Pgsql host list and check_ping

[Janet Post]

Shawn,

I would be very interested in getting a copy of this script when you
have it written.  Would you be willing to share?

Janet.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Shawn
Holland
Sent: April 26, 2006 9:15 AM
To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Pgsql host list and check_ping

I will try that. Does Nagios need to be restarted everytime the script 
rebuilds the config? (say if there is a new host added to the DB or one 
changes) to recognize the changes?

On Wednesday 26 April 2006 2:05 am, Hugo van der Kooij wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Shawn Holland wrote:
> > I have setup a server running Nagios 2.2 with nagios-plugins-1.4.3.
> >
> > My Linux server has a Postgres database that has a table containing
all
> > devices on the network with their IP address and host name.
> >
> > I was wondering what a recommended way to allow Nagios to use this
list
> > and do a check_ping to each device and report their status? I know I
> > could manually set each within a host and multiple services to ping
each
> > one. But I want it to utilize the existing db list as it may change
and I
> > want to cut down on overhead.
>
> I suggest you write a small script to generate a nagios config file
for
> these hosts and services and dropt it in a subdirectory of your nagios
> config directory. Then point nagios to it with the cfg_dir statement.
>
> There is no recommended way as there is no way presently to do it. You
> have to build it yourself.
>
> Hugo.

-- 
Regards,

Shawn Holland
Sandara Technologies Ltd.
Ph. 1-902-405-3344
Fx. 1-902-405-3345


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