questions regarding plugins and actions

[Nathan Oyler]

> 
> First question:  Is there a generic plugin framework around that I can
use
> as a starting point for writing a new plugin?

[Nathan Oyler] 

My first perl script was a Nagios plugin to check nfs mounts to verify
they are okay.

I catted plugins until I found the perl ones, and followed their basic
outline. You should get very far doing that.

> 
> Second question:  I would like to write a plugin that monitors the
last
> modified time of a file and alerts if it hasn't been modified in 60
> seconds.  Is there an existing plugin that can do this or will I need
to
> write one?
> 
[Nathan Oyler] 

Don't know, I thought it was a lot of fun writing my first plugin, I
think you should just go that route anyway.

> Third question:  I would like to have nagios take an action on
receiving
> such a notification in addition to alerting - I'd like it to restart a
> process (the web server process, to be exact).  Can I use one of the
> commands in the misccommands.cfg file (I think) to cause this to
happen?
> 
[Nathan Oyler] 

Read up on event handlers, that's there exact purpose.

> Essentially, my last question is more generally this:  Is there any
reason
> why nagios can't be more proactive in solving problems, or is it only
> designed for notification?
> 
[Nathan Oyler] 

Again, Event Handlers are your friend.

> --Russell
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