costelloe Technical Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.foundation-it.com Foundation IT Foundation Court Old Street Oare Hermitage Berkshire RG18 9SE Switch: +44 (0) 1635 203700 Helpdesk: +44 (0) 800 0121099 DDI: +44 (0) 1635 203719 Fax: +44 (0) 8700 543537 Mobile: +44 (0) 7884 236299 This message contains confidential information and is intended only for [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you are not nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify Foundation IT immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Foundation IT therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. Foundation IT Registered Office: Foundation Court, Old Street, Oare, Hermitage, Berkshire, RG18 9SE Registered in England Number 3281803 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Frazier Sent: 28 November 2007 22:16 To: 'Marcel Hecko'; nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] SMS gateway Hi, This looks like a winner. Since it is a command line tool it should be easy to get working with Nagios. http://www.gnokii.org/ Others? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcel Hecko Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 5:40 PM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] SMS gateway Hi, does anybody know of any HARDWARE solution into which I would just stick GSM SIM card and send SMS messages from Nagios? Something with ethernet interface - like - I would just call HTTP URI and the device will send the SMS text to the number encoded in the HTTP request (both - the text and phone number). Basically - very basic SMS gateway. With pre-paid sim card that would be just magic! Does something like that exist? Possibly with two-way communitaction? What price should I be looking at? Cheers! Marcel - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
[Nagios-users] test
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Re: [Nagios-users] SMS gateway
I use a Nokia 6210e with a data cable connected to the serial port, running gnokii to handle sending the SMSs. Cheap and functional, regards Rafe Marcel Hecko wrote: > Hi, does anybody know of any HARDWARE solution into which I would just > stick GSM SIM card and send SMS messages from Nagios? > Something with ethernet interface - like - I would just call HTTP URI and > the device will send the SMS text to the number encoded in the HTTP > request (both - the text and phone number). > > Basically - very basic SMS gateway. With pre-paid sim card that would be > just magic! > > Does something like that exist? Possibly with two-way communitaction? > What price should I be looking at? > > Cheers! > Marcel > > - > SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper > from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going > mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. > http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 > ___ > 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 -- - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] snmptraphandling.py
> On 29 Nov 2007, at 08:53, Giles Coochey wrote: > > > Is anyone using Francois Meehan's snmptraphandling.py script? > > > > There's a part of the script where it opens the Nagios.cmd file. > > I'm not > > a python coder, but it appears to me that it writes to the file > > with 'w' > > which would overwrite any pending commands that Nagios has not yet > > processed: > > > > nagios.cmd is a pipe, not an ordinary file and the contents cannot be > overwritten as such - whatever gets written into the pipe will be > read out of the pipe by the controlling binary in the same order. > > If you cat the pipe then the contents will be lost to nagios, as when > items are read from the pipe they are automatically removed from it. > > Pipes have the first letter as a 'p' on 'ls -l'. > Thanks Duncan, so it's a FIFO. So now I need to find out why I'm losing events along the way :-( - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] snmptraphandling.py
On 29 Nov 2007, at 08:53, Giles Coochey wrote: > Is anyone using Francois Meehan's snmptraphandling.py script? > > There's a part of the script where it opens the Nagios.cmd file. > I'm not > a python coder, but it appears to me that it writes to the file > with 'w' > which would overwrite any pending commands that Nagios has not yet > processed: > nagios.cmd is a pipe, not an ordinary file and the contents cannot be overwritten as such - whatever gets written into the pipe will be read out of the pipe by the controlling binary in the same order. If you cat the pipe then the contents will be lost to nagios, as when items are read from the pipe they are automatically removed from it. Pipes have the first letter as a 'p' on 'ls -l'. Duncs -- Duncan Ferguson Senior Developer, Altinity Limited http://www.altinity.com Tel: +44 (0)870 787 9243 US: +1 866 879 9184 Fax: +44 (0)845 280 1725 Skype: duncan_j_ferguson MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The contents of this email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individuals to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender and delete this e-mail immediately. Any unauthorised copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly prohibited. Altinity Limited | 404 Seven Sisters Road | London | N4 2LX | United Kingdom Registered in England and Wales under company number 4743767 - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] Dealing with nightly high load
On 29 Nov 2007, at 08:30, Jasper Filon wrote: > All, > > I'm trying to deal with a bunch of servers that generate some high > load > during the night. That is, between 00:00 and 06:00 a series of job is > run that will generate load from 10 to 15. Outside this windows, load > should be no more than 3. > http://altinity.blogs.com/dotorg/2007/04/changing_a_serv.html It works for us... Duncs -- Duncan Ferguson Senior Developer, Altinity Limited http://www.altinity.com Tel: +44 (0)870 787 9243 US: +1 866 879 9184 Fax: +44 (0)845 280 1725 Skype: duncan_j_ferguson MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The contents of this email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individuals to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender and delete this e-mail immediately. Any unauthorised copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly prohibited. Altinity Limited | 404 Seven Sisters Road | London | N4 2LX | United Kingdom Registered in England and Wales under company number 4743767 - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
[Nagios-users] snmptraphandling.py
Is anyone using Francois Meehan's snmptraphandling.py script? There's a part of the script where it opens the Nagios.cmd file. I'm not a python coder, but it appears to me that it writes to the file with 'w' which would overwrite any pending commands that Nagios has not yet processed: #print mondata_res output = open('/opt/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd', 'w') results = "[" + mytime + "] " + "PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;" \ + host + ";" + "TRAP-" + service_suffix + ";" \ + return_code + ";" + mondata_res + "\n" output.write(results) I'm thinking that this script should be opening the file with the 'a' (Append) mode, so that unprocessed commands in nagios.cmd do not get overwritten. I do appear to be missing some traps within Nagios, I can see them as far as snmptt, but it seems either sec.pl or snmptraphandling.py somehow doesn't process them and the trap doesn't make it as far as Nagios. - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
[Nagios-users] Dealing with nightly high load
All, I'm trying to deal with a bunch of servers that generate some high load during the night. That is, between 00:00 and 06:00 a series of job is run that will generate load from 10 to 15. Outside this windows, load should be no more than 3. I have read all the documentation, but I cant find a way to implement this in Nagios. I have found 2 options: - defining 2 services (load_daily and load_nightly) with different tresholds. This will make 2 services show up in nagios that are essential the same - using escalations to supress messages during the night. This will however still show errors in the webinterface and spoil you reports with fake errors How can I tell Nagios that during the day the load should be max 3 (warning) and max 5 (critical) but during the night, it's ok if they are 8 (warning) and 10 (critical)? I'm sure other people have ran into this same problem and found a solution for it? Please share! I'm running Nagios 2.10 Thanx for the help. Met vriendelijke groet/With kind regards, Jasper Filon CAIWAY Business - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] SMS gateway
Hi Marcel have a lock at http://www.kannel.org/ and http://www.kannel.org/download/1.4.1/userguide-1.4.1/userguide.html#AEN4201 Regards Florian Marcel Hecko schrieb: > Hi, does anybody know of any HARDWARE solution into which I would just > stick GSM SIM card and send SMS messages from Nagios? > Something with ethernet interface - like - I would just call HTTP URI and > the device will send the SMS text to the number encoded in the HTTP > request (both - the text and phone number). > > Basically - very basic SMS gateway. With pre-paid sim card that would be > just magic! > > Does something like that exist? Possibly with two-way communitaction? > What price should I be looking at? > > Cheers! > Marcel > > - > SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper > from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going > mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. > http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 > ___ > 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 > > > - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ 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