In my nagios setup I have a similar problem, how I get around this is (in the case of a webserver) is that I use a check_http for the check_host command, therefore if HTTP is available, I am assuming that the server is up!
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Newbie: Passing parameters to standard plugins (Zembower, Kevin) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:03:14 +0530 > From: vadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Nagios-users] NDOUtiles not working > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear All, > > I have configured NDOUtiles for my nagios system. > > Used tools > MySQL-client-standard-5.0.26-0.rhel4 > MySQL-shared-standard-5.0.26-0.rhel4 > MySQL-devel-standard-5.0.26-0.rhel4 > MySQL-server-standard-5.0.26-0.rhel4 > nagios 2.9 > ndoutils-1.4b5 > > First time I got an error > #/usr/local/nagios/bin/ndo2db -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/ndo2db.cfg -i > Support for the specified database server is either not yet supported, or > was not found on your system. [Can I know what this error meaning?] > Then later I have changed ndoutils to ndoutils.12232005 . > After that I have not got any error but mysql database not getting any data > INPUT[Not sync]. > I have tasted this for all the possibility ways[I worked very hard to > troubleshot], but it don't helped me. > I am very poor in troubleshoot the problem [I can't troubleshoot the problem > in source level] > > Please can somebody help me for this issue. > > Thanks, > Vadiraj > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:37:25 +0200 > From: "Uwe Knop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Nagios-users] Antw: nagios 3.0b3 abnormal cpu load ? > To: "SCHAER Frederic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" > > Hi, > > I have the same Problem with nagios 3.0b3 server. > The last good Version around CPU Load was nagios 3.0a5 . > > bye > Uwe Knop > > > >>>> "SCHAER Frederic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am Fr, Sep 7, >>>> > 2007 um 5:51 in Nachricht > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, > > I*m trying to setup a nagios 3.0b3 server, and I configured it with > only one host, one check (ping). > I can successfully start nagios, but I have concerns about the server > cpu load : that*s around 99% cpu usage all the time, on a P4 3GHz > machine* > > Is there something I could do to decrese this load ? I tried installing > a nagios 2.9 server using the same configuration, and the load caused by > nagios is just * 0. > I guess this is a bug in the beta 3 ? > > Increasing the sleep time in nagios.cfg does not help at all even if I > put sleep_time=2500 (2500 seconds !) > > Any suggestions would be welcome J > > P.S : I compiled nagios on a 2.4.21 linux kernel, using gcc 3.2.3, > don*t know if this could help. I don*t see many usefull things with > maximum debug verbosity* > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:31:57 +0100 > From: Ton Voon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Disks not reporting correctly > To: Craig Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > > On 7 Sep 2007, at 15:33, Craig Jackson wrote: > > >> Here's the relevant lines from nrpe.cfg: >> command[check_disk_sda1]=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_disk -w 20 - >> c 10 >> -p /dev/sda1 >> command[check_disk_sdb1]=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_disk -w 20 - >> c 10 >> -p /dev/sdb1 >> command[check_disk_sdc1]=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_disk -w 20 - >> c 10 >> -p /dev/sdc1 >> >> Any ideas? >> > > You want to add a % after the 20 and 10, ie: check_disk -w 20% -c 10%. > > It's a common mistake. I believe Ethan has already updated the CVS > version of nrpe.cfg so that the default has the percent figures > included. > > Ton > > http://www.altinity.com > T: +44 (0)870 787 9243 > F: +44 (0)845 280 1725 > Skype: tonvoon > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:30:36 +0200 (CEST) > From: "Sven Bauknecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] NDOUtiles not working > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi Vadiraj, > > did you use the --enable-mysql option with the ndo-utils ./configure command. > > In my case it was a bit weired with ndo utils, I had to run ./configure > --enable-mysql and the make commands twice before ndo-utils started > working properly. > > Maybe that`ll help in your case, too. > > Regards > sven > > <zitiere wer="vadi"> > >> Dear All, >> >> I have configured NDOUtiles for my nagios system. >> >> Used tools >> MySQL-client-standard-5.0.26-0.rhel4 >> MySQL-shared-standard-5.0.26-0.rhel4 >> MySQL-devel-standard-5.0.26-0.rhel4 >> MySQL-server-standard-5.0.26-0.rhel4 >> nagios 2.9 >> ndoutils-1.4b5 >> >> First time I got an error >> #/usr/local/nagios/bin/ndo2db -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/ndo2db.cfg -i >> Support for the specified database server is either not yet supported, or >> was not found on your system. [Can I know what this error meaning?] >> Then later I have changed ndoutils to ndoutils.12232005 . >> After that I have not got any error but mysql database not getting any >> data >> INPUT[Not sync]. >> I have tasted this for all the possibility ways[I worked very hard to >> troubleshot], but it don't helped me. >> I am very poor in troubleshoot the problem [I can't troubleshoot the >> problem >> in source level] >> >> Please can somebody help me for this issue. >> >> Thanks, >> Vadiraj >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/_______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > -- > mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web : http://www.sbauknecht.de > > No no no. Don't use kill -9. > It doesn't give the process a chance to cleanly: > 1) shut down socket connections > 2) clean up temp files > 3) inform its children that it is going away > 4) reset its terminal characteristics > and so on and so on and so on. > > Generally, send 15, and wait a second or two, and if that doesn't work, > send 2, and if that doesn't work, send 1. > If that doesn't, REMOVE THE BINARY because the program is badly behaved! > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:38:43 +0200 (CEST) > From: "Sven Bauknecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] nagios 3.0b3 abnormal cpu load ? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi, > > I can`t see any CPU problems with nagios 3.0b3. My System is a Virtuozzo > VM with Ubuntu dapper running Kernel 2.6.9. > > This is a Testbox so there only about 10 Checks running. > > Could this be a kernel 2.4.x issue? - Just a thought... > > Regards, > > sven > > > <zitiere wer="SCHAER Frederic"> > >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I'm trying to setup a nagios 3.0b3 server, and I configured it with only >> one host, one check (ping). >> >> I can successfully start nagios, but I have concerns about the server >> cpu load : that's around 99% cpu usage all the time, on a P4 3GHz >> machine... >> >> >> >> Is there something I could do to decrese this load ? I tried installing >> a nagios 2.9 server using the same configuration, and the load caused by >> nagios is just ... 0. >> >> I guess this is a bug in the beta 3 ? >> >> >> >> Increasing the sleep time in nagios.cfg does not help at all even if I >> put sleep_time=2500 (2500 seconds !) >> >> >> >> Any suggestions would be welcome :-) >> >> >> >> P.S : I compiled nagios on a 2.4.21 linux kernel, using gcc 3.2.3, don't >> know if this could help. I don't see many usefull things with maximum >> debug verbosity... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> >> http://get.splunk.com/_______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > -- > mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web : http://www.sbauknecht.de > > No no no. Don't use kill -9. > It doesn't give the process a chance to cleanly: > 1) shut down socket connections > 2) clean up temp files > 3) inform its children that it is going away > 4) reset its terminal characteristics > and so on and so on and so on. > > Generally, send 15, and wait a second or two, and if that doesn't work, > send 2, and if that doesn't work, send 1. > If that doesn't, REMOVE THE BINARY because the program is badly behaved! > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:44:09 +0100 > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] NDOUtiles not working > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > This is the exact same problem I have been having also. I have tried > with the --enable-mysql and also specifying the mysql libs and include > files but still get the error that Vadiraj gets. > > I have the following setup > > OS and Software as follows > SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9. SP2 > Nagios 2.9 > NDO Utils 1.4b5 > MySQL 5.0.54 > > All of the above compiled from source apart from SUSE :P > > Regards > > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sven > Bauknecht > Sent: 10 September 2007 09:31 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] NDOUtiles not working > > Hi Vadiraj, > > did you use the --enable-mysql option with the ndo-utils ./configure > command. > > In my case it was a bit weired with ndo utils, I had to run ./configure > --enable-mysql and the make commands twice before ndo-utils started > working properly. > > Maybe that`ll help in your case, too. > > Regards > sven > > <zitiere wer="vadi"> > >> Dear All, >> >> I have configured NDOUtiles for my nagios system. >> >> Used tools >> MySQL-client-standard-5.0.26-0.rhel4 >> MySQL-shared-standard-5.0.26-0.rhel4 >> MySQL-devel-standard-5.0.26-0.rhel4 >> MySQL-server-standard-5.0.26-0.rhel4 >> nagios 2.9 >> ndoutils-1.4b5 >> >> First time I got an error >> #/usr/local/nagios/bin/ndo2db -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/ndo2db.cfg -i >> Support for the specified database server is either not yet supported, >> > > >> or was not found on your system. [Can I know what this error meaning?] >> > > >> Then later I have changed ndoutils to ndoutils.12232005 . >> After that I have not got any error but mysql database not getting any >> > > >> data INPUT[Not sync]. >> I have tasted this for all the possibility ways[I worked very hard to >> troubleshot], but it don't helped me. >> I am very poor in troubleshoot the problem [I can't troubleshoot the >> problem in source level] >> >> Please can somebody help me for this issue. >> >> Thanks, >> Vadiraj >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by >> MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. >> Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/_______________ >> ________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > -- > mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web : http://www.sbauknecht.de > > No no no. Don't use kill -9. > It doesn't give the process a chance to cleanly: > 1) shut down socket connections > 2) clean up temp files > 3) inform its children that it is going away > 4) reset its terminal characteristics > and so on and so on and so on. > > Generally, send 15, and wait a second or two, and if that doesn't work, > send 2, and if that doesn't work, send 1. > If that doesn't, REMOVE THE BINARY because the program is badly behaved! > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by > MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:52:10 +0100 > From: Hari Sekhon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Nagios-users] Host State for machines that don't allow ping > To: Nagios Users mailinglist <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > > Hi, > > I am curios what people do when monitoring a host that does not > respond to pings. I have a host which is not under my control, it does > not respond to pings, but I am monitoring one service. The service is > up, so the host is up. I am not receiving notifications for this host > and it appears to be fine, but in the web interface, nagios has the host > column as red but the service column as green. > > This is somewhat of a contradiction because if the service is ok, then > implicitly the host is up. Should the host column not be green as well? > > I am considering changing the host definition's check command to a dummy > check instead of the usual ping check, but this seems like not quite the > right thing to do because the host may well be down then and the dummy > check will always return ok and nagios will think that host is up. > > I have also considered making the host check just the same check that > the service is, which should work for this one host, but what about if I > have to do the same for other hosts, this doesn't scale, I can't > template it etc... > > > These are the only 2 options I can think of, either never know if it's > up or not, or use the service check, but this doesn't scale and has to > be done on an individual host basis for any host that doesn't respond to > pings. > > > Anybody got any other ideas? > > Thanks > > -h > > -- > Hari Sekhon > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:58:22 +0200 > From: "SCHAER Frederic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] nagios 3.0b3 abnormal cpu load ? > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi, > > Thanks for the feedback about this... I was just testing on an ubuntu > 7.04 box, and indeed there is no CPU load problem... I'll report this on > the devel mailing list, I fear there is indeed a bug somewhere :'( > > Regards > > >> Hi, >> >> I can`t see any CPU problems with nagios 3.0b3. My System is a >> > Virtuozzo > >> VM with Ubuntu dapper running Kernel 2.6.9. >> >> This is a Testbox so there only about 10 Checks running. >> >> Could this be a kernel 2.4.x issue? - Just a thought... >> >> Regards, >> >> sven >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:22:45 +0200 > From: Andreas Ericsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Host State for machines that don't allow > ping > To: Hari Sekhon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Nagios Users mailinglist <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > > Hari Sekhon wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am curios what people do when monitoring a host that does not >> respond to pings. I have a host which is not under my control, it does >> not respond to pings, but I am monitoring one service. The service is >> up, so the host is up. I am not receiving notifications for this host >> and it appears to be fine, but in the web interface, nagios has the host >> column as red but the service column as green. >> >> This is somewhat of a contradiction because if the service is ok, then >> implicitly the host is up. Should the host column not be green as well? >> >> I am considering changing the host definition's check command to a dummy >> check instead of the usual ping check, but this seems like not quite the >> right thing to do because the host may well be down then and the dummy >> check will always return ok and nagios will think that host is up. >> >> I have also considered making the host check just the same check that >> the service is, which should work for this one host, but what about if I >> have to do the same for other hosts, this doesn't scale, I can't >> template it etc... >> >> >> These are the only 2 options I can think of, either never know if it's >> up or not, or use the service check, but this doesn't scale and has to >> be done on an individual host basis for any host that doesn't respond to >> pings. >> >> >> Anybody got any other ideas? >> >> > > Write a host-check that checks the status of all services on the host. If > any service is up, the host is up. > > Or, write a NEB-module to make this happen automagically whenever a host is > determined to be up and use a dummy check (that doesn't even have to exist) > for host check. > > -- > Andreas Ericsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > OP5 AB www.op5.se > Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:25:07 +0200 > From: "SCHAER Frederic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] nagios 3.0b3 abnormal cpu load ? > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi again, > > > > There is a difference between the nagios I compiled on the 2.4 kernel / > RHEL3 box on the one hand, and the 2.6 one on Ubuntu on the other hand : > > when stracing the nagios process, I can see it's calling the nanosleep() > function - and it then sleeps -, whereas on the 2.4 box I can't see such > a call : I just see this kind of thing (and lots of these) : > > > > gettimeofday({1189419621, 161574}, NULL) = 0 > > time([1189419621]) = 1189419621 > > time([1189419621]) = 1189419621 > > gettimeofday({1189419621, 183742}, NULL) = 0 > > gettimeofday({1189419621, 183780}, NULL) = 0 > > gettimeofday({1189419621, 183814}, NULL) = 0 > > time([1189419621]) = 1189419621 > > gettimeofday({1189419621, 184172}, NULL) = 0 > > gettimeofday({1189419621, 184326}, NULL) = 0 > > time([1189419621]) = 1189419621 > > time([1189419621]) = 1189419621 > > gettimeofday({1189419621, 184734}, NULL) = 0 > > gettimeofday({1189419621, 184861}, NULL) = 0 > > gettimeofday({1189419621, 184984}, NULL) = 0 > > time([1189419621]) = 1189419621 > > gettimeofday({1189419621, 185537}, NULL) = 0 > > gettimeofday({1189419621, 185734}, NULL) = 0 > > > > Bad thing is that I tried to configure with and without the > -enable-nanosleep or -disable-nanosleep switches, but this apparently > has no effect :'(. > > So it seems nagios is sleeping all the time, eating the CPU... I'm still > trying to see if I can find a way to compile with a "working sleep". > > > > Fred > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of SCHAER > Frederic > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 5:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Nagios-users] nagios 3.0b3 abnormal cpu load ? > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to setup a nagios 3.0b3 server, and I configured it with only > one host, one check (ping). > > I can successfully start nagios, but I have concerns about the server > cpu load : that's around 99% cpu usage all the time, on a P4 3GHz > machine... > > > > Is there something I could do to decrese this load ? I tried installing > a nagios 2.9 server using the same configuration, and the load caused by > nagios is just ... 0. > > I guess this is a bug in the beta 3 ? > > > > Increasing the sleep time in nagios.cfg does not help at all even if I > put sleep_time=2500 (2500 seconds !) > > > > Any suggestions would be welcome :-) > > > > P.S : I compiled nagios on a 2.4.21 linux kernel, using gcc 3.2.3, don't > know if this could help. I don't see many usefull things with maximum > debug verbosity... > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:55:58 +0100 > From: Hari Sekhon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Host State for machines that don't allow > ping > To: Andreas Ericsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Nagios Users mailinglist <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > > > > Andreas Ericsson wrote: > >> Write a host-check that checks the status of all services on the host. If >> any service is up, the host is up. >> > In that case, I would just use the service check as the host check as well. > > >> Or, write a NEB-module to make this happen automagically whenever a >> host is >> determined to be up and use a dummy check (that doesn't even have to >> exist) >> for host check. >> > > NEB seems a little OTT, I don't know anything about NEB and I'd rather > avoid doing something heavy for something which should be small and simple. > > > > I take it that most of you out there who run Nagios have ping enabled on > _all_ of your hosts? > > > I can't be the first person to run into this, surely? > > -h > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:59:07 +0100 > From: Hari Sekhon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Host State for machines that don't allow > ping > To: Nagios Users mailinglist <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > > one more thing, I spoke too soon, I am getting host down alerts for that > host even though the service is green in the web interface and I can see > the service output banner from the service. > > -h > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:06:28 +0200 > From: Andreas Ericsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Host State for machines that don't allow > ping > To: Hari Sekhon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Nagios Users mailinglist <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > > Hari Sekhon wrote: > >> Andreas Ericsson wrote: >> >>> Write a host-check that checks the status of all services on the host. If >>> any service is up, the host is up. >>> >> In that case, I would just use the service check as the host check as well. >> >> >>> Or, write a NEB-module to make this happen automagically whenever a >>> host is >>> determined to be up and use a dummy check (that doesn't even have to >>> exist) >>> for host check. >>> >> NEB seems a little OTT, I don't know anything about NEB and I'd rather >> avoid doing something heavy for something which should be small