nagios isn't running well

Eric Hill eric at spins.com
Fri Jan 3 21:44:47 CET 2003


check_ping works fine both from a root prompt and from `su nagios`

check_http behaves the same.

-eric

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jolet, John [mailto:John.Jolet at misyshealthcare.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 12:25 PM
> To: 'Eric Hill'
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nagios isn't running well
> 
> 
> what happens when you run the plugins from the command line?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Hill [mailto:eric at spins.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 1:46 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] nagios isn't running well
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm just getting started with Nagios on FreeBSD, and it's (or 
> I'm) limping
> out of the gate. I've set up two hosts, one with ping and 
> http and one with
> just ping. Nagios isn't seeing either of them and I've been 
> wracking my
> brain trying to figure out what is going on. Per the earlier message,
> /sbin/ping is indeed suid root. I haven't been able to install
> nagios-plugins from ports because it is broken somehow (both 
> make and gmake
> break), but I have the basic checks installed in 
> nagios/libexec so I should
> at least be able to set up basic hosts, right? Unfortunately, I get
> notifications like "check_ping: %s: Warning threshold must be 
> integer or
> percentage!" or "CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 10 
> seconds" (both for
> ping). check_http gives "Socket timeout after 10 seconds" 
> though (presumably
> it's a port 80 check) this is our main corporate webserver. Could it
> possibly be because I'm running Apache2 rather than 1.x? 
> FreeBSD vs. Linux?
> I'm going to have to choose something else if I can't figure 
> this out. My
> sense is that Nagios shouldn't be this finicky, but for me it is.
> 
> -eric
> 
> hosts.cfg
> ---------
> # Generic host definition template
> define host{
>         ; The name of this host template - referenced in other host
> definitions, used for template recursion/resolution
>         name                            generic-host
>         notifications_enabled           1       ; Host 
> notifications are
> enabled
>         event_handler_enabled           1       ; Host event 
> handler is
> enabled
>         flap_detection_enabled          1       ; Flap 
> detection is enabled
>         process_perf_data               1       ; Process 
> performance data
>         retain_status_information       1       ; Retain 
> status information
> across program restarts
>         retain_nonstatus_information    1       ; Retain non-status
> information across program restarts
> 
>         register                        0       ; DONT REGISTER THIS
> DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL HOST, JUST A TEMPLATE!
>         }
> 
> # 'nt1' host definition
> define host{
>         use                     generic-host            ; Name of host
> template to use
>         host_name               comet
>         alias                   Corp. File/Print Server
>         address                 xx.xx.xx.xx
>         check_command           check-host-alive
>         max_check_attempts      10
>         notification_interval   60
>         notification_period     24x7
>         notification_options    d,u,r
>         }
> 
> # 'linux1' host definition
> define host{
>         use                     generic-host            ; Name of host
> template to use
> 
>         host_name               elguapo
>         alias                   Linux Server #1
>         address                 xx.xx.xx.xx
>         check_command           check-host-alive
>         max_check_attempts      10
>         notification_interval   60
>         notification_period     24x7
>         notification_options    d,u,r
>         }
> 
> nagios.cfg
> ----------
> log_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.log
> cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/checkcommands.cfg
> cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/misccommands.cfg
> 
> # You can split other types of object definitions across several
> # config files if you wish (as done here), or keep them all in a
> # single config file.
> 
> cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/contactgroups.cfg
> cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/contacts.cfg
> #cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/dependencies.cfg
> #cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/escalations.cfg
> cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hostgroups.cfg
> cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts.cfg
> cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/services.cfg
> cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/timeperiods.cfg
> 
> resource_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/resource.cfg
> status_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/status.log
> 
> nagios_user=nagios
> nagios_group=nagios
> 
> check_external_commands=1
> #command_check_interval=15s
> command_check_interval=-1
> command_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd
> 
> comment_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/comment.log
> downtime_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/downtime.log
> lock_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.lock
> temp_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.tmp
> 
> #       n       = None - don't rotate the log
> #       h       = Hourly rotation (top of the hour)
> #       d       = Daily rotation (midnight every day)
