nagios trigger an alert after installation
Bryan Hunt asked: I’ve just done a bunch of Nagios installs. Now comes the time to test them. What I’d like to do first is just a quick sanity check
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j5iApart2 asked: I have the following simple script to check if iptables is running or not. Why does it always returns ‘OK’ no matter what the status is? #!/bin/bash #IPT='iptables'
View ArticleNagios multiple check attempts for hard OK
cpuguy83 asked: Looking for a configuration option to make checks that respond with OK not reach a hard state until max_check_attempts has been reached. Issue is we’ll have a service
View ArticleIs there a "known good" path to move good old webapps from apache to nginx?
hejsan asked: Originally my question was supposed to be more specific: “Can nconf (configuration webapp for nagios) be run on nginx”? Being a developer I’m in love with nginx for
View ArticleIs it possible to include/use directly perl's Nagios::Plugin without...
orlybg asked: I am a web developer needing to monitor a vast array of servers with nagios and have to write some perl scripts for it. Looking into it I
View Articlecheck_nrpe -c CheckProcState USING PID
Aki asked: I’m currently running a SOLR search engine from a batch file and it appears as a process in my servers taskmgr. I need to monitor its state using check_nrpe but since there are more than one...
View ArticleLoad Average Graph Values in pnp4nagios less than 1.0 denoted by a value "m"
Jon Buys asked: In the graphs generated by pnp4nagios that track server load averages, if the load is less than 1.0, the value is represented by a number in the hundreds denoted by the letter “m”. What...
View ArticleCentOS7: KVM: error: Cannot create user runtime directory...
rwfitzy asked: Been trying to resolve an issue I found by having our Nagios installation use a plugin for KVM, check_kvm, I found. I think my problem boils down to a permissions issue with the...
View Articlechcon: failed to change context of ‘archivejson.cgi’ to...
Mona Jalal asked: When I run: chcon -R -t http_sys_content_t /usr/local/nagios/sbin/ I get the following errors: chcon: failed to change context of ‘archivejson.cgi’ to...
View ArticlePostfix failed to send mail with host found but no data record of requested type
wenchung asked: First time setup Nagios 4 on Centos 7 with Postfix for sending alert emails. My local domain is The post Postfix failed to send mail with host found but no data record of requested type...
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nagios trigger an alert after installation
Bryan Hunt asked: I’ve just done a bunch of Nagios installs. Now comes the time to test them. What I’d like to do first is just a quick sanity check to verify the install went correctly. Is there a...
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Script to check if iptables is running is not working
j5iApart2 asked: I have the following simple script to check if iptables is running or not. Why does it always returns ‘OK’ no matter what the status is? #!/bin/bash #IPT='iptables'...
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Nagios multiple check attempts for hard OK
cpuguy83 asked: Looking for a configuration option to make checks that respond with OK not reach a hard state until max_check_attempts has been reached. Issue is we’ll have a service that we can bring...
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Is there a "known good" path to move good old webapps from apache to nginx?
hejsan asked: Originally my question was supposed to be more specific: “Can nconf (configuration webapp for nagios) be run on nginx”? Being a developer I’m in love with nginx for it’s low resource...
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Is it possible to include/use directly perl's Nagios::Plugin without...
orlybg asked: I am a web developer needing to monitor a vast array of servers with nagios and have to write some perl scripts for it. Looking into it I found Nagios::Plugin package from CPAN, but the...
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check_nrpe -c CheckProcState USING PID
Aki asked: I’m currently running a SOLR search engine from a batch file and it appears as a process in my servers taskmgr. I need to monitor its state using check_nrpe but since there are more than...
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Load Average Graph Values in pnp4nagios less than 1.0 denoted by a value "m"
Jon Buys asked: In the graphs generated by pnp4nagios that track server load averages, if the load is less than 1.0, the value is represented by a number in the hundreds denoted by the letter “m”....
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CentOS7: KVM: error: Cannot create user runtime directory...
rwfitzy asked: Been trying to resolve an issue I found by having our Nagios installation use a plugin for KVM, check_kvm, I found. I think my problem boils down to a permissions issue with the...
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Permission error when Nagios user runs a bash script, also with sudo
Nihvel asked: I want to poweroff my NAS and ESXI when there is a power failure. Both of the system run on a Eaton UPS. I only run Linux systems and therefore I can not use the Eaton Manager, Windows...
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