Yes you do have to restart nagios. I have finished the perl script and it works perfectly. Thanks for the help.
If anyone wants the script please email me. On Wednesday 26 April 2006 10:00 am, Deborah Martin wrote: > I believe if a .cfg file changes, nagios has to be restarted in order to > load the changes. > With plugin changes, I believe it isn't necessary. > > regards, > > -----Original Message----- > From: Janet Post [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 April 2006 13:53 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Pgsql host list and check_ping > > > Thanks!! > > I do not believe you have to restart. I have added components to my > nagios configuration and it just took effect without any issues. I > think that state retention might cause problems with this, but I am not > sure. If it does, you could have nagios reread the configuration files > using '/etc/init.d/nagios reload'. I am not too experienced in this > area, so I defer to other more experienced users here who may be able to > give you a better answer. > > Janet > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Holland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: April 26, 2006 9:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Janet Post > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Pgsql host list and check_ping > > Janet, > > I will be working on it today. When I get it done I will forward it to > you. > > My question still remains. If the configs are rebuilt does nagios need > to be > restarted? > > On Wednesday 26 April 2006 9:37 am, Janet Post wrote: > > Shawn, > > > > I would be very interested in getting a copy of this script when you > > have it written. Would you be willing to share? > > > > Janet. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shawn > > Holland > > Sent: April 26, 2006 9:15 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Pgsql host list and check_ping > > > > I will try that. Does Nagios need to be restarted everytime the script > > rebuilds the config? (say if there is a new host added to the DB or > > one > > > changes) to recognize the changes? > > > > On Wednesday 26 April 2006 2:05 am, Hugo van der Kooij wrote: > > > On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Shawn Holland wrote: > > > > I have setup a server running Nagios 2.2 with > > nagios-plugins-1.4.3. > > > > > My Linux server has a Postgres database that has a table > > containing > > > all > > > > > > devices on the network with their IP address and host name. > > > > > > > > I was wondering what a recommended way to allow Nagios to use this > > > > list > > > > > > and do a check_ping to each device and report their status? I know > > I > > > > > could manually set each within a host and multiple services to > > ping > > > each > > > > > > one. But I want it to utilize the existing db list as it may > > change > > > and I > > > > > > want to cut down on overhead. > > > > > > I suggest you write a small script to generate a nagios config file > > > > for > > > > > these hosts and services and dropt it in a subdirectory of your > > nagios > > > > config directory. Then point nagios to it with the cfg_dir > > statement. > > > > There is no recommended way as there is no way presently to do it. > > You > > > > have to build it yourself. > > > > > > Hugo. -- Regards, Shawn Holland Sandara Technologies Ltd. Ph. 1-902-405-3344 Fx. 1-902-405-3345 ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] 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
