Nagios-users auto-detecting of new hosts, routers

[magic_rooter]

> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 18:19:39 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Hugo van der Kooij <hvdkooij at vanderkooij.org>
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] auto-detecting of new hosts, routers
>         etc...
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> On Sat, 21 Oct 2006, root root wrote:
>
> > Can Nagios gather information from my network automatically in order
> > to add it to hosts.cfg file by itself, not by nagios administrator?
>
> No. There are tools to detect hosts and write updated config files out
> there.
>
> But someone installed equipment in your network and it must have passed a
> couple of checks before you installed it. Right? Then what is the problem
> of adding it to your config as part of these checks?
>
> If someone installed something in your network without your knowledge then
> why do you need to monitor it?
>
> The only automatic tool I would use is one that triggers an alert if a new
> device was added to the network. So you can go on a search and destroy
> mission.
>
> Hugo.
>
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I know some tools based upon Cisco Discovery Protocol. Netdisco and
Nedi for example. So I can gather information from my network and than
manually add it to my configs? So, that's a good idea, I think. Some
kind of script will make it more easy to enter new lines into
configs...

My goal is to find out very quickly with the help of Nagios about new
equipment. Monitoring or not monitoring is the another question. I am
implementing Nagios in our company now. So I am investigating all of
Nagios capability. At this stage I want now if I can have the
auto-updating configuration of my network. It is very important
feature for my boss.

Sorry, I didn't understand what automatic tool do you use. Can you
explain a little this method?

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