[Nagios-users] passive checks and possible actions in case of stale information
Hi all, Reading through the docs about passive checks and the possible actions in case of stale information, it seems it is possible to turn on a freshness functionality so that after a certain timeout active checks are used instead. In my case this may not necessarily be feasible as the nodes to monitor are remote ones behind a firewall: is it possible instead to just trigger (email) an alarm when the information is found to be stale? I don't need much more as I can then ping the maintainers of the remote nodes about a possible problem Thanks in advance for any info you may provide Cheers Alessandro -- SWITCH Serving Swiss Universities -- Dr. Alessandro Usai P.O. Box, 8021 Zurich, Switzerland phone +41 44 268 15 72, fax +41 44 268 15 68 alessandro.u...@switch.ch, http://www.switch.ch -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ 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] nagios 3.0.5 email notifications fail {Spam?}
Hi again,
Yes, there is another template named generic-contact but it's identical to
the generic (excepting the name).
But here's a good news: I have some notifications (finnaly, it seems that
the notification works). And the bad news is that I get only emails like:
Return-Path: nag...@localhost.localdomain
Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])
by localhost.localdomain (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n0CAArp4003801
for nag...@localhost.localdomain; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:10:53 +0200
Received: (from nag...@localhost)
by localhost.localdomain (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id n0CAArxq003799
for nag...@localhost; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:10:53 +0200
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:10:53 +0200
From: nag...@localhost.localdomain
Message-Id: 200901121010.n0caarxq003...@localhost.localdomain
To: nag...@localhost.localdomain
Subject: ** $ Host Alert: host1 is UP **
* Nagios *
Notification: FLAPPINGSTOP
Host: host1
State: UP
Address: 172.30.129.67
Info: PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 11.74 ms
Date/Time: Sun Jan 11 15:10:11 EET 2009
Or for a service
Subject: ** FLAPPINGSTOP Service Alert: host1/is_alive is OK **
* Nagios *
Notification Type: FLAPPINGSTOP
Service: is_alive
Host: host1
Address: 172.24.14.242
State: OK
Date/Time: Mon Jan 12 12:10:53 EET 2009
Additional Info:
PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 131.99 ms
Is it the right behaviour (to put flapping instead up/down if the flapping
is enabled) ? The thresholds for flapp are set at 25% and 50%.
Anyhow, some notifications are sent and that's the main good news. I think
from now only some small changes must be done in my configs to tune the
uinstallation.
Thank you again,
Alex
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 1:11 AM, Marc Powell m...@ena.com wrote:
On Jan 9, 2009, at 11:26 AM, alex alex wrote:
Hi again,
I've just disabled events handler. I think youwere right. The dead
emails were from events handler, not from notifications. No new
notifications failed in letter.dead It seems that in event handler,
the $CONTACTEMAIL$ is not set.
But now, even stranger, no notification is sent. I mean I enabled
debug in nagios.cfg and the result is:
[1231482452.131909] [032.0] [pid=16674] ** Host Notification Attempt
** Host: 'h
ost1', Type: 0, Options: 0, Current State: 1, Last Notification: Thu
Jan 1
02:00:00 1970
[1231482452.132086] [032.0] [pid=16674] Notification viability test
passed.
[1231482452.132104] [032.1] [pid=16674] Current notification number:
1 (incremen
ted)
[1231482452.132127] [032.1] [pid=16674] Host notification will NOT
be escalated.
[1231482452.132241] [032.1] [pid=16674] Adding normal contacts for
host to notif
ication list.
[1231482452.132504] [032.0] [pid=16674] No contacts were notified.
Next possibl
e notification time: Thu Jan 1 02:00:00 1970
[1231482452.132524] [032.0] [pid=16674] 0 contacts were notified.
Now more than ever I don't understand why no contacts were notified!
It can mean that normal contacts doesn't exist?
From a previous e-mail --
define contact {
contact_namenagios
use generic-contact
alias nagios
email nag...@localhost
}
define contact {
namegeneric
host_notification_period24din2_7din7
service_notification_period 24din2_7din7
host_notification_options d,u,r,n,f
service_notification_optionsu,c,w,r,n,f
host_notification_commands notify-host-by-email
service_notification_commands notify-service-by-email
register0
}
Your contact 'nagios' uses a template named 'generic-contact'. Do the
host and service_notification_periods in that template include the
time when the notification above was supposed to go out? The contact
template you provided is named 'generic' not 'generic-contact' so
there must be another template that needs to be looked at.
