Re: [Nagios-users] what mail server to use?
On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 08:50:27PM -0400, nagios wrote: Does anyone have any recommendations on what mail server to use? I'm planning on going with Sendmail, but I know that there are a few others out there. Any suggestions are welcome. I'd go with whatever is the default on your OS. Being the maintainer for Debian's exim packages, I am kind of biased. If you have a working mailserver installation on the network, you might want to go with one of the featureless mailers like ssmtp or nullmailer. If so, take care what your local mail server does when the smtp server is not reachable. Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things.Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=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
Re: [Nagios-users] what mail server to use?
Marc Haber wrote: On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 08:50:27PM -0400, nagios wrote: Does anyone have any recommendations on what mail server to use? I'm planning on going with Sendmail, but I know that there are a few others out there. Any suggestions are welcome. I'd go with whatever is the default on your OS. Being the maintainer for Debian's exim packages, I am kind of biased. If you have a working mailserver installation on the network, you might want to go with one of the featureless mailers like ssmtp or nullmailer. If so, take care what your local mail server does when the smtp server is not reachable. Greetings Marc Thank you for your suggestions. I'll most likely go with either Sendmail or Qmail. - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=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
[Nagios-users] getting some flyby errors
Any suggestions on how I would go about doing this? I've been testing
this out for the better part of the day, but still get the following
error(s) on the flyby test:
Error: Service check command 'check_smtp' specified in service 'SMTP'
for host 'aykshared' not defined anywhere!
Checked 7 services.
In the hosts.cfg file, I have the following:
define host{
name Linux
register 0
check_command check-host-alive
max_check_attempts 10
check_period 24x7
notification_interval 240
notification_period 24x7
notification_options d,r,u,f
contact_groups localadmin
#notification_enabled 1
#event_handler_enabled 1
flap_detection_enabled 1
#failure_detection_enabled 1
#process_perf_data 1
retain_status_information 1
retain_nonstatus_information 1
}
define host{
use Linux
host_name aykshared
hostgroups linux_aykshared
alias AYK PING
address 1.1.1.1
}
#define host{
#name Linux-SMTP
#register 0
#check_command check_smtp
#max_check_attempts 10
#check_period 24x7
#notification_interval 240
#notification_period 24x7
#notification_options d,r,u,f
#contact_groups localadmin
#notification_enabled 1
#event_handler_enabled 1
#flap_detection_enabled 1
#failure_detection_enabled 1
#process_perf_data 1
#retain_status_information 1
#retain_nonstatus_information 1
#}
#define host{
#use Linux-SMTP
#host_name aykshared-smtp
#hostgroups linux_aykshared
#alias AYK SMTP
#address mail.server.com
#}
In the services.cfg file I have the following:
define service{
namebasic-service
is_volatile 0
check_period24x7
max_check_attempts 15
normal_check_interval 5
retry_check_interval1
notification_interval 240
notification_period 24x7
register0
}
define service{
use basic-service
name ping-service
check_command check_ping!100.0,10%!500.0,40%!5
notification_options u,c,r,f
register 0
}
define service{
use ping-service
hostgroup_name linux_aykshared
servicegroups shared
service_description PING
contact_groups localadmin
}
define service{
use basic-service
name smtp-service
check_command check_smtp
notification_options c,r
register 0
}
define service{
use smtp-service
hostgroup_name linux_aykshared
servicegroups shared
service_description SMTP
contact_groups localadmin
}
I commented out the second half for the time being as it didn't
work, but that is what I have. Also, please note that I do not
want to define 'aykshared-smtp' as a new user but would like to
have it all under 'aykshared'. This is mostly for us when we view
through the web interface, so all the checks are under'aykshared'
host.
I tried using just host {}, but of course that did not work. When
I uncomment the above part, I still get the same error, that it
was not defined.
Thanks for the help!
P.S. Before I get jumped at for not replying to a specific mailing
list, can someone please tell me how I can do that? Each reply
button seems to be replying directly to the poster and not the
whole thread.
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Re: [Nagios-users] getting some flyby errors
Hi Artyom
so you know, that nagios is recognising that you hate defined a service
check called
check_smtp' for host 'aykshared
but you also have to define a command (normally in commands.cfg)
additionally you have to have the corrosponding plugin ...
