Nagios checker configuration

[Lincoln Hobley]

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Hi,

Have been using the list for a while now & thought its time to contribute..  So being my 1st response, please be gentle.....;-)

I use Nagios checker with Firefox, connecting to XI.  I just  configure it to connect to the Nagios Core component of XI http://<nagiosXI_host>/nagios, providing the relevant user details.  & for me works just fine. 

Here's how I did it:

So when you edit the Nagios Systems in the checker config (R click on the Nagios Checker notification area in FF,  select settings),  on the Nagios Systems tab,  r click the Nagios system --> edit)

In the general tab - just a friendly name..

In the Nagios Web interface tab - enter the url of the XI host: http://<nagiosXI_host>/nagios.  Also select the radio button "Standalone Nagios",  & add the user detail you use to connect that has access to the hosts/services you're interested in.

In the status script URL tab Tick the box "Set URL manually" copy the Nagios URL from previous,  & append: /cgi-bin/status.cgi which will give you the complete URL http://<nagiosXI_host>/nagios/cgi-bin/status.cgi

Left the "other" tab untouched

Then OK all the way out..

Cant comment on the notes_url or action_url other than I haven't seen that behaviour in the Nagios Core instances we have deployed.

Hope its helpful..

Regards

Lincoln

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Avery [mailto:jim at jimavery.me.uk] 
Sent: Friday, 14 January 2011 10:43 AM
To: Nagios Users List
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios checker configuration

On 8 January 2011 12:45, moses neah <mssneah at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Have anybody used nagios checher addon for firefox with nagiosxi? I try it
> with nagios 2.9 and it work fine. But I get error (1error) when I use it
> with nagiosxi. Can anybody point out what to do?
> Thanks so much,


It's been a while since I last used the Nagios Checker addon for Firefox.

I think it simply runs the relevant .cgi and scrapes the status from
what it finds there.  In my experience, this can work well, but if you
do something which alters the web page output in a way that Nagios
Checker doesn't understand then it breaks it in one way or another.

In my case, I found it broke after I implemented notes_url and
action_url directives in service definitions (I can't remember which
of those two actually broke the Firefox addon).

I have no experience with Nagios XI so I don't know how the cgi
differs from Nagios core (if at all).  If you still have your Nagios
2.9 system, you might find what the problem is by comparing the html
output of that with your XI system.

hth,

Jim


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