--
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Re: [Nagios-users] passive checks and possible actions in case of stale information
On Jan 12, 2009, at 4:40 AM, Alessandro Usai wrote: firewall: is it possible instead to just trigger (email) an alarm when the information is found to be stale? Yes, the Example given in the documentation is exactly this solution... -- Marc -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ 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] nagios 3.0.5 email notifications fail {Spam?}
On Jan 12, 2009, at 5:44 AM, alex alex wrote: Notification: FLAPPINGSTOP Host: host1 State: UP Or for a service Notification Type: FLAPPINGSTOP Service: is_alive Host: host1 Is it the right behaviour (to put flapping instead up/down if the flapping is enabled) ? Yes, if the host or service were in a flapping state, which these were. flapping is different than a normal up/down and that notification type is provided should you want or need to make that distinction. If you'd rather just receive up/down notifications, disable notifications for flapping. Anyhow, some notifications are sent and that's the main good news. I think from now only some small changes must be done in my configs to tune the uinstallation. Good =) -- Marc -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ 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] check_ping stuck on 'PENDING'
The operation I am employing is Check CPU Load but the symptoms were the
same as Michiel's check ping.
Hopefully all the information is there now.
Thanks!
Rob Yeo
# Finearts Nagios 2 Server
define host{
host_nameDgh_000_012_FairUse
aliasFinearts Nagios 2 Server
address 155.xxx.xxx.xxx
use server-high-priority
hostgroups Dgh_Servers
parents Dgh_Switch_02
icon_image mac40.png
statusmap_image mac40.gd2
}
# '003 DGH Servers' server group definition
define hostgroup{
hostgroup_name Dgh_Servers
aliasDGH_SERVERS
}
# 'check_nrpe' command definition
define command {
command_name check_nrpe
command_line$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c $ARG1$ -u
}'
define service{
hostgroup_nameNmw_Servers,Wi_Servers
host_name
!Nmw_104_010_Finearts_Dataserver,!Nmw_104_020_Nagios,Dgh_000_012_FairUse,Art
_104_014_FilmServer,!Nmw_104_092_Nagios3
service_descriptionCheck CPU Load
usemedium-high-priority-service
check_command check_nrpe!check_load
}
define servicedependency{
hostgroup_name Nmw_Servers,Wi_Servers
host_name
!Nmw_104_010_Finearts_Dataserver,!Nmw_104_020_Nagios,!Nmw_104_011_Finearts_F
ileserver,Dgh_000_012_FairUse,Art_104_014_FilmServer,!Nmw_104_092_Nagios3
service_description Check NRPE
dependent_hostgroup_nameNmw_Servers,Wi_Servers
dependent_host_name
!Nmw_104_010_Finearts_Dataserver,!Nmw_104_020_Nagios,!Nmw_104_011_Finearts_F
ileserver,Dgh_000_012_FairUse,Art_104_014_FilmServer,!Nmw_104_092_Nagios3
dependent_service_descriptionCheck CPU Load,Check Free Space,Current
Users,Total Processes,Zombie Processes
execution_failure_criteria w,u,c,p
notification_failure_criteria w,u,c,p
}
define host{
namegeneric-host
notifications_enabled 1
event_handler_enabled 1
flap_detection_enabled 1
failure_prediction_enabled 1
process_perf_data 1
retain_status_information 1
retain_nonstatus_information1
register0
}
define host{
nameserver-high-priority
use generic-host
check_period24x7
check_interval 2
max_check_attempts 2
check_command check-host-alive
notification_period 24x7
notification_interval 120
notification_optionsd,r,f
contact_groups nagiosadmin
register0
}
define service{
namemedium-high-priority-service
use generic-service
check_period24x7
max_check_attempts 5
normal_check_interval 5
retry_check_interval2
contact_groups nagiosadmin
notification_optionsc,r,f
notification_interval 180
notification_period extendedworkhours
register0
}
define service{
namegeneric-service
active_checks_enabled 1
passive_checks_enabled 1
parallelize_check 1
obsess_over_service 0
check_freshness 0
notifications_enabled 1
event_handler_enabled 1
flap_detection_enabled 1
failure_prediction_enabled 1
process_perf_data 1
retain_status_information 1
retain_nonstatus_information1
is_volatile 0
register0
}
# 'extendedworkhours' timeperiod definition
define timeperiod{
timeperiod_nameextendedworkhours
alias Extended Work Hours
sunday 10:00-22:00
monday 07:00-22:00
tuesday 07:00-22:00
wednesday 07:00-22:00
thursday07:00-22:00
friday 07:00-22:00
saturday10:00-22:00
}
# '24x7' timeperiod definition
define timeperiod{
timeperiod_name24x7
alias 24 Hours A Day, 7 Days A Week
sunday 00:00-24:00
monday 00:00-24:00
tuesday 00:00-24:00
wednesday 00:00-24:00
thursday00:00-24:00
friday 00:00-24:00
saturday00:00-24:00
}
Nagios 3.0.6 on 10.4.11 OSX.
The service check is stuck in pending for the DGH server, and is returning
fine for 2 of the NMW servers, but not all of them.
