nagios isn't running well
Mike McClure
mmcclure at pneservices.com
Fri Jan 3 22:11:55 CET 2003
Please post your command definitions for check_ping and check_http.
> 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)
>>
>>
--
Mike McClure, CCIE # 5125, CISSP # 30232
PNE Services, Inc. - http://www.pneservices.com
mmcclure at pneservices.com
mobile: 913-636-5590
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