Is there a testing or debugging mode for nagio s?

[Ralph.Grothe at itdz-berlin.de]

Hi Lori,

thanks for reminding me.

That was really naive of me to think that check_period could be
the name of a plug-in.

Of course now I remember that I defined a couple of time periods
to be assigned as possible values for the check_period attribute
in a service definition context.
I think I only forgot about it because I (now for my initial
testing) I just once defined a service template where a
check_period for my usual working hours was set.
And for all later added service definitions I haven't overriden
this setting yet (of course in the end it will have to be 24x7)

So thanks for reminding me, and forgive my stupidity.

Btw, would you mind sharing your Perl script?
I'm also into Perl and am curious about others' solutions.

Rgds.
Ralph


-----Original Message-----
From: Lori Adams [mailto:ladams at cloudmark.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 6:42 PM
To: Ralph.Grothe at itdz-berlin.de; sloane at ku.edu
Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Is there a testing or debugging mode
for nagios?


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?command_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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