Peter
Artyom Khmelnitsky schrieb:
Any suggestions on how I would go about doing this? I've been testing
this out for the better part of the day, but still get the following
error(s) on the flyby test:
Error: Service check command 'check_smtp' specified in service 'SMTP'
for host 'aykshared' not defined anywhere!
Checked 7 services.
In the hosts.cfg file, I have the following:
define host{
name Linux
register 0
check_command check-host-alive
max_check_attempts 10
check_period 24x7
notification_interval 240
notification_period 24x7
notification_options d,r,u,f
contact_groups localadmin
#notification_enabled 1
#event_handler_enabled 1
flap_detection_enabled 1
#failure_detection_enabled 1
#process_perf_data 1
retain_status_information 1
retain_nonstatus_information 1
}
define host{
use Linux
host_name aykshared
hostgroups linux_aykshared
alias AYK PING
address 1.1.1.1
}
#define host{
#name Linux-SMTP
#register 0
#check_command check_smtp
#max_check_attempts 10
#check_period 24x7
#notification_interval 240
#notification_period 24x7
#notification_options d,r,u,f
#contact_groups localadmin
#notification_enabled 1
#event_handler_enabled 1
#flap_detection_enabled 1
#failure_detection_enabled 1
#process_perf_data 1
#retain_status_information 1
#retain_nonstatus_information 1
#}
#define host{
#use Linux-SMTP
#host_name aykshared-smtp
#hostgroups linux_aykshared
#alias AYK SMTP
#address mail.server.com
#}
In the services.cfg file I have the following:
define service{
namebasic-service
is_volatile 0
check_period24x7
max_check_attempts 15
normal_check_interval 5
retry_check_interval1
notification_interval 240
notification_period 24x7
register0
}
define service{
use basic-service
name ping-service
check_command check_ping!100.0,10%!500.0,40%!5
notification_options u,c,r,f
register 0
}
define service{
use ping-service
hostgroup_name linux_aykshared
servicegroups shared
service_description PING
contact_groups localadmin
}
define service{
use basic-service
name smtp-service
check_command check_smtp
notification_options c,r
register 0
}
define service{
use smtp-service
hostgroup_name linux_aykshared
servicegroups shared
service_description SMTP
contact_groups localadmin
}
I commented out the second half for the time being as it didn't
work, but that is what I have. Also, please note that I do not
want to define 'aykshared-smtp' as a new user but would like to
have it all under 'aykshared'. This is mostly for us when we view
through the web interface, so all the checks are under'aykshared'
host.
I tried using just host {}, but of course that did not work. When
I uncomment the above part, I still get the same error, that it
was not defined.
Thanks for the help!
P.S. Before I get jumped at for not replying to a specific mailing
list, can someone please tell me how I can do that? Each reply
button seems to be replying directly to the poster and not the
whole thread.
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Re: [Nagios-users] getting some flyby errors
correctum: normally in checkcommand.cfg ... Peter Ringe schrieb: Hi Artyom so you know, that nagios is recognising that you hate defined a service check called check_smtp' for host 'aykshared but you also have to define a command (normally in commands.cfg) additionally you have to have the corrosponding plugin ... Peter - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=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
[Nagios-users] 3d status map... from Linux?
Hi there, I'm noticing some people having posted to the list (over the last few years) about VRML plugins for Linux/Firefox and I'm noticing what appears to be a total lack of any kind of response to them... So far I've been unable to find any way to view the Nagios 3d status map from Linux. Though I have been able to find VRML viewers none have integrated with the web browser nor allowed me to enter URLs. Any suggestions on how to make the 3d status map visible in Linux would be greatly appreciated. Suggestions other than 'install vmware and run windows'. Thanks! - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=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
Re: [Nagios-users] Tracking dynamic parents?
I am monitoring several hundred virtual machines and they move from time to time to different VMware host machines. My question is how can I easily update the parents for these? We have this situation as well. The way I get around it is to reconfigure the scripts daily. I have a reconfigurator which regenerates the config files for both MRTG and Nagios, probing the SNMP on the VMWare server to identify the various locations of the guests. This is then used to set parent definitions, and also make summary graphs for MRTG. At the same time, it probes for agents, checks for various services, and dynamically reconfigures the monitoring for certain things (theres a central config file the holds a list of what should be there, in addition). We dont vmotion the guests very often, anyway, and the check_esx2 plugin will log current active VMs so it also keeps track of any changes. Sadly I can't share a copy of the config tool as it is too specific to our site. Steve - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=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
Re: [Nagios-users] 3d status map... from Linux?