> #       w       = Weekly rotation (midnight on Saturday evening)
> #       m       = Monthly rotation (midnight last day of month)
> log_archive_path=/usr/local/nagios/var/archives
> use_syslog=1
> 
> # If you don't want notifications to be logged, set this value to 0.
> # If notifications should be logged, set the value to 1.
> 
> log_service_retries=1
> log_host_retries=1
> log_event_handlers=1
> log_passive_service_checks=1
> 
> #global_host_event_handler=somecommand
> #global_service_event_handler=somecommand
> 
> #       n       = None - don't use any delay between checks
> #       d       = Use a "dumb" delay of 1 second between checks
> #       s       = Use "smart" inter-check delay calculation
> #       x.xx    = Use an inter-check delay of x.xx seconds
> inter_check_delay_method=s
> 
> #       s       = Use "smart" interleave factor calculation
> #       x       = Use an interleave factor of x, where x is a
> #                 number greater than or equal to 1.
> 
> # being executed.
> 
> sleep_time=1
> 
> service_check_timeout=60
> host_check_timeout=30
> event_handler_timeout=30
> notification_timeout=30
> ocsp_timeout=5
> perfdata_timeout=5
> 
> retain_state_information=1
> state_retention_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/status.sav
> retention_update_interval=60
> use_retained_program_state=0
> interval_length=60
> 
> use_agressive_host_checking=0
> execute_service_checks=1
> accept_passive_service_checks=1
> 
> enable_notifications=1
> 
> #host_perfdata_command=process-host-perfdata
> #service_perfdata_command=process-service-perfdata
> 
> obsess_over_services=0
> #ocsp_command=somecommand
> 
> # If you have problems with service checks never getting
> # rescheduled, you might want to try enabling this option.
> # Values: 1 = enable checks, 0 = disable checks
> check_for_orphaned_services=1
> 
> check_service_freshness=1
> freshness_check_interval=60
> aggregate_status_updates=1
> status_update_interval=15
> 
> enable_flap_detection=1
> low_service_flap_threshold=5.0
> high_service_flap_threshold=20.0
> low_host_flap_threshold=5.0
> high_host_flap_threshold=20.0
> 
> #       us              (MM-DD-YYYY HH:MM:SS)
> #       euro            (DD-MM-YYYY HH:MM:SS)
> #       iso8601         (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)
> #       strict-iso8601  (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS)
> date_format=us
> 
> illegal_object_name_chars=`~!$%^&*|'"<>?,()=
> illegal_macro_output_chars=`~$&|'"<>
> 
> admin_email=helpdesk at spins.com
> admin_pager=pagenagios
> 
> # EOF (End of file)
> 
> services.cfg
> ------------
> # Generic service definition template
> define service{
>         ; The 'name' of this service template, referenced in 
> other service
> definitions
>         name                            generic-service 
>         active_checks_enabled           1       ; Active 
> service checks are
> enabled
>         passive_checks_enabled          1       ; Passive 
> service checks are
> enabled/accepted
>         parallelize_check               1       ; Active 
> service checks
> should be parallelized (disabling this can lead to major per
> formance problems)
>         obsess_over_service             1       ; We should 
> obsess over this
> service (if necessary)
>         check_freshness                 0       ; Default is 
> to NOT check
> service 'freshness'
>         notifications_enabled           1       ; Service 
> notifications are
> enabled
>         event_handler_enabled           1       ; Service 
> event handler is
> enabled
>         flap_detection_enabled          1       ; Flap 
> detection is enabled
>         process_perf_data               1       ; Process 
> performance data
>         retain_status_information       1       ; Retain 
> status information
> across program restarts
>         retain_nonstatus_information    1       ; Retain non-status
> information across program restarts
> 
>         register                        0       ; DONT REGISTER THIS
> DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL SERVICE, JUST A TEMPLATE!
>         }
> 
> # Service definition
> define service{
>         use                             generic-service       
>   ; Name of
> service template to use
> 
>         host_name                       comet,elguapo
>         service_description             PING
>         is_volatile                     0
>         check_period                    24x7
>         max_check_attempts              3
>         normal_check_interval           5
>         retry_check_interval            1
>         contact_groups                  nt-admins
>         notification_interval           120
>         notification_period             24x7
>         notification_options            c,r
>         check_command                   check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60%
>         }
> 
> # Service definition
> define service{
>         use                             generic-service       
>   ; Name of
> service template to use
> 
>         host_name                       comet
>         service_description             HTTP
>         is_volatile                     0
>         check_period                    24x7
>         max_check_attempts              3
>         normal_check_interval           5
>         retry_check_interval            1
>         contact_groups                  nt-admins
>         notification_interval           120
>         notification_period             24x7
>         notification_options            w,u,c,r
>         check_command                   check_http
>         }
> 
> (etc...most cfg is stock)
> 
> 
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