Thanks,
Rob Yeo
Re: [Nagios-users] send warnings to one group and critical to another
ping On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Shai sha...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have two different user groups. I have a service which is currently sending both WARNING and CRITICAL notifications to both. I would like WARNING and CRITICAL to be sent to group A and CRITICAL only to group B. How can I accomplish this? Shai -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB___ 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] passive checks and possible actions in case of stale information
Hi Marc Could you send me the exact link in case? Thanks again cheers Alessandro Marc Powell ha scritto: On Jan 12, 2009, at 4:40 AM, Alessandro Usai wrote: firewall: is it possible instead to just trigger (email) an alarm when the information is found to be stale? Yes, the Example given in the documentation is exactly this solution... -- Marc -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ 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 -- SWITCH Serving Swiss Universities -- Dr. Alessandro Usai P.O. Box, 8021 Zurich, Switzerland phone +41 44 268 15 72, fax +41 44 268 15 68 alessandro.u...@switch.ch, http://www.switch.ch -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ 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] send warnings to one group and critical to another
Shai, look in the mailing list archives - as late as yesterday, there is a thread that already covers your exact scenario. James Moseley Shai sha...@gmail.com To nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net 01/12/2009 09:11 cc AM Subject Re: [Nagios-users] send warnings to one group and critical to another ping On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Shai sha...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have two different user groups. I have a service which is currently sending both WARNING and CRITICAL notifications to both. I would like WARNING and CRITICAL to be sent to group A and CRITICAL only to group B. How can I accomplish this? Shai -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB___ 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 -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ 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] passive checks and possible actions in case of stale information
On Jan 12, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Alessandro Usai wrote: Hi Marc Could you send me the exact link in case? No. It's not difficult to find browsing the index, through Google or simply using grep on your local copy of the docs. Looking for it yourself will do you far more good than me just giving it to you. -- Marc -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ 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] passive checks and possible actions in case of stale information
Perhaps I should have mentioned that I could not find the example you referred to, which is why I asked for the exact link... But thanks anyway cheers Alessandro Marc Powell ha scritto: On Jan 12, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Alessandro Usai wrote: Hi Marc Could you send me the exact link in case? No. It's not difficult to find browsing the index, through Google or simply using grep on your local copy of the docs. Looking for it yourself will do you far more good than me just giving it to you. -- Marc -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ 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 -- SWITCH Serving Swiss Universities -- Dr. Alessandro Usai P.O. Box, 8021 Zurich, Switzerland phone +41 44 268 15 72, fax +41 44 268 15 68 alessandro.u...@switch.ch, http://www.switch.ch -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ 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] Elevated alerts
Hi James,
One question/problem with this. I'm not getting any pages or email on when
services are showing up as critical in the nagios.log. For example:
[1231773440] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie
Processes;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;PROCS CRITICAL: 13 processes with STATE = Z
[1231773500] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie
Processes;CRITICAL;SOFT;2;PROCS CRITICAL: 23 processes with STATE = Z
[1231773560] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie
Processes;CRITICAL;SOFT;3;PROCS CRITICAL: 21 processes with STATE = Z
[1231773620] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie
Processes;CRITICAL;SOFT;4;PROCS CRITICAL: 32 processes with STATE = Z
[1231773680] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie
Processes;CRITICAL;HARD;5;PROCS CRITICAL: 18 processes with STATE = Z
[1231747200] CURRENT SERVICE STATE: blarney;Check Remote Number of
Processes;CRITICAL;HARD;5;PROCS CRITICAL: 1388 processes
Any thoughts?
- Original Message
From: jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com
To: Grant Lowe gl...@sbcglobal.net
Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 5:38:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Elevated alerts
You've got it backwards below. In the original email, you wanted only
warnings to go to email and warnings and critical alerts to go the 'pager'
address. Remove the 'c' from the service notification options for the
email config and add a 'w' for the paging config.
James Moseley
Grant Lowe
gl...@sbcglobal.
net To
jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com
01/11/2009 06:21 cc
PMnagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject
Re: [Nagios-users] Elevated alerts
Hi James,
I think I understand it a little bit better. As far as numerical users, do
you mean when a page is sent to a paging service, somehow, the user name is
converted to, a numerical user that the paging service uses? That makes
sense I guess because you have to have a phone number to call for the page.
As far as the notification tags, do these look correct, with what I'm
trying to do?
define contact{
# Email config
...
host_notification_options d,u,r,f,s
service_notification_options w,c,u,r,f,s
host_notification_commandsnotify-host-by-email
service_notification_commands notify-service-by-email
...
}
And the other:
define contact{
# Paging config
...
host_notification_options d,u,r,f,s
service_notification_options c,u,r,f,s
host_notification_commandsnotify-host-by-email
service_notification_commands notify-service-by-email
# host_notification_commandsnotify-host-by-pager
# service_notification_commands notify-service-by-pager
...
}
Thanks for hanging in there with me!
- Original Message
From: jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com
To: Grant Lowe gl...@sbcglobal.net
Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 5:18:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Elevated alerts
In the 'email' contact config, you need all the service notification
options: w,c,u,r,f,s
This is because you want warning and critical alerts sent to email.
In the 'paging' config, gid rid of the following lines:
host_notification_commandsnotify-host-by-pager
service_notification_commands notify-service-by-pager
# Added pager line 01/09/2009
pagergl...@pager.company.com
Then change the service notifications to: c,u,r,f,s
The way you have it now, the paging contact will not get critical alerts.
