Problem with External Commands and Nagios 3

Assaf Flatto nagios at flatto.net
Thu Nov 25 23:02:22 CET 2010


Hello and Welcome .


first advice - start here


http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/beginners.html


And then try this one :


http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/monitoring-windows.html


these should get you started.


Assaf


Maxime Alarie wrote:

> Good day,
>
> This is my 1^st post, and I am also new to nagios.
>
> I have installed Nagios3 on a Ubuntu Server VM, and I am learning it. 
> I have installed Nagios3, a with the nsclient on my own Windows laptop 
> as well.
>
> I can see my laptop is UP on the Nagios3’s web inrterface, but that’s 
> about it.. The way I have cretaed my config file for my laptop is by 
> copying the /localhost_nagios2.cfg/ file, then replaced 127.0.0.1 by 
> my IP and localhost by my hostname, and renamed the file to 
> /penang_nagios2.cfg/
>
> When I go to the interface, I select my laptop on the list and then 
> click _Re-schedule the next check of this host_.. I get this error 
> message:
>
> *Error: Could not stat() command file '/var/lib/nagios3/rw/nagios.cmd'!*
>
> *The external command file may be missing, Nagios may not be running, 
> and/or Nagios may not be checking external commands.*
>
> *An error occurred while attempting to commit your command for 
> processing.*
>
> Any help would be apreciated.
>
> Regards
>
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