Is there a testing or debugging mode for nagios?

[Lori Adams]

check_period is not a plugin.  Check_period is one of the options for
service.cfg configurations.
http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/xodtemplate.html#service

check_period means that a service check will only be executed during the
given timeframe.  

 

Values for check_period are (usually) stored in timeperiods.cfg.
Example:

define service {
            host_name                    foo

            service_description         bar

            check_period                 24x7

.

.

.

}

 

 

To reschedule from command line, you will have to submit an "external
command" with various values to your nagios.cmd (set in nagios.cfg)
file.   

 

 (see docs: http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/extcommands.html

 or
http://www.nagios.org/developerinfo/externalcommands/commandinfo.php?com
mand_id=127) 

 

I have a perl script where I pass the server name and service name and
it will reschedule the check for 3 seconds later.  "external commands"
are your friend.  You can end up scripting all of the commands.  

 

good luck.  

 

-Lori

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of
Ralph.Grothe at itdz-berlin.de
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:59 PM
To: sloane at ku.edu
Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Is there a testing or debugging mode for
nagios?

 

Hi Bob,

 

what kind of plug-in is check_period?

 

I cannot find it in my Nagios installation.

nor in the tarballs of either Nagios or Nagios-plugins.

 

Is it a kind of NoOp plug-in stub I would have to write?

 

How can I re-schedule from the command line.

 

My Nagios web interface (i.e. the CGIs) are still a bit broken

(I could easily fix if I had root privileges on the webserver to

edit httpd.conf)

Anyway, I'm a bit shell-fixed and avoid GUIs whenever possible.

I know with Nagios I probably would miss half the fun,

but this seems cosmetic to me, and can be addressed later when

the base system is at least working satisfactorily.

 

 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Sloane, Robert Raymond [mailto:sloane at ku.edu]

> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 4:03 PM

> To: Ralph.Grothe at itdz-berlin.de

> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Is there a testing or debugging

mode for

> nagios?

> 

> 

> Why not put a "check_period none" in the template, so that the

checks

> won't normally be scheduled, and then use the "Re-schedule the

next

> check of this service" link to schedule the check when you want

it to

> happen?  Once things are debugged, you can set the check_period

in the

> actual entry to whatever is appropriate.

> -- 

> Bob Sloane, University of Kansas Computer Center, Lawrence, KS,

66045

> Email:sloane at ku.edu http://www.ku.edu/home/sloane

Phone:(785)864-0444

>  

> 

> > -----Original Message-----

> > From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net 

> > [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf 

> > Of Ralph.Grothe at itdz-berlin.de

> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 7:55 AM

> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net

> > Subject: [Nagios-users] Is there a testing or debugging mode 

> > for nagios?

> > 

> > 

> > Hello,

> > 

> > this morning I received the contempt of my fellow admins 

> > because nagios swamped their mailboxes over night. Well, it 

> > wasn't of course nagios' fault but mine because I defined a 

> > template service wherein I referenced a conact_groups that 

> > comprised all of us. When later adding new services I simply 

> > forgot to override this attribute with a contact group that 

> > contained only my mail account (until I've come to terms with

 

> > configuring).

> > 

> > That's why I desperately miss a means to run a nagios daemon 

> > that isn't scheduling the checks by itself but rather by 

> > manual invocation. I'd also wish to test out alerting and 

> > event handling myself by raising events (e.g. to see where in

 

> > the end the notification is delivered to).

> > 

> > Does nagios provide special utilities, or switches to support

 

> > (high level) debugging that way?

> > 

> > Regards

> > 

> > 

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