Nagios and DB support.

[Scott Sanders]

They also sound like my problems. I would like to see Nagios evlove into 
a full network monitoring/management tool, but I can't see how this is 
possible without database support. I personally need to regularly poll a 
large number of devices' traffic stats, transmission errors, connected 
clients, link quality, etc. These all need to be stored in a DB so I can 
quickly graph them with rrdtool. Storing data for at least a year is 
also important, because it shows seasonal trends, which can be very 
important in RF.

I currently use nagios for alerts and graph all my devices with a 
seperate program. This is annoying because it forces me to keep two 
config files instead of just a single one. Either way, I would like to 
see nagios make more use of rrdtool, as being able to visually track 
changes can be even more vauable than a pager going off with a "host 
critical" warning.

My $0.02,
Scott


Ben wrote:

> Hey, this is funny - your problems sound like my problems, and are the 
> reason why I'm making a module for nagios 2 to store status changes in 
> a database. I've currently got it storing data and am able to quickly 
> retrieve results that make up the tac page.... today I've gotta make 
> the tac page. :)
>
> I wouldn't call my work anything remotely resembling complete, though. 
> When I get functionality done enough for me to use, I'll send out what 
> I've got and hopefully others can finish off the bits I couldn't care 
> less about. Should be next month.
>
> Oh, and FWIW I'm basing my stuff on Postgres (for the advanced 
> features) and PHP (for the connection pooling).
>
> On Nov 16, 2004, at 6:19 AM, Kevin Phillips wrote:
>
>> I understand that moving forward with 2.0 nagios is no longer going to
>> support databases, mysql, etc.
>>
>> I think that what I am looking for below would best be accomplished by a
>> database, if I am wrong please point me in the right direction.
>>
>> I am looking for nagios to monitor and log events so I can report 
>> them for
>> my SLA.  What I need to know is, when a system goes down and when it 
>> comes
>> back up.  This information would best be stored in a database so I 
>> can query
>> monthly, quarterly, annualy, etc.
>>
>> I also need to log results of check commands so that I can create 
>> monthly,
>> quarterly, and anual reports as to performance of systems.
>>
>> Is nagios able to do this w/o database support?  I have looked at the 
>> nagios
>> logs and notice it does log these events, but doesn't time-stamp them.
>>
>> Any pointers would be great.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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