I can't speak for OpenNMS, but I think for Nagios the answer for a lot of your questions is going to be:
"There isn't a way of doing this with the standard nagios plugin package, but someone has probably written a plugin that does this, check the Nagios Exchange site." > % Confirm each machine is up/pingable/reachable [obviously!] Obviously. > % nmap each machine to make sure correct ports (varies by machine) and > no others are open This isn't a standard nagios plugin, however somebody has a plugin that does this, a quick google search found: http://ubermonkey.wordpress.com/2006/09/28/nagios-nmap-plugin/ > % Not all tests all the time: some tests should run less frequently > (reduce the load); You can define the check_interval on a service by service basis. > % For machines running httpd, download several pages, diff to last > copies of these pages, report "big" differences... I'm guessing you'll have to code this plugin yourself in nagios. > % For machines running sendmail, send a test email to one of the other > machines running sendmail, which then confirms receipt; alert if not > received. Also do other mail routing/delivery tests. This is becomming a frequently asked question on this list. Various people have written plugins to do this, but it's been my experience that most people who need this end up writing their own. > % For machines running popd/imapd, simulate login to confirm > authentication is working (popd/imapd auth isn't always local for us) See default answer. A quick google search found this page, which confirms authentication on pop/imap. http://www.jhweiss.de/software/nagios.html > % Monitor files in /etc (eg, passwd, shadow, crontab) for changes. You could do this with tripwire and then write a plugin that reads the snmp trap, or trap logfile. > % Ideally, the "something bad has happened" reporting can be > configured-- it may be OK for "mailq -v" to be large for 10-15 > minutes, but not for 30 minutes (for example). You can do this with nagios. You can check every five minutes and not go to a hard failure state until the check has failed six times. Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ 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