and simple. >> >> > > It wouldn't be heavy at all. Just hook into the host checking machinery and > go through the host's services prior to running the actual check. If any of > the services are ok, block the host check and set the host to state "UP" with > output "Implicitly OK due to functioning services". > > It could probably be done in 100 or so lines of code. > > >> I take it that most of you out there who run Nagios have ping enabled on >> _all_ of your hosts? >> >> >> I can't be the first person to run into this, surely? >> >> > > Nopes, but generally there's some easy way of checking if the host is up. > check_tcp is quite small and efficient. Perhaps you can use that to check > if the port serving whatever service you're monitoring is up? > > -- > Andreas Ericsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > OP5 AB www.op5.se > Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: 10 Sep 2007 12:03:32 -0000 > From: "RaJESH KANNA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Nagios-users] nagios-plugin unable to compile > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > ? > Hi, > > I am unable to compile nagios-plugin on a solaris machine. Has someone > come across this error. Kinldy help. > > Note : i tried disable-ssl,disable-mysql etc. > > nagios plugin version : 1.4.9 > > OS : solaris 10 > > > #./configure works > > #make ( throws below mentioned error) > > *=* | --[!k]*);; \ > *k*) failcom='fail=yes';; \ > esac; \ > done; \ > dot_seen=no; \ > target=`echo all-recursive | sed s/-recursive//`; \ > list='gl lib plugins plugins-scripts plugins-root po'; for subdir in $list; > do \ > echo "Making $target in $subdir"; \ > if test "$subdir" = "."; then \ > dot_seen=yes; \ > local_target="$target-am"; \ > else \ > local_target="$target"; \ > fi; \ > (cd $subdir && make $local_target) \ > || eval $failcom; \ > done; \ > if test "$dot_seen" = "no"; then \ > make "$target-am" || exit 1; \ > fi; test -z "$fail" > make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all-recursive' > Current working directory /usr/local/nagios/nagios-plugins-1.4.9 > *** Error code 1 > make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all' > > > Regards, > Rajesh > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:13:14 +0200 > From: Andreas Ericsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] nagios-plugin unable to compile > To: RaJESH KANNA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > > RaJESH KANNA wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am unable to compile nagios-plugin on a solaris machine. Has someone >> come across this error. Kinldy help. >> >> Note : i tried disable-ssl,disable-mysql etc. >> >> nagios plugin version : 1.4.9 >> >> OS : solaris 10 >> >> >> #./configure works >> >> #make ( throws below mentioned error) >> >> *=* | --[!k]*);; \ >> *k*) failcom='fail=yes';; \ >> esac; \ >> done; \ >> dot_seen=no; \ >> target=`echo all-recursive | sed s/-recursive//`; \ >> list='gl lib plugins plugins-scripts plugins-root po'; for subdir in $list; >> do \ >> echo "Making $target in $subdir"; \ >> if test "$subdir" = "."; then \ >> dot_seen=yes; \ >> local_target="$target-am"; \ >> else \ >> local_target="$target"; \ >> fi; \ >> (cd $subdir && make $local_target) \ >> || eval $failcom; \ >> done; \ >> if test "$dot_seen" = "no"; then \ >> make "$target-am" || exit 1; \ >> fi; test -z "$fail" >> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all-recursive' >> Current working directory /usr/local/nagios/nagios-plugins-1.4.9 >> *** Error code 1 >> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all' >> >> > > This is a result of the nagiosplugin Makefile being ridiculously > complex and more or less requiring GNU make. > > Either install GNU make (it's very portable), or bugger the nagiosplug > dev-team to fix this, preferrably on [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Andreas Ericsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > OP5 AB www.op5.se > Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 16 > Date: 10 Sep 2007 12:31:19 -0000 > From: "RaJESH KANNA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] nagios-plugin unable to compile > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > ? > Thanks Andreas!. Installing Gnu make didn't help. I will send mail to > nagiosplugin-help > > Rajesh > > > On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 Andreas Ericsson wrote : > >> RaJESH KANNA wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am unable to compile nagios-plugin on a solaris machine. Has someone >>> come across this error. Kinldy help. >>> Note : i tried disable-ssl,disable-mysql etc. >>> >>> nagios plugin version : 1.4.9 >>> OS : solaris 10 >>> >>> >>> #./configure works >>> #make ( throws below mentioned error) >>> >>> *=* | --[!k]*);; \ >>> *k*) failcom='fail=yes';; \ >>> esac; \ >>> done; \ >>> dot_seen=no; \ >>> target=`echo all-recursive | sed s/-recursive//`; \ >>> list='gl lib plugins plugins-scripts plugins-root po'; for subdir in $list; >>> do \ >>> echo "Making $target in $subdir"; \ >>> if test "$subdir" = "."; then \ >>> dot_seen=yes; \ >>> local_target="$target-am"; \ >>> else \ >>> local_target="$target"; \ >>> fi; \ >>> (cd $subdir && make $local_target) \ >>> || eval $failcom; \ >>> done; \ >>> if test "$dot_seen" = "no"; then \ >>> make "$target-am" || exit 1; \ >>> fi; test -z "$fail" >>> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all-recursive' >>> Current working directory /usr/local/nagios/nagios-plugins-1.4.9 >>> *** Error code 1 >>> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all' >>> >>> >> This is a result of the nagiosplugin Makefile being ridiculously >> complex and more or less requiring GNU make. >> >> Either install GNU make (it's very portable), or bugger the nagiosplug >> dev-team to fix this, preferrably on [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> -- Andreas Ericsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> OP5 AB www.op5.se >> Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 17 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:23:48 -0400 > From: Paul Dugas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Nagios-users] servicegroup dependant on other service > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I've defined a service for a hostgroup and am trying to make each of > those services dependent on one other service. I don't want to have to > type the name of every member of the hostgroup; there are hundreds of > them. > > This is the "master" service > > >> define service{ >> host_name svr >> service_description VIDS >> check_command check_snmp_proc!VIDS_Server >> use server-service >> } >> > > These need to be dependent on the "master" service > > >> define service{ >> hostgroup_name CAM >> service_description CONTROL >> check_command check_cam_control_vids!svr >> use cam-service >> } >> > > This isn't working. > > >> define servicedependency{ >> host_name svr >> service_description VIDS >> dependent_hostgroup_name CAM >> dependent_service_description CONTROL >> } >> > > I'm getting this for each member of the CAM hostgroup > > >> Warning: Ignoring lame service dependency (config file >> '/etc/nagios/nav/cam.cfg', line 57) >> > > Any ideas as to where I'm going awry? > > TIA, > > pd > -- > Paul Dugas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Dugas Enterprises, LLC > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 189 bytes > Desc: This is a digitally signed message part > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 18 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:39:58 +0200 > From: Andreas Ericsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] servicegroup dependant on other service > To: Paul Dugas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > > Paul Dugas wrote: > >> I've defined a service for a hostgroup and am trying to make each of >> those services dependent on one other service. I don't want to have to >> type the name of every member of the hostgroup; there are hundreds of >> them. >> >> This is the "master" service >> >> >>> define service{ >>> host_name svr >>> service_description VIDS >>> check_command check_snmp_proc!VIDS_Server >>> use server-service >>> } >>> >> These need to be dependent on the "master" service >> >> >>> define service{ >>> hostgroup_name CAM >>> service_description CONTROL >>> check_command check_cam_control_vids!svr >>> use cam-service >>> } >>> >> This isn't working. >> >> >>> define servicedependency{ >>> host_name svr >>> service_description VIDS >>> dependent_hostgroup_name CAM >>> dependent_service_description CONTROL >>> } >>> >> I'm getting this for each member of the CAM hostgroup >> >> >>> Warning: Ignoring lame service dependency (config file >>> '/etc/nagios/nav/cam.cfg', line 57) >>> >> Any ideas as to where I'm going awry? >> >> > > You have no notification_failure_criteria or check_execution_failure_criteria > specified. As such, it's a completely empty dependency that Nagios will > simply ignore because it will have zero impact during run-time. > > -- > Andreas Ericsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > OP5 AB www.op5.se > Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 19 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:06:07 -0400 > From: "Zembower, Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Nagios-users] Newbie: Passing parameters to standard plugins > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I'm trying to pass the username and password to the check_mysql plugin, > but am having some trouble. In configuring nagios2 so far, I've either > just used the plugins with no parameters (such as check_http) or created > my own versions of plugins with different names in commands.cfg. I can > create a new name for the check_mysql plugin and use that, but this > seems wrong. When I create an entry in /etc/nagios2/commands.cfg to fix > the order in which I'm passing the parameters, Nagios complains that > check_mysql is already defined. > > Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong and how to pass the parameters > to a standard plugin? > > My system is Debian 4.0 Etch with the nagios2 2.6-2+etch1 package > installed. > > Thanks for your advice and suggestions. > > -Kevin > > Kevin Zembower > Internet Services Group manager > Center for Communication Programs > Bloomberg School of Public Health > Johns Hopkins University > 111 Market Place, Suite 310 > Baltimore, Maryland 21202 > 410-659-6139 > > > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. 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