[Nagios-users] Front ends?
Hi all, I am a bit of a Nagios newbie, and currently trying to implement a Nagios based solution around our systems. My most pressing problem is that of providing a simplified view of the state of the system - a dashboard. Actually several dashboards, as different (groups of) users have different requirements. (Note this is just for publishing information - I'm not bothered about configuration for now) In a perfect world - the users would have some control over what gets reported, subject to either selection from an approved shortlist, or a request/approval approach. - this could be displayed in a compact layout in an iframe or otherwise embedded within other HTML pages. Looking at the descriptions of projects in NagiosExchange... Dashboard - seems to come close to what I need, but I'd need to setup mod_python to get it running, and if its not what we need, we have no Python skills here (PHP and C, no problem). The documentation provided is not as good as it might be (where do I put this configuration?) Groundwork Status viewer - is no longer at the link provided, I can find the whole groundwork package - should I try to get something working out of this? Nagios Looking Glass - Looking at the docs I don't get the impression that this provides a lot of facility for customizing what is actually reported on (of course my impressions could be totally wrong) Are these products likely to meet my needs? Worth the effort? I'm not averse to writing some code (probably in PHP) - but I've not yet been able to find any docs on how to get status information out of nagios - anybody got some links? TIA C. -- -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCM d s+:+ a+ C+++(---)$ UL+++ P+(--) L+++ E--- W+++ N++ w-- PS++(+++()) t+ 5+ X R- tv-- b++ DI++ D e+++ h --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ 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
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[Nagios-users] notifications
I have inherited the Nagios project at the company that I just started working for and have a few questions. Sometimes when one of the services goes down and notifications are sent out, we will receive them immediately via email but the phone/pager alerts are sometimes taking up to 72 hours to arrive. Is this a result of the Nagios setup or of the cell phone companies text messaging service? If it is our Nagios setup, what can be done to speed this process? If it is the cell phone companies text messaging service, is there anything that can be done? Thanks Mike - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ 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] notifications
In the last couple of months emails to our [EMAIL PROTECTED] accounts have started taking up to 72 hours as well. This seems to be a problem with the cell phone company and not nagios, as switching to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the problem, albeit with the increased headache of SMS. Hope this helps, Scott On 1/28/08, Mike Welsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have inherited the Nagios project at the company that I just started working for and have a few questions. Sometimes when one of the services goes down and notifications are sent out, we will receive them immediately via email but the phone/pager alerts are sometimes taking up to 72 hours to arrive. Is this a result of the Nagios setup or of the cell phone companies text messaging service? If it is our Nagios setup, what can be done to speed this process? If it is the cell phone companies text messaging service, is there anything that can be done? Thanks Mike - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ 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 - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ 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] NSClient issue (Unknown alerts)
Ronaldo A. Bueno Filho wrote: Hi, guys and ladies :) Now, I'm experiencing a problem regarding NSClient++. I'm monitoring a Windows workstation on my LAN. I configured NSClient++ following its documentation. Now, that workstation shows unknown alerts for CPU load, Memory usage and Uptime with the message: NSClient - ERROR: PDH Collection thread not running. Looking on google.com, I found that it happens when you are not using English language on Windows. Also, I did not find any resolution for that issue. I'm not sure if there is an issue related with the windows language. Does somebody know how to solve this issue? It tells you how to resolve this issue in the installation section of the readme.html file that comes with the nsclient download. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ 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] mrtgtraf
I've been working with mrtgtraf on a couple of servers, and when any of them reach the nrpe defined warning or critical threshold, the notification gives proper status but fails to present actual data. Rather, it returns: NRPE: Unable to read output From the command line, the nrpe command returns no data. If the status is Okay (meaning transfer is below the defined levels), it returns the proper data in both command line and in the nagios interface. Has anyone seen this or found a correction? Thanks, Ilbin - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ 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] notifications
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike Welsh wrote: | I have inherited the Nagios project at the company that I just started | working for and have a few questions. As a hint. Take the nagios manual and browse through it cover to cover. Then you get a good feel for it and you an dig into the issues in the manual first. I sure there are subject in there that you may not understand even if you read it a couple of times but in those cases you should be able to be rather specific in your questions. (I know I did not have that many questions with Nagios but the whole concept of a CMS like WebGUI for example did not land at all with me untill someone took me on a small tour sitting side by side.) | Sometimes when one of the services goes down and notifications are sent | out, we will receive them immediately via email but the phone/pager | alerts are sometimes taking up to 72 hours to arrive. Is this a result | of the Nagios setup or of the cell phone companies text messaging | service? If it is our Nagios setup, what can be done to speed this | process? If it is the cell phone companies text messaging service, is | there anything that can be done? Check the logs and you will know if the notification was send in time. If it ain't a nagios issue then I am afraid you should considere switching (phone) services. Hugo. - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hugo.vanderkooij.org/ PGP/GPG? Use: http://hugo.vanderkooij.org/0x58F19981.asc A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? Bored? Click on http://spamornot.org/ and rate those images. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHnlskBvzDRVjxmYERAuqFAKCbbO6fm00GgA5mTpU/g3e7eBlR3gCdFeX9 W1iK+3bHPYn0T/HA/m3CNzY= =MexG -END PGP SIGNATURE- - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ 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] CN=Jason Ellmers/OU=FirstInfo/O=FirstGroup is out of the office.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jason Ellmers wrote: | I will be Out of the Office I would suggest that out-of-office replies qualify as a request for removal to the admin of this list. Hugo. - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hugo.vanderkooij.org/ PGP/GPG? Use: http://hugo.vanderkooij.org/0x58F19981.asc A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? Bored? Click on http://spamornot.org/ and rate those images. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHnll3BvzDRVjxmYERAuKvAJ9ADK0HGa0xjX/DTvqCcZTl9GsW0wCgpiHg erYYsKTPRVOIWESUkk8ww24= =8EF0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ 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] Monitoring Disk Space and Processes and processor utilixation
Hello, Im using Nagios version 2.x which is bundelded in OSSIM. I have the following client installed on a Windows 2003 Server. NSClientpp (Nagios) 0.3.0.1 RC 2007-11-28 w32 Here is what my host status loks like. Host Status Services Actions SPSP PENDING No matching services How can I fix this probelm? Thanks Michael I may need an older client to talk to Nagios 2.x service commands. I do not want to upgrade at the moment to Nagios 3.x- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ 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] Service Dependency Not Working
I have done further testing of the issue I am experiencing with service
dependencies. I originally thought that nagios had a problem with the
number of dependencies we have (942).
I began re-testing last Friday by adding the service dependencies on a few
hosts at a time and testing by shutting down NRPE on a specific target
host and scheduling a check of all services on that host. If I
successfully received a single notification (i.e. NRPE Daemon CRITICAL), I
would add a few more hosts, restart Nagios and repeat the test.
I was able to bring the number of service dependencies back up to 942 and
receive a single notification (i.e. NRPE Daemon CRITICAL) as expected when
NRPE was shutdown.
Today, (Monday) I decided to repeat the tests. I shutdown NRPE on the
test host and was sent 3 notifications before nagios reached the NRPE
Daemon check. Once nagios determined that NRPE was down, it stopped
further checks of any remaining NRPE-dependent services.
My updated service dependency configuration is:
define servicedependency{
dependent_host_name test2
dependent_service_description __*
host_name test2
service_description NRPE Daemon
execution_failure_criteria w,c,u,p
notification_failure_criteria w,c,u,p
}
I have configured nagios not to check dependent services if the master
service (NRPE) is in anything other than an OK state. However if a
dependent service changes state, nagios fails to perform a check of the
master service if it has previously done so on the check interval.
Nagios performs checks, rechecks and sends notifications out about each
dependent service as it reaches them in it's queue. Further checks and
notifications for dependent services only stop once the master check comes
due within the scheduling queue.
I haven't looked at C code in a long while, but looking through
bas/checks.c within the nagios source, it appears execution failure
criteria are only examined before the service check is run.
If a service changes state nagios immediately verifies host up/down status
with a host check following a change in service state. After verifying
host state, should nagios not also immediately re-check the state of
master services?
Thanks again for your help.
Regards,
Marty Combs
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Marty wrote:
I have been using nagios for several years with wonderful success. (Thank
you
to all who have contributed.)
I have a problem with the service dependency not working as I expect. We are
using Nagios v2.9 running on linux (CentOS).
I am using NRPE to check several services such as load, users, procs, etc.
I plan to make all NRPE dependent services begin with a double underscore
(__) and use a regular expression in the service dependency to have
the functioning of the NRPE daemon be the master service upon which
all other NRPR services depend. (Such as below.)
--
define servicedependency{
dependent_host_name HOSTNAME
dependent_service_description __*
host_name HOSTNAME
service_description NRPE Daemon
execution_failure_criteria n
notification_failure_criteria w,c,u,p
}
--
To confirm running of NRPE, I am using check_dummy
command[check_dummy]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_dummy 0
I have been running tests with no success. I received notifications of the
dependendent services even if I shutdown NRPE on the target host.
I have tried multiple iterations of the configuration. I even simplified the
test by reconfiguring the service dependency stanza to be:
--
define servicedependency{
dependent_host_name test2
dependent_service_description __Total Processes
host_name test2
service_description NRPE Daemon
execution_failure_criteria n
notification_failure_criteria w,c,u,p
}
--
I run the simplified test by setting the critical value for the number of
processes very low and configure check_dummy to return CRITICAL. Nagios
sends
out two notifications when I schedule a check of services on host test2.
I have used service dependencies in the past on older versions of Nagios
(v1.x). Is there something I am overlooking?
Many thanks for any help I can get.
marty :-)
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