If your paging email address has a text username (glowe), you need to use
the notify-by-email arguments. If the user is numerical, then yes, you can
use the notify-by-pager commands. I mentioned this in my last email. I've
never researched it, for I've found that if I have a non-numerical user in
an email address and I use the notify-by-pager default CONTACTPAGER macro,
the
Re: [Nagios-users] check_ping stuck on 'PENDING'
The ! is to remove servers that have been included already in the line above
in the hostgroup_name, that way I do not need to spell them all out
individually or create different groups if you have one server that doesn't
fit with everything. Basically I do not want to monitor Check CPU Load on
every server in the Nmw_Servers group, so I exclude them on the next line.
I thought this was OK to do this?
I will remove the host_name in case the ! is making things weird and my
service dependencies as well and let you know what happens.
Thanks for the help!
Rob Yeo
On 1/12/09 8:26 AM, jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com
wrote:
First, what's with the '!' preceding many of your hosts names? Second, in
your service and service dependency configs, why are you defining both
hosts and hostgroups? For example:
define service{
hostgroup_nameNmw_Servers,Wi_Servers
host_name
!Nmw_104_010_Finearts_Dataserver,!Nmw_104_020_Nagios,Dgh_000_012_FairUse,Art
_104_014_FilmServer,!Nmw_104_092_Nagios3
service_descriptionCheck CPU Load
usemedium-high-priority-service
check_command check_nrpe!check_load
}
I'd start with removing the host_name portion of the config and including
'Dgh_Servers' in the hostgroup_name stanza. Otherwise, you've got a lot of
overkill...
Lastly, get rid of the service dependencies until you have this sorted out
and working.
James Moseley
Robert Yeo
r@utah.edu
To
01/12/2009 08:57 Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net
AM
cc
Subject
Re: [Nagios-users] check_ping stuck
on 'PENDING'
The operation I am employing is Check CPU Load but the symptoms were the
same as Michiel's check ping.
Hopefully all the information is there now.
Thanks!
Rob Yeo
# Finearts Nagios 2 Server
define host{
host_nameDgh_000_012_FairUse
aliasFinearts Nagios 2 Server
address 155.xxx.xxx.xxx
use server-high-priority
hostgroups Dgh_Servers
parents Dgh_Switch_02
icon_image mac40.png
statusmap_image mac40.gd2
}
# '003 DGH Servers' server group definition
define hostgroup{
hostgroup_name Dgh_Servers
aliasDGH_SERVERS
}
# 'check_nrpe' command definition
define command {
command_name check_nrpe
command_line$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c $ARG1$ -u
}'
define service{
hostgroup_nameNmw_Servers,Wi_Servers
host_name
!Nmw_104_010_Finearts_Dataserver,!Nmw_104_020_Nagios,Dgh_000_012_FairUse,Art
_104_014_FilmServer,!Nmw_104_092_Nagios3
service_descriptionCheck CPU Load
usemedium-high-priority-service
check_command check_nrpe!check_load
}
define servicedependency{
hostgroup_name Nmw_Servers,Wi_Servers
host_name
!Nmw_104_010_Finearts_Dataserver,!Nmw_104_020_Nagios,!Nmw_104_011_Finearts_F
ileserver,Dgh_000_012_FairUse,Art_104_014_FilmServer,!Nmw_104_092_Nagios3
service_description Check NRPE
dependent_hostgroup_nameNmw_Servers,Wi_Servers
dependent_host_name
!Nmw_104_010_Finearts_Dataserver,!Nmw_104_020_Nagios,!Nmw_104_011_Finearts_F
ileserver,Dgh_000_012_FairUse,Art_104_014_FilmServer,!Nmw_104_092_Nagios3
dependent_service_descriptionCheck CPU Load,Check Free
Space,Current
Users,Total Processes,Zombie Processes
execution_failure_criteria w,u,c,p
notification_failure_criteria w,u,c,p
}
define host{
namegeneric-host
notifications_enabled 1
event_handler_enabled 1
flap_detection_enabled 1
failure_prediction_enabled 1
process_perf_data 1
retain_status_information 1
retain_nonstatus_information1
register0
}
define host{
nameserver-high-priority
use generic-host
check_period24x7
check_interval 2
max_check_attempts 2
check_command check-host-alive
notification_period
Re: [Nagios-users] check_ping stuck on 'PENDING'
On Jan 12, 2009, at 9:26 AM, jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com wrote: First, what's with the '!' preceding many of your hosts names? It means don't apply the service to this host if it's in one of the named hostgroups. It's not documented quite like the OP's use but I expect it will work. See 'Excluding Hosts' at http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objecttricks.html -- Marc -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ 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] check_ping stuck on 'PENDING'
I checked the object defintion documentation before replying and didn't find any such reference that you could exclude hosts out of host or service group definitions by using a 'bang' symbol. I thought a bang (!) was used only to separate arguments in check_commands. Even if this feature is legitimate, why make the configuration more complex? Get rid of the host groups in the service definitions and include only those hosts you want checked. Basically, make the configuration as simple as possible to find and fix the problem with the host that has a service check stuck in pending. Then add back in the more complex configuration options (like service dependencies) one at a time. My $.02. James Moseley Robert Yeo r@utah.edu To 01/12/2009 09:33 Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net AM cc Subject Re: [Nagios-users] check_ping stuck on 'PENDING' The ! is to remove servers that have been included already in the line above in the hostgroup_name, that way I do not need to spell them all out individually or create different groups if you have one server that doesn't fit with everything. Basically I do not want to monitor Check CPU Load on every server in the Nmw_Servers group, so I exclude them on the next line. I thought this was OK to do this? I will remove the host_name in case the ! is making things weird and my service dependencies as well and let you know what happens. Thanks for the help! -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ 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] check_ping stuck on 'PENDING'
