Where to store plugins in a standard nagios3 installation

[Gius, Mark]

We use two variables, USER1 and USER2 to reflect the location of the default Nagios plugins and any custom plugins that we write.  So a sample command definition looks like:

## Ping check definition
define command {
   command_name    check-host-alive
   command_line    $USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -p 1 -4
}

Where $USER1$ is defined as the location that our Nagios RPM installs plugins (/var/lib/Nagios/plugins I believe).

Most of our custom plugins are executed entirely on our central Nagios server, so this setup works well for us.

-Gius

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sandman42 at libero.it [mailto:sandman42 at libero.it]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:37 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Where to store plugins in a standard nagios3
> installation
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm testing nagios 3 on ubuntu 10.04.
> 
> I've downloaded a plugin from nagios exchange, but where the file must
> be in
> order to be run?
> 
> Particularly, I've downloaded check_cisco.pl from nagios exchange, and
> I've
> put it in /usr/lib/nagios/plugins
> I've also given a chmod 0755, and chown root:root.
> 
> The problem is taht it is not recognized, i.e. in a .cfg file I've used
> it as
> 
> 
>       check_command	.pl	check_cisco -h $HOSTADDRESS$ -c public -i
> BRI0
> 
> but when I do a
> 
>       /etc/init.d/nagios3 restart
> 
> I have the following error:
> 
>       Error: Host check command 'check_cisco.pl -h $HOSTADDRESS$ -c
> public -i
> BRI0/0/0:1' specified for host 'ISDNRouter' is not defined anywhere!
> 
> What have I done wrong????
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Francesco
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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