nagios usage/question...

[Andreas Ericsson]

Robert Nelson wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jeff Rodriguez [mailto:nagios-users at gurugeek.com] 
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 7:46 PM
>>To: Robert Nelson
>>Cc: nemir nemiria; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] nagios usage/question...
>>
>>
>>I think that might be the wrong approach... here's how I 
>>would think you 
>>could setup a remote reboot for a server...
>>
>>You could use the hostextinfo.cfg and create a link for each 
>>server to a 
>>perl/php page that knows how to talk to your UPS'
>>When you see the server go down, you can click the link for 
>>the extinfo 
>>page and use it to remotely reboot your server.
>>
>>If you want human interaction I think that might be the path of least 
>>resistance, then if you don't have a 24x7 NOC you can setup contacts. 
>>When a server goes down you'd receive an email, check nagios, and use 
>>the extinfo page to reboot the box.
>>
>>The same can be done for services as well.
> 
> 
> I think we're on the same page...the difference being that yours would
> link me to a CGI script or something that would run the script; my idea
> would run a script on the Nagios server, probably via the cmd file. I
> would prefer this method because it would stay within the Nagios realm,
> allowing Nagios to log who submitted the script as a command, at what
> time, what the response was, etc.
> 

Using the command-pipe is just plain dumb in this case, since the Nagios 
core logic doesn't need any knowledge what so ever of who did what and 
when, and adding logic for it in the core would mean more complex code 
and lead to more bugs. And besides, what's to say that the other page 
can't keep logs of things? PHP has excellent database support, as does 
perl and python, and anyone with their wits about them should be able to 
handle any form of sql from a shell-script.

> Rob Nelson
> Network Engineer
> Windchannel Communications
> 919-538-6326 
> 

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