Marc Powell m...@ena.com wrote: It means don't apply the service to this host if it's in one of the named hostgroups. It's not documented quite like the OP's use but I expect it will work. See 'Excluding Hosts' at http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objecttricks.html Good, I learned something new. I still think it's a great idea, though, to simplify the configuration as much as possible when dealing with a single host that is having problems. ;-) James -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ 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] Elevated alerts
Grant Lowe gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Hi James, One question/problem with this. I'm not getting any pages or email on when services are showing up as critical in the nagios.log. For example: [1231773440] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie Processes;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;PROCS CRITICAL: 13 processes with STATE = Z [1231773500] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie Processes;CRITICAL;SOFT;2;PROCS CRITICAL: 23 processes with STATE = Z [1231773560] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie Processes;CRITICAL;SOFT;3;PROCS CRITICAL: 21 processes with STATE = Z [1231773620] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie Processes;CRITICAL;SOFT;4;PROCS CRITICAL: 32 processes with STATE = Z [1231773680] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie Processes;CRITICAL;HARD;5;PROCS CRITICAL: 18 processes with STATE = Z [1231747200] CURRENT SERVICE STATE: blarney;Check Remote Number of Processes;CRITICAL;HARD;5;PROCS CRITICAL: 1388 processes Any thoughts? As I was telling another poster, make the config as simple as can be until you get this issue worked out. ;-) Meaning, use the default notification macros and setup one host and one contact definition until you get this working. Have you checked your notifiction options in your 'Check Remote Zombie Processes' service definition? notification_options[w,u,c,r,f,s] You most certainly want to have a 'c' in there. Are notifictions enabled for this service (as defined in the service template you are probably using)? James -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ 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] check_ping stuck on 'PENDING'
Service dependencies. I commented them out and everything works fine. They do not get flagged as wrong and worked fine in the 2.x series, so I need to make some changes. Thanks for help! I should have went that route earlier but the behavior was so odd with some hosts OK and others not with the same check in the same config I though nah. My mistake. If it helps at all I will follow up with the corrections that need to be made to the dependencies in case anyone else runs into this on a 2.x to 3.x migration. Thanks again! Rob Yeo On 1/12/09 9:00 AM, jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com wrote: Marc Powell m...@ena.com wrote: It means don't apply the service to this host if it's in one of the named hostgroups. It's not documented quite like the OP's use but I expect it will work. See 'Excluding Hosts' at http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objecttricks.html Good, I learned something new. I still think it's a great idea, though, to simplify the configuration as much as possible when dealing with a single host that is having problems. ;-) James -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ 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: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ 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] Nagios Command line
All, is there any project to provide command line interface for Nagios. I understand cnagios already exists but it is not enough. Cnagios does not provide a way to perform checks on command line interface. Please advise on this. Thanks -- Shadhin Rahman 619 Watson Hall Columbia University Information Technology-Network Infrastructure Cell: 347-256-7869 Work: 212-851-7161 Email: sr2...@columbia.edu -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ 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] Elevated alerts
Also, do you have any escalations or service dependencies that could be blocking the notification? James Moseley James Moseley/BTV/PEGAS US To Grant Lowe gl...@sbcglobal.net 01/12/2009 10:06 cc AMnagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject Re: [Nagios-users] Elevated alerts (Document link: James Moseley) Grant Lowe gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Hi James, One question/problem with this. I'm not getting any pages or email on when services are showing up as critical in the nagios.log. For example: [1231773440] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie Processes;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;PROCS CRITICAL: 13 processes with STATE = Z [1231773500] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie Processes;CRITICAL;SOFT;2;PROCS CRITICAL: 23 processes with STATE = Z [1231773560] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie Processes;CRITICAL;SOFT;3;PROCS CRITICAL: 21 processes with STATE = Z [1231773620] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie Processes;CRITICAL;SOFT;4;PROCS CRITICAL: 32 processes with STATE = Z [1231773680] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie Processes;CRITICAL;HARD;5;PROCS CRITICAL: 18 processes with STATE = Z [1231747200] CURRENT SERVICE STATE: blarney;Check Remote Number of Processes;CRITICAL;HARD;5;PROCS CRITICAL: 1388 processes Any thoughts? As I was telling another poster, make the config as simple as can be until you get this issue worked out. ;-) Meaning, use the default notification macros and setup one host and one contact definition until you get this working. Have you checked your notifiction options in your 'Check Remote Zombie Processes' service definition? notification_options[w,u,c,r,f,s] You most certainly want to have a 'c' in there. Are notifictions enabled for this service (as defined in the service template you are probably using)? James -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ 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] Elevated alerts
James,
I thought I was trying to make this config as simple as possible. I'm only
monitoring five UNIX boxes right now. Hopefully going to expand that soon with
Nagios :-
The hosts I'm monitoring didn't have any notification options, but they do now.
