Hi, chiel schrieb: > I'm looking for a plugin that will check if the nagios.cfg is ok. > So besecauly run this command: "/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v > /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg". Is there a plugin for this?
Wouldn't it be better to check this in the cron job itself? Nagios won't help you much if it crashes because of a broken config. The cron job could, naturally, report problems as passive results to Nagios... > I want this because I reload the nagios config every 15 minutes through > a cronjob. And I want to be notified if there is a error in the config. > The reason of using a cronjob is that custom programs populate/change my > .cfg files Look: elf:~ # /usr/local/nagios2/bin/nagios -v /etc/passwd >/dev/null 2>&1; echo $? 254 elf:~ # /usr/local/nagios2/bin/nagios -v /etc/nagios2/nagios.cfg >/dev/null 2>&1; echo $? 0 So, just do a configuration test, and reload only if the result code is zero, otherwise inform the operator. Arno > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ 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
