Analyse data from multiple nagios instances

Seun Ojedeji seun.ojedeji at gmail.com
Wed Nov 9 14:16:03 CET 2011


Ha! now i get it...it seems it takes some time before it populates!
Everything is working fine now.

Thanks

On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks James, that was the problem. But i think i may have had a different
> understanding of what check_mk does as after i logged into it, i was
> expecting to see the hosts created on my nagios, but its empty! How do i
> populate the check_mk?
>
> Cheers!
>
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 4:26 PM, James Osbourn <james.osbourn at citrix.com>wrote:
>
>> Have you added your web user to the Nagios group that you created?****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> James****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* Seun Ojedeji [mailto:seun.ojedeji at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* 08 November 2011 14:39
>>
>> *To:* Nagios Users List
>> *Subject:* Re: [Nagios-users] Analyse data from multiple nagios instances
>> ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Hello James and all,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I just installed check_mk and everything seem to go well with the
>> installation, but when i try to login to the page via http i got the error
>> msg bellow:****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *Configuration Error*
>>
>> *nagiosadmin* (None)     *15:20*  <http://mathias-kettner.de/>****
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Your web server cannot create the directory
>> /var/lib/check_mk/web/nagiosadmin, or cannot set the group to nagios or
>> cannot set the permissions to 0770. Please make sure that:****
>>
>>    - the base directory is writable by the web server.****
>>    - Both Nagios and the web server are in the group nagios.****
>>
>> Reason: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/check_mk/web/nagiosadmin'
>> ****
>>
>> Any idea of how i can fix this permission problem?****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Regards****
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:58 AM, James Osbourn <james.osbourn at citrix.com>
>> wrote:****
>>
>> I am not doing any analysis; I am just using the monitoring tools.
>> Someone else would have to comment on this feature.****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> James****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> *From:* Seun Ojedeji [mailto:seun.ojedeji at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* 02 November 2011 10:43****
>>
>>
>> *To:* Nagios Users List
>> *Subject:* Re: [Nagios-users] Analyse data from multiple nagios instances
>> ****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Hello James,
>>
>> Thank you for providing this, i will work on it. Nevertheless, i will
>> also appreciate if anyone could suggest what tools i could use to achieve
>> my goals...i.e exporting data from nagios and  analysing them on a central
>> location to present graphical representation.
>>
>> Thanks once again James.
>>
>> Cheers****
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:08 AM, James Osbourn <james.osbourn at citrix.com>
>> wrote:****
>>
>> A brief overview is as follows, you will need to check each parts
>> documentation for exact details for your environment.****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Install a server with Nagios, or use one of your existing servers.
>> Install Check MK Multisite, there are some good instructions here
>> http://mathias-kettner.de/checkmk_multisite_setup.html****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> You then need to install MK Live status on each of your Nagios servers
>> for the multisite server to connect to them.  Update your Multisite config
>> to know about the different sites and then have a play and see what you get.
>> ****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> James****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> *From:* Seun Ojedeji [mailto:seun.ojedeji at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* 02 November 2011 09:20
>> *To:* Nagios Users List
>> *Subject:* Re: [Nagios-users] Analyse data from multiple nagios instances
>> ****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Hello James,
>>
>> Thanks a lot for responding, your solution is a very good place to start;
>> though it may not analyze but for knowledge sake could you share the
>> proceeds you followed to achieve this?
>>
>> Regards****
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:00 AM, James Osbourn <james.osbourn at citrix.com>
>> wrote:****
>>
>> I have setup a Multisite MK server to pool all of my site Nagios servers
>> into a single view.  I can see the status of all hosts/services from one
>> location and acknowledge and schedule outages etc from this interface.  Any
>> graphing can be viewed, although this is a connection to the graph pages on
>> the individual site servers.  I am not sure if this will allow for analysis
>> of the data as the specific state data is still stored on the site Nagios
>> servers.****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> James****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> *From:* Seun Ojedeji [mailto:seun.ojedeji at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* 02 November 2011 08:53
>> *To:* nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> *Subject:* [Nagios-users] Analyse data from multiple nagios instances****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I have different nagios setup in multiple locations and they are
>> independently working fine. However i need each of these nagios instances
>> to send historical data of a particular host to a central server for
>> analysis and graphical representations. Does anyone know a plugin or
>> software i could use to achieve my goal?
>>
>> Regards
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>>
>>  ****
>>
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> *Seun Ojedeji,
> University of Nigeria, Nsukka
> web:      http://www.unn.edu.ng
> Mobile: +2348035233535
> **alt email: seun.ojedeji at unn.edu.ng*
>
> *you don't need a hero to succeed on the field....you need a team!*
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*Seun Ojedeji,
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
web:      http://www.unn.edu.ng
Mobile: +2348035233535
**alt email: seun.ojedeji at unn.edu.ng*

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