All six. This is what I have for the zombie processes:
define service{
host_name blarney,frogmore,katz,dunvegan,redfort
hostgroup_name solaris-servers
service_description Check Remote Zombie Processes
check_command check_nrpe!check_zombie_procs
max_check_attempts 5
notification_interval 60
check_period24x7
notification_optionsw,u,c,r,f,s
}
I don't have services disabled or enabled right now in any of the related
service definitions (like the one above). Do I need to explicitly turn them
on? I thought they were already on, considering I'm getting notifications
already through email. Please advise. Thanks.
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From: jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com
To: Grant Lowe gl...@sbcglobal.net
Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 8:06:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Elevated alerts
Grant Lowe gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Hi James,
One question/problem with this. I'm not getting any pages or email on
when services are showing up as critical in the nagios.log. For example:
[1231773440] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie
Processes;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;PROCS CRITICAL: 13 processes with STATE = Z
[1231773500] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie
Processes;CRITICAL;SOFT;2;PROCS CRITICAL: 23 processes with STATE = Z
[1231773560] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie
Processes;CRITICAL;SOFT;3;PROCS CRITICAL: 21 processes with STATE = Z
[1231773620] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie
Processes;CRITICAL;SOFT;4;PROCS CRITICAL: 32 processes with STATE = Z
[1231773680] SERVICE ALERT: blarney;Check Remote Zombie
Processes;CRITICAL;HARD;5;PROCS CRITICAL: 18 processes with STATE = Z
[1231747200] CURRENT SERVICE STATE: blarney;Check Remote Number of
Processes;CRITICAL;HARD;5;PROCS CRITICAL: 1388 processes
Any thoughts?
As I was telling another poster, make the config as simple as can be until
you get this issue worked out. ;-) Meaning, use the default notification
macros and setup one host and one contact definition until you get this
working. Have you checked your notifiction options in your 'Check Remote
Zombie Processes' service definition?
notification_options[w,u,c,r,f,s]
You most certainly want to have a 'c' in there. Are notifictions enabled
for this service (as defined in the service template you are probably
using)?
James
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[Nagios-users] Change Nagios email 'from' field
I have Nagios 3..0.1 running on Ubuntu 8.04 and would like to change the 'from' field when receiving emails. Currently I get one email from 'nag...@ubuntu-nagios' which is not a real email address at all. I would like to use 'supp...@xyz.com' so that clients can respond to our support team with a simple reply-all email. Also, I have multiple emails sent when one alert goes out and I only see myself as the TO: field, which means that each alert email is being sent individually and not in one single email. Is there any way to change that as well? My main concern is to change the FROM field thoughthanks.. Chris Serafin ch...@chrisserafin.com -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ 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] Problem with NRPE!!!
I'm triying to install NRPE but I have a big problem. All documents say that I must do next: tar xzf nrpe-2.8.tar.gz cd nrpe-2.8 ./configure make all make install-plugin make install-daemon make install-daemon-config But when I try to run any make command I receive this error: make: *** No rule to make target `all'. Stop. What can I do? Thanks. -- Sergio Ariel de la Campa Saiz Administrador Red UH -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ 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] Problem with NRPE!!!
