Distributed Nagios Configuration with Passive Checks

[Samuel Kidman]

Hello

 

I am trying to set up a distributed nagios configuration that will
monitor n mine-sites. There is a single master server that will accept
passive checks from all of the mine sites providing a unified view of
network status throughout the organisation.

 

I have set up host groups that represent groups of hosts with similar
function and have the same service checks ran against them such as
switches and PLCs. Whenever we get a new device I can just add it to the
right host group and it gets all of its service checks by being a member
of that hostgroup.

 

My question is how do I disable active checks for the service checks for
the remote minesites without having to create a separate service check
for each site? The only thing I've been able to think of is using an
external command at nagios start up that checks all of the services on
the master server and works out which ones belong to remote sites and
then disables active checks on each one, but this seems like a messy
way.


If there was a way to have host group intersections in the hostgroups
property in service checks I could specify two services and two
hostgroups - a local and a remote one. The local check applys to its
function group AND all devices at the head office while the remote check
applies to its function group AND all remote hosts, however at present I
think this functionality is unavailable.

 

Just looking for some configuration suggestions on how to get this to
work.

 

Sam Kidman

IT Support Officer

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T:        08 9225 0944

 

 

 

 

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