[Nagiosplug-help] nagios plugins

[Ian Rarity]

First off, you'll probably want to change ownership/permissions of the plugin; when Nagios runs it, it'll do so as the "nagios" user, not root.  As for the other two:

Check command:  Open up /usr/local/nagios/etc/commands.cfg and add something like:

define command{
        command_name    check_iptables
        command_line    $USER1$/check_iptables.sh
        }

Add any other options here that you need to pass to the plugin.  Then, create a service definition that uses that command.  This will (probably) go into /usr/local/nagios/etc/services.cfg, and look like:

define service{
        use                             generic-service
        host_name
        contact_groups
        service_description             iptables
        is_volatile                     0
        check_period                    24x7
        max_check_attempts              3
        normal_check_interval           5
        retry_check_interval            1
        notification_interval           120
        notification_period             24x7
        notification_options            w,u,c,r
        check_command                   check_iptables
        }

Fill in the hostname and contact group fields with whatever makes sense.

Ta,
IR.

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From: mostafa yasin [mailto:mostafayasin at hotmail.co.uk]
Sent: 03 February 2010 10:00
To: nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Nagiosplug-help] nagios plugins

Dear Sir;

Thank you very much for your help. I have copied the script into /usr/local/nagios/libexec
and it 's executable and owned by root user. when i run the script manually, it 's running.
But how to:

-          Write a check command that calls the plugin; if you don't know it already, you'll be able to work out the syntax by looking at some of the other check commands in your nagios /etc/ directory, in commands.cfg.
-          Add a service definition for your iptables host that uses the check command.


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Best Regards,,

Mostafa Yasin
Linux System Engineer.

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