This probably means the ./configure step failed. Take a look at config.log. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Sergio Ariel sergio.ar...@iris.uh.cuwrote: I'm triying to install NRPE but I have a big problem. All documents say that I must do next: tar xzf nrpe-2.8.tar.gz cd nrpe-2.8 ./configure make all make install-plugin make install-daemon make install-daemon-config But when I try to run any make command I receive this error: make: *** No rule to make target `all'. Stop. What can I do? Thanks. -- Sergio Ariel de la Campa Saiz Administrador Red UH -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ 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 -- Richard Quintin, DBA Database Application Administration Virginia Tech -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword___ 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] Change Nagios email 'from' field
You'll need to edit the command definition of 'notify-by-email', etc. The default mail program used by Nagios, /bin/mail, does not allow one to set a from address, nor do I believe there is an option to do so in a .mailrc file, either. In that case, you'd want to use sendmail, something like: /usr/lib/sendmail -t -f supp...@xyz.com There are probably 100 different ways to accomplish what you want, so perhaps folks have some other examples. James Moseley ChrisSerafin ch...@chrisseraf in.comTo nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net 01/12/2009 11:15 cc AM Subject [Nagios-users] Change Nagios email 'from' field I have Nagios 3..0.1 running on Ubuntu 8.04 and would like to change the 'from' field when receiving emails. Currently I get one email from 'nag...@ubuntu-nagios' which is not a real email address at all. I would like to use 'supp...@xyz.com' so that clients can respond to our support team with a simple reply-all email. Also, I have multiple emails sent when one alert goes out and I only see myself as the TO: field, which means that each alert email is being sent individually and not in one single email. Is there any way to change that as well? My main concern is to change the FROM field thoughthanks.. Chris Serafin ch...@chrisserafin.com -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ 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] Change Nagios email 'from' field
On Jan 12, 2009, at 11:15 AM, ChrisSerafin wrote: I have Nagios 3..0.1 running on Ubuntu 8.04 and would like to change the 'from' field when receiving emails. Currently I get one email from 'nag...@ubuntu-nagios' which is not a real email address at all. I would like to use 'supp...@xyz.com' so that clients can respond to our support team with a simple reply-all email. Nagios doesn't control this. It's a function of the mail program you are using to send the messages (mail, mailx, sendmail, whatever). Check the manpage for the program you are using to see if it can do it. If not, this FAQ might be useful -- http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?faq_id=338 Also, I have multiple emails sent when one alert goes out and I only see myself as the TO: field, which means that each alert email is being sent individually and not in one single email. Is there any way to change that as well? No, each e-mail is sent individually. It's _much_ easier to do that programatically on a per-contact basis than trying to figure out all the people that should receive the notification and hope that the mailer can support it. Is this a problem for you? You could use role addresses within nagios and manage those groupings externally... -- Marc -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ 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] check_ping stuck on 'PENDING'
The problem was same host dependencies.
In my first config I setup Check NRPE to have the same services on the box
be dependent on it by declaring them again below. This worked on a nagios
2.x series just fine, but 3.x has a better way to declare it.
Nagios 2.x version -
define servicedependency{
hostgroup_nameNmw_Servers,Wi_Servers
host_name
!Nmw_104_010_Finearts_Dataserver,!Nmw_104_020_Nagios,!Nmw_104_011_Finearts_F
ileserver,Dgh_000_012_FairUse,Art_104_014_FilmServer,!Nmw_104_092_Nagios3
service_descriptionCheck NRPE
dependent_hostgroup_name Nmw_Servers,Wi_Servers
dependent_host_name
!Nmw_104_010_Finearts_Dataserver,!Nmw_104_020_Nagios,!Nmw_104_011_Finearts_F
ileserver,Dgh_000_012_FairUse,Art_104_014_FilmServer,!Nmw_104_092_Nagios3
dependent_service_descriptionCheck CPU Load,Check Free Space,Current
Users,Total Processes,Zombie Processes
execution_failure_criteria w,u,c,p
notification_failure_criteria w,u,c,p
}
Nagios 3.x version -
define servicedependency{
hostgroup_nameNmw_Servers,Wi_Servers
host_name
!Nmw_104_010_Finearts_Dataserver,!Nmw_104_020_Nagios,!Nmw_104_011_Finearts_F
ileserver,Dgh_000_012_FairUse,Art_104_014_FilmServer,!Nmw_104_092_Nagios3
service_description Check NRPE
dependent_service_description Check CPU Load,Check Free
Space,Current Users,Total Processes,Zombie Processes
execution_failure_criteriaw,u,c,p
notification_failure_criteria w,u,c,p
}
The 3.x version is much much simpler.
Just a note that the -v check will throw no errors with the 2.x style check
and the service will then be in a stuck state. In my case with the
retention file the state was OK and I didn't realize the problem until a
power outage. Hope this helps someone else in the future.
Thanks again,
Rob Yeo
On 1/12/09 9:22 AM, Robert Yeo r@utah.edu wrote:
Service dependencies.
I commented them out and everything works fine. They do not get flagged as
wrong and worked fine in the 2.x series, so I need to make some changes.
Thanks for help! I should have went that route earlier but the behavior
was so odd with some hosts OK and others not with the same check in the same
config I though nah. My mistake.
If it helps at all I will follow up with the corrections that need to be
made to the dependencies in case anyone else runs into this on a 2.x to 3.x
migration.
Thanks,
Rob Yeo
On 1/12/09 9:00 AM, jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com
wrote:
Marc Powell m...@ena.com wrote:
It means don't apply the service to this host if it's in one of the
named hostgroups. It's not documented quite like the OP's use but I
expect it will work.
See 'Excluding Hosts' at
http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objecttricks.html
Good, I learned something new. I still think it's a great idea, though, to
simplify the configuration as much as possible when dealing with a single
host that is having problems. ;-)
James
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Re: [Nagios-users] Elevated alerts
Hi James,
Good news. I followed your advice and read some more about the definitions.
But the thing that really helped was twofold: One was there was no reference
to a global service template. The other thing was adding the contact for the
service definition. There's a lot to this thing!
Many thanks for staying the course!
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From: jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com
To: Grant Lowe gl...@sbcglobal.net
Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 9:21:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Elevated alerts
Grant, you've got me really confused now. For starters, I would strongly
encourage you to go back and read the documentation on object defitions.
