Using NAGIOS to read data gathered by MRTG?

[Cook, Garry]

nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> Folks.
> 
> I have a router which is monitored by MRTG to gather traffic stats -
> useage/load/data volume, and I want to have Nagios sent an
> alert email if
> the utilisation percentage on a given data link exceeds a threshold
> 
> Will one of the standard plugins do this? If so, which one,
> and how do I
> make this work?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> DaZZa

It depends... Are you using MRTG with log files or an .rrd backend?
There are plugins available to check both. Look in the plugin source
contrib directory, if you don't find them in nagios/libexec. 

Garry W. Cook, CCNA
Network Infrastructure Manager
MACTEC, Inc. - http://www.mactec.com/
303.308.6228 (Office) - 720.220.1862 (Mobile)


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