web interface on a different machine then Nagios daemon.

[kyle.odonnell at gmail.com]

make sure your submissions are being inserted into the cgi.pipe file,
permissions might be an issue.

On 2/11/08, seb <seb at virer.net> wrote:
> Nice idea :)
>
> I have compile cmd.c ok
> place it to the good path
> script file and permissions set.
>
> when i try to submit passive result it not freeze but now i have this error
> :
>
> "An error occurred while attempting to commit your command for processing."
> Return from whence you came
>
> :(
>
>
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:11:35 -0500, kyle.odonnell at gmail.com wrote:
> > woops email cut off..
> >
> >
> > Add a kill -9 of the tail/script in the nagios stop case.
> >
> > If you're concerned about file size, create a logrotate script for the
> > file..
> >
> > --Kyle
> >
> > On 2/11/08, kyle.odonnell at gmail.com <kyle.odonnell at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I found a way around this, but its not pretty:
> >>
> >> Modify nagios-src/cgi/cmd.c  to write to a flat file instead of  the
> >> command pipe:
> >>
> >> int write_command_to_file(char *cmd){
> >>         FILE *fp;
> >>         struct stat statbuf;
> >>
> >>         /* bail out if the external command file doesn't exist */
> >>         if(stat("/path/to/var/spool/cgi.pipe",&statbuf)){
> >>
> >>                 if(content_type==WML_CONTENT)
> >>                         printf("<p>Error: Could not stat() external
> >> command file!</p>\n");
> >>                 else{
> >>                         printf("<P><DIV CLASS='errorMessage'>Error:
> >> Could not stat() command file
> >> '%s'!</DIV></P>\n","/path/to/var/spool/cgi.pipe");
> >>                         printf("<P><DIV CLASS='errorDescription'>");
> >>                         printf("The external command file may be
> >> missing, Nagios may not be running, and/or Nagios may not be checking
> >> external commands.\n");
> >>                         printf("</DIV></P>\n");
> >>                         }
> >>
> >>                 return ERROR;
> >>                 }
> >>
> >>         /* open the command for writing (since this is a pipe, it will
> >> really be appended) */
> >>         fp=fopen("/path/to/var/spool/cgi.pipe","w");
> >>         if(fp==NULL){
> >>
> >>                 if(content_type==WML_CONTENT)
> >>                         printf("<p>Error: Could not open command file
> >> for update!</p>\n");
> >>                 else{
> >>                         printf("<P><DIV CLASS='errorMessage'>Error:
> >> Could not open command file '%s' for
> >> update!</DIV></P>\n","/path/to/var/spool/cgi.pipe");
> >>                         printf("<P><DIV CLASS='errorDescription'>");
> >>                         printf("The permissions on the external
> >> command file and/or directory may be incorrect.  Read the FAQs on how
> >> to setup proper permissions.\n");
> >>                         printf("</DIV></P>\n");
> >>                         }
> >>
> >>                 return ERROR;
> >>                 }
> >>
> >>
> >> Create a script like this:
> >>
> >> # cat cmdpipe.sh
> >> #!/bin/sh
> >> /bin/true > /path/to/var/spool/cgi.pipe
> >> chown nagios:nagios /path/to/var/spool/cgi.pipe
> >> /usr/bin/tail -F /path/to/var/spool/cgi.pipe >
> > /path/to/var/spool/nagios.cmd
> >> &
> >>
> >>
> >> Add it to your nagios start script:
> >>
> >>         start)
> >>         echo -en "\nStarting network monitor: nagios"
> >>         $NagiosBin -v $NagiosCfgFile > /dev/null 2>&1;
> >>         if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
> >>         su - $NagiosUser -c "touch $NagiosVarDir/nagios.log
> >> $NagiosRetentionFile"
> >>         rm -f $NagiosCommandFile
> >>         touch $NagiosRunFile
> >>         chown $NagiosUser:$NagiosGroup $NagiosRunFile
> >>         $NagiosBin -d $NagiosCfgFile
> >> su - nagios -c "/path/to/cmdpipe.sh" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2/11/08, seb <seb at virer.net> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I have installed nagios 3.0rc2 on a machine
> >> > and run the nagios daemon process on a other
> >> > /var/spool/nagios
> >> > and /var/log/nagios are shared over NFS
> >> > and it works pretty fine.
> >> >
> >> > BUT! when I want to add/remove a comment, reschedule or submit passive
> >> > results, cmd.cgi freeze !
> >> >
> >> > The idea is to have only one virtual machine with apache http service
> > and
> >> > one with nagios process without httpd running.
> >> > so if it can works or not please tell me
> >> >
> >> > I think permission is OK I have set 2777 nagios.apache on every
> > directory
> >> > but when I "post" someting to "cmd.cgi" It hangs...
> >> >
> >> > I have try on the command line
> >> >
> >> > export REQUEST_METHOD="post"
> >> > export QUERY_STRING="cmd_typ=4&cmd_mod=2&com_id=21"
> >> > export REMOTE_USER="xxxx"
> >> >
> >> > ./cmd.cgi
> >> >
> >> > but it also freeze after reply me this :
> >> >
> >> > Content-type: text/html
> >> >
> >> > <html>
> >> > <head>
> >> > <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/nagios/images/favicon.ico"
> >> > type="image/ico">
> >> > <title>
> >> > External Command Interface
> >> > </title>
> >> > <LINK REL='stylesheet' TYPE='text/css'
> >> > HREF='skins/default/nagios/stylesheets/common.css'>
> >> > <LINK REL='stylesheet' TYPE='text/css'
> > HREF='skins/default/nagios/stylesheets/cmd.css'>
> >> > </head>
> >> > <body CLASS='cmd'>
> >> >
> >> > <!-- Produced by Nagios (http://www.nagios.org).  Copyright (c)
> > 1999-2007
> >> > Ethan Galstad. -->
> >> > <table border=0 width=100%>
> >> > <tr>
> >> > <td align=left valign=top width=33%>
> >> > <TABLE CLASS='infoBox' BORDER=1 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0>
> >> > <TR><TD CLASS='infoBox'>
> >> > <DIV CLASS='infoBoxTitle'>External Command Interface</DIV>
> >> > Last Updated: Mon Feb 11 13:32:27 CET 2008<BR>
> >> > Nagios(R) 3.0rc2 - <A HREF='http://www.nagios.org' TARGET='_new'
> >> > CLASS='homepageURL'>www.nagios.org</A><BR>
> >> > Logged in as <i>xxxx</i><BR>
> >> > </TD></TR>
> >> > </TABLE>
> >> > </td>
> >> > <td align=center valign=top width=33%>
> >> > </td>
> >> > <td align=right valign=bottom width=33%>
> >> > </td>
> >> > </tr>
> >> > </table>
> >> >
> >> > Any idea ?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> >
> >> > Sebastien CAPS
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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> >>
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