It may be that by default notifications are enabled and that notification
options are also set to something as default.
With that said, since it appears the service definition below doesn't
contain a reference to a global service template, I don't see where you
have told the 'check remote zombie processes' service who to send alerts
to. You either need a contacts or contacts_group argument to define who
the service should send alerts to, something like:
contactsglowe1
How are your other service definitions setup? If somehow email is working
for the 'email' contact, but not for the 'paging' contact, then the contact
macro you have set up as definied by the contact-by-pager definition is
most likely the culprit. You're going to have to start with a known
working contact macro and edit it until you get it working. Start by
sending both critical and warning alerts to the working contact., then
create new contacts with different alert options making sure you add those
contacts to the contacts definition of the service definition.
Lastly, have you verified your config?
nagios -v /path/to/nagios.cfg
This will tell you if your config is generally OK.
James Moseley
Grant Lowe
gl...@sbcglobal.
net To
jmose...@corp.xanadoo.com
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AMnagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject
Re: [Nagios-users] Elevated alerts
James,
I thought I was trying to make this config as simple as possible. I'm only
monitoring five UNIX boxes right now. Hopefully going to expand that soon
with Nagios :-
The hosts I'm monitoring didn't have any notification options, but they do
now. All six. This is what I have for the zombie processes:
define service{
host_name blarney,frogmore,katz,dunvegan,redfort
hostgroup_name solaris-servers
service_description Check Remote Zombie Processes
check_command check_nrpe!check_zombie_procs
max_check_attempts 5
notification_interval 60
check_period24x7
notification_optionsw,u,c,r,f,s
}
I don't have services disabled or enabled right now in any of the related
service definitions (like the one above). Do I need to explicitly turn
them on? I thought they were already on, considering I'm getting
notifications already through email. Please advise. Thanks.
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[Nagios-users] Changing diskspace available from kilobytes to megabytes
Hi there -- We currently have several Nagios 2.6, and will eventually deploy version 3.0.6 servers running on our network. Currently diskspace availability is shown in kilobytes, but I would prefer to have it displayed in megabytes. Is it possible to configure either versions of Nagios to have the output in megabytes? If so, what needs to be done in order to accomplish this? Thanks. The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword___ 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] Changing diskspace available from kilobytes to megabytes
The disk space units have nothing to do with Nagios, but with the output of the particular plugin you are using. The plugin 'check_disk', which comes with the Nagios Plugins package, by default displays data in megabytes, but you change the units with the proper argument. It appears that plugin only works with locally mounted filesytems. There is another plugin called 'check_snmp_storage.pl' which allows you to check diskspace of remote systems via SNMP. It's units are in megabytes only. You could change this by editing the perl script, of course. So, it all depends on the plugin you are using and whether or not the disk space units are configurable. I would suggest searching Google. ;-) James Moseley Kaplan, Andrew H. ahkap...@partner To S.ORGnagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net 01/12/2009 07:15 cc PM Subject [Nagios-users] Changing diskspace available from kilobytes to megabytes Hi there -- We currently have several Nagios 2.6, and will eventually deploy version 3.0.6 servers running on our network. Currently diskspace availability is shown in kilobytes, but I would prefer to have it displayed in megabytes. Is it possible to configure either versions of Nagios to have the output in megabytes? If so, what needs to be done in order to accomplish this? Thanks. The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ 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: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ 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] Changing diskspace available from kilobytes to megabytes
On Jan 12, 2009, at 7:15 PM, Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote:
Hi there --
We currently have several Nagios 2.6, and will eventually deploy
version 3.0.6 servers running on our network. Currently diskspace
availability is shown in kilobytes, but I would prefer to have it
displayed in megabytes.
Is it possible to configure either versions of Nagios to have the
output in megabytes? If so, what needs to be done in order to
accomplish this? Thanks
It comes from the check_disk plugin, not nagios. Interestingly, the
default units _are_ megabytes so I think you might have specifically
set it to show KB instead. Take a look at your check_disk command
definition to verify you didn't specify -k and/or make sure you're
using -u or -m properly.
[libexec]$ ./check_disk --help
check_disk v1848 (nagios-plugins 1.4.11)
Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad nag...@nagios.org
Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Nagios Plugin Development Team
nagiosplug-de...@lists.sourceforge.net
This plugin checks the amount of used disk space on a mounted file
system
and generates an alert if free space is less than one of the threshold
values
Usage: check_disk -w limit -c limit [-W limit] [-K limit] {-p path | -
x device}
[-C] [-E] [-e] [-g group ] [-k] [-l] [-M] [-m] [-R path ] [-r path ]
[-t timeout] [-u unit] [-v] [-X type]
Options:
-h, --help
Print detailed help screen
[chop chop snip snip ohwhatareliefitis]
-k, --kilobytes
Same as '--units kB'
-m, --megabytes
Same as '--units MB'
-u, --units=STRING
Choose bytes, kB, MB, GB, TB (default: MB)
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