Re: [Nagios-users] Running a plugin at specific times

[Stu Watts]

Oops - I read that as "from 7pm to 7am".

Yes, cron might well be the way ahead!  Unless you specify two very short
timeperiods (i.e. 0700-0706 and 1900-1906) to run the check (assuming a 5
minute check time)?

On 26 August 2012 22:12, Paul M Dubuc  wrote:

>
> > On 24 August 2012 22:10, Tech Support  > > wrote:
> >
> > Hello;
> >
> >  I am fairly new to Nagios, and this is my first project using
> > it. What I would like to do is run a plugin at specific times of the
> > day. This particular plugin is pretty intrusive, so I would like to
> > run it only at  7:00am and 7:00pm daily. Is there an easy way of
> > doing this? I’m thinking that I can run the script out of CRON, then
> > passively send the data to Nagios via its command pipe, but I’m not
> > sure if that’s the best way to go. 
> >
> Stu Watts wrote:> Nagios does time periods itself, so no need for cron:
>  >
>  > http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/nagioscore/3/en/timeperiods.html
>  >
>  > The Nagios documentation is pretty good - have a check through.  Chance
>  > are it can do what you want.. ;-)
>  >
>
> I don't think setting time periods will ensure that a check is run at
> specific times.  Best they can do is specify time periods in which they
> may run.
>
> Using cron may be the way to go.
>
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Re: [Nagios-users] Running a plugin at specific times

[Paul M Dubuc]

> On 24 August 2012 22:10, Tech Support  > wrote:
>
> Hello;
>
>  I am fairly new to Nagios, and this is my first project using
> it. What I would like to do is run a plugin at specific times of the
> day. This particular plugin is pretty intrusive, so I would like to
> run it only at  7:00am and 7:00pm daily. Is there an easy way of
> doing this? I’m thinking that I can run the script out of CRON, then
> passively send the data to Nagios via its command pipe, but I’m not
> sure if that’s the best way to go. 
>
Stu Watts wrote:> Nagios does time periods itself, so no need for cron:
 >
 > http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/nagioscore/3/en/timeperiods.html
 >
 > The Nagios documentation is pretty good - have a check through.  Chance
 > are it can do what you want.. ;-)
 >

I don't think setting time periods will ensure that a check is run at 
specific times.  Best they can do is specify time periods in which they 
may run.

Using cron may be the way to go.

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Re: [Nagios-users] Running a plugin at specific times

[Stu Watts]

Nagios does time periods itself, so no need for cron:

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/nagioscore/3/en/timeperiods.html

The Nagios documentation is pretty good - have a check through.  Chance are
it can do what you want.. ;-)

On 24 August 2012 22:10, Tech Support  wrote:

> Hello;
>
> I am fairly new to Nagios, and this is my first project using it. What
> I would like to do is run a plugin at specific times of the day. This
> particular plugin is pretty intrusive, so I would like to run it only at
>  7:00am and 7:00pm daily. Is there an easy way of doing this? I’m thinking
> that I can run the script out of CRON, then passively send the data to
> Nagios via its command pipe, but I’m not sure if that’s the best way to go.
>  
>
> Thanks;
>
> John 
>
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[Nagios-users] Running a plugin at specific times

[Tech Support]

Hello;

I am fairly new to Nagios, and this is my first project using it. What I
would like to do is run a plugin at specific times of the day. This
particular plugin is pretty intrusive, so I would like to run it only at
7:00am and 7:00pm daily. Is there an easy way of doing this? I'm thinking
that I can run the script out of CRON, then passively send the data to
Nagios via its command pipe, but I'm not sure if that's the best way to go.


Thanks;

John 

 

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