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, steve.wray wrote: Any suggestions on how to make the 3d status map visible in Linux would be greatly appreciated. Suggestions other than 'install vmware and run windows'. XEN or win4lin come to mind ;-) But frankly I have never felt the need for a '3D' map on a 2D screen. Hugo. -- I hate duplicates. Just reply to the relevant mailinglist. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hvdkooij.xs4all.nl/ Don't meddle in the affairs of magicians, for they are subtle and quick to anger. - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=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
Re: [Nagios-users] getting some flyby errors
Hello, Thank you for the reply. I do believe I have the plugin and it is defined in checkcommands.cfg. I thought it may be the directory structure at first, but it's not as my PING works just fine and they are located in the same directory/file. Any other ideas? Was my syntax correct as far as defining goes, etc..? Sincerely, - Artyom Khmelnitsky (temak82) --- This thread is located in the archive at this URL: http://www.nagiosexchange.org/nagios-users.34.0.html?tx_maillisttofaq_pi 1[showUid]=20567 - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=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
Re: [Nagios-users] 3d status map... from Linux?
Morris, Patrick wrote: Subject: [Nagios-users] 3d status map... from Linux? Hi there, I'm noticing some people having posted to the list (over the last few years) about VRML plugins for Linux/Firefox and I'm noticing what appears to be a total lack of any kind of response to them... [snip] At least a couple are mentioned in the FAQ: http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?faq_id=51expand=falseshowdesc=f alse Have you tried those? I've tried to try them... they either require windows (or osx) or don't appear to plug into firefox. Cortona: windows only. CosmoPlayer: windows or powermac only. FreeWRL: might work with plenty of hacking. I'll keep this in mind as a last resort. OpenVRML: again, plenty of hacking required. I didn't mention I'm running debian stable... I did find that cortona works very nicely... in windows XP with firefox so its not a lot of use to me at work. - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=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
[Nagios-users] Syslog-NG/NSCA
I found this posting on the Exchange site, but the E-Mail address provided did not work. I wondered of anyone else has configured Syslog-NG to send data via NSCA, and let Nagios handle the notifications, etc. I'm curious to see how Nagios is configured as the server, and Nagios as the client. Thanks in advance, 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=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
[Nagios-users] NDO - Log_Entries
Does anyone knowhow the field "logentry_type" is defined? I see many entries and numbers in this field, but I wonder what they mean. Thanks! 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=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
Re: [Nagios-users] Syslog-NG/NSCA
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Koponick Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 7:06 PM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] Syslog-NG/NSCA I found this posting on the Exchange site, but the E-Mail address provided did not work. I wondered of anyone else has configured Syslog-NG to send data via NSCA, and let Nagios handle the notifications, etc. I'm curious to see how Nagios is configured as the server, and Nagios as the client. I use a combination of syslog-ng and SEC (http://www.estpak.ee/~risto/sec/) to do this. SEC calls a script that submits check results to Nagios via the command pipe. - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=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
Re: [Nagios-users] getting some flyby errors
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Artyom Khmelnitsky wrote: Thank you for the reply. I do believe I have the plugin and it is defined in checkcommands.cfg. I thought it may be the directory structure at first, but it's not as my PING works just fine and they are located in the same directory/file. Any other ideas? Was my syntax correct as far as defining goes, etc..? Well. As you have not shown the check_smtp definition nor verified it is in a file included in your nagios.cfg I think you have your work cut out for you. And we can not say a thing about the relevant definition as you have not shown it yet. Compare definition with error report very very carefully. It is easy to overlook a slight deviation. If in doubt remove the name and retype it as you may have included a hidden character there. Hugo. -- I hate duplicates. Just reply to the relevant mailinglist. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hvdkooij.xs4all.nl/ Don't meddle in the affairs of magicians, for they are subtle and quick to anger. - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=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
