Nagios in a large production network

[Rafael F Suguiura]

Hi Brian,

How did you generate config files from a mySQL database?
I know the question is a little silly, but...

Thanks a lot

Rafael F Suguiura
Brasilia, Brasil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Wilson" <wilson at unity.ncsu.edu>
To: "James Pifer" <netsaintlist at tnjinfl.com>
Cc: <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios in a large production network


> yOn 20 Nov 2002, James Pifer wrote:
>
> > I'm looking to replace our current network monitoring software. Last I
> > looked at this product it was Netsaint, so it's been a little while.
> > I've downloaded the latest version, but I have a few questions.
> >
> > Is it "safe" to install Nagios on a production network and let it
> > discover everything?
>
> Nagios doesn't do network discovery... You'll have to use something else
> for that, then export that data and build your nagios configs off of it
> somehow.  We're running nagios in a production environment with no issues.
> You tell it what to monitor and what type of things to do to your devices,
> so in essence, you have complete control over what nagios will do.  We're
> dumping CiscoWorks RME database *cringe* since it does a fairly decent job
> of network discovery... importing that data into mysql, then generating
> nagios configs from mysql.
>
> > Are there any precautions I should be aware of?
> > Can Nagios collect and handle SNMP trap events? I don't see anything on
> > the web site about it.
> >
> > If not, can anyone recommend software to take care of that piece?
>
> I don't think nagios can deal with traps..
>
> Why not setup a ucd-snmp's snmptrapd and have it listen for your traps and
> perform actions based on certain criteria.   You can set it up to perform
> actions (fire off email, etc) depending on the mib recieved.
>
> Brian
>
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