Host shows down due to ping block on firewall

[Assaf Flatto]

Please reply to the list!


Second  - check dummy is a nagios plugin , that will enable you do display as if the host is up all 
the time regardless to ping or actual server status .
Look at the standard nagios-plugins for that .


On Thursday 23 April 2009 12:15:59 mohandas.k at tcs.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I dont think you have understood my requirement. I am running Nagios tool
> on Unix box.
>
> Mohandas Kudva K
> ASE
> Tata Consultancy Services
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> Mailto: mohandas.k at tcs.com
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> Assaf Flatto <assaf.flatto at ssp-intl.com>
> 04/23/2009 03:52 PM
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> Re: [Nagios-users] Host shows down due to ping block on firewall
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> you can use the check_dummy
>
> http://www.nagiosexchange.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi?g=Detailed%2F2284.html;d=1
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> On Thursday 23 April 2009 09:24:33 mohandas.k at tcs.com wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have started to do monitoring of some hosts which are behind the
> > firewall and PING (ICMP) is block on firewall. so I have exculded  ping
> > service in localhosts.cfg file and as well as check-host-alive option
>
> also
>
> > from host template but still Nagios web interface shows host as "DOWN"
>
> RED
>
> > Color in host status web interface.
> >
> > I think this is happening due to PING block on firewall.
> >
> > However ssh and nrpe port are opened on firewall to do monitoring of
>
> host
>
> > resources. other services are showing OK in green color associate to
>
> this
>
> > host.
> >
> > Please let me know how can we enforce nagios to shows that   HOST is UP
>
> in
>
> > host status web interface.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mohandas Kudva K
> > Tata Consultancy Services
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Assaf Flatto
SSP Ops Team
Linux System Administrator
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