checking for errors in messages file using Nagios

[Morris, Patrick]

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> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net 
> [mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf 
> Of David Rivera
> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 6:07 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] checking for errors in messages file 
> using Nagios
> 
> 
> Using Nagios,
> 
> How can i get it to check for errors such as CPU/Memory/drive 
> errors that get logged in /var/adm/messages on Solaris and 
> Linux boxes?
> 
> Currently that is my only place of vulnerability for what we 
> intend to use Nagios for, I need to be able to have Nagios 
> alert me on errors that get logged in the /var/adm/messages 
> file of possible system issues.

If all you want is to be notified based on log entries, it's very
possible Nagios isn't the right tool for you.

However, there are several tools out there you can use to integrate log
checking with Nagios.  I've had really good results using SEC to submit
passive checks to Nagios.

http://www.estpak.ee/~risto/sec/

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