Thanks Dave.
That sounds like the sort of thing that I was looking for, but wasn't sure
if/how it would work - I'll give it a go.
Phil
On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 11:45:19 PM UTC+1, Dave Nash wrote:
>
> At work we add a tag for when setting up the nagios checks in puppet
>
> tag "nagios_env:$environment"
>
> then when we realize or export the check
>
> We link the generation to the tag
>
> Nagios_serviceescalation <<| tag == "nagios_env:$environment" |>> {
> require => Service["nagios"],
> notify => Exec["nagios-safe-restart"],
> }
>
> and since $environment is built in and assigned to every host elsewhere
> the checks appear on the correct nagios server, provided they were deployed
> to the correct environment.
>
> --dn
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Phil Cole <[email protected] <javascript:>
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> For several years, we have @work had a puppet environment where when we
>> add a new host/node, some basic monitoring is fed through to a nagios
>> server using virtual resources and an old nagios class which either someone
>> here wrote themselves, or found on the internet at the time.
>>
>> We are trying to move away from the existing puppet environment for a
>> number of reasons, and using this as an opportunity to tidy up our puppet
>> classes wherever possible.
>>
>> Nagios integration is one area that we haven't yet got our heads around.
>>
>> We would like (I think...) to be able to:
>> * add a new node to puppet and give it an identifier to say whether it's
>> (say) dev/test/production etc
>> * for the new node, define a number of basic monitors - ping, ssh etc.
>> * have a number of nagios servers (also defined in puppet) which collect
>> the appropriate resources for dev or test or production
>>
>> ie, a "dev" node would be monitored by nagios instance 1
>> a "test" node would be monitored by nagios instance 2
>> a "production" node would be monitored by nagios instance 3
>> etc
>>
>> But I'm struggling to see how I can collect the appropriate resources up
>> on each nagios server.
>>
>> Has anyone tried this sort of thing? Can it be done?
>>
>> Any pointers in the 'right' direction appreciated. If it's documented
>> anywhere and it's just a case of RTFM, please point me in the direction of
>> which manual to read :)
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Phil
>>
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