Brain's Workbench
Step 1: Open “cgi.cfg” of nagios etc directory ( ex: /usr/local/nagios/etc/) via editor
Step 2: Add user (ex: tappware) in the followings:
authorized_for_all_services=nagiosadmin,viewuser authorized_for_all_hosts=nagiosadmin,viewuser authorized_for_read_only=viewuser [Important for view only]
Step 3: Restart nagios
Install
To use this plugin you need to have varnishstat installed which is installed by default when you install varnish.
Perl is also required for this plugin. If you don’t have Perl installed you can install in by running the command below
sudo apt-get install perl
or
sudo yum install perl
Now you can download the file above and extract it:
wget <a href="http://www.toms-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/check_varnish-v1.0.tar.gz">http://www.toms-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/check_varnish-v1.0.tar.gz</a>
tar -xzf check_varnish-v1.0.tar.gz
Dave the below code as check_mem.sh using nano and chmod it to +x. (file to be saved inside nagios libexec- such as /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_mem.sh
INSTALL Compiler Dependency
Perl script to check thread and memory usage of a Jboss server.
Usage: check_jboss_status.pl [-H
[-m
[-h
-H
-P
-a
-h
-t
(default: 80,50)
-m
(default: 80,50)
on commands.cfg file
define command {
command_name check_ldaps
command_line $USER1$/check_ldap.pl -H 192.168.0.123 -p 389
}
on your <server.cfg> file-
define service{
use generic-service ; template name, available by default
host_name LDAP ; unique name of the host being defined
service_description LDAP Daemon ; description of the host
check_command check_ldaps
}
But this plugin requires Perl Net::LDAP modules installed. For installation of Net::LDAP perl CPAN module, you read this post
Download the check_ldap.pl from here.
This is a very important page that and for some reasons I just forget the links on nagios-
Some very basic links that I should bookmark immediately-
http://support.nagios.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagiosxi/docs/Monitoring_Linux_Using_SNMP.pdf
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define host{
use windows-server ; Inherit default values from a template
host_name blk-smsgw ; The name we're giving to this host
alias Windows Server ; A longer name associated with the host
address 10.10.10.1 ; IP address of the host
}
definehostgroup{
alias Windows Servers ; Long name of the group
members localhost, blk-smsgw ; Comma separated list of hosts that belong to this group
}
define service{
use generic-service
host_name blk-smsgw
service_description NSClient++ Version
check_command check_nt!CLIENTVERSION
}
On the Nagios Server edit the file /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windows.cfg:
# vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windows.cfg
Add the following to create a new service definition to monitor the process state of WinVNC.exe (VNC Server):
# Create a service for monitoring the WinVNC.exe process
# Change the host_name to match the name of the host you defined above
define service{
use generic-service
hostgroup_name windows-servers
service_description VNC
check_command check_nt!PROCSTATE!-d SHOWALL -l WinVNC.exe
}
Add the following to create a new service definition to monitor the Service state of the Print Spooler service:
define service{
use generic-service
hostgroup_name windows-servers
service_description eTrust ITM Web Access Service
check_command check_nt!SERVICESTATE!-d SHOWALL -l "Print Spooler"
}
To monitor a Service other then the Print Spooler, substitute Print Spooler with how the Name of the service appears in the Services window Name column
