ping, telnet, ssh, from nagios-core website

[Will Bashlor]

I figured it out. Quite simple actually and works great, Here's my
steps:

 

1.)    Download CustomURL <http://customurl.codeplex.com/>  and install
in system folder (it will ask you). Setup each url protocol you desire.
Overwrite telnet if you want. You can test in Firefox or whatever
browser you use (i.e. by entering telnet://x.x.x.x replacing the x's
with the IP you want to telnet to).

 

 

 

2.)    Go into the Nagios host template that you are using for hosts you
need ping -t, telnet, and ssh for and enter this in the notes field (not
notes_url):

 

<a href="ping://$HOSTADDRESS$">ping</a>     <a
href="telnet://$HOSTADDRESS$">telnet</a>     <a
href="ssh://$HOSTADDRESS$">ssh</a>

 

To my surprise the notes field supports html code. Once you add this
code, restart Nagios and now in the extended info are of the host you
will find the 3 links for all hosts using that template. I may even add
some cool mini icons later, but for now the simple text links work fine.

 

Example:

 

define host {

                name                                    critical

                check_command
check-host-alive

                max_check_attempts                    1

                check_interval                 1

                retry_interval                    1

                check_period                   24x7

                contact_groups                                admins

                notification_interval                       30

                notification_period                         24x7

                notification_options                       d,u,r,f,s

                notes                                    <a
href="ping://$HOSTADDRESS$">ping</a>     <a
href="telnet://$HOSTADDRESS$">telnet</a>     <a
href="ssh://$HOSTADDRESS$">ssh</a>

                register                                0

}

 

Maybe this will help someone. Cheers...

 

-Will

 

From: Will Bashlor [mailto:wbashlor at atcnetworks.net] 
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 9:20 PM
To: Nagios Users List
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] ping, telnet, ssh, from nagios-core website

 

Using CustomURL <http://customurl.codeplex.com/>  I can get telnet, ssh,
and ping -t working using action_url with no problem. It works great!

 

One problem though, the hosts I have in multiple groups only show the IP
when hovering over the star in 1 group only. For example "Test Switch"
will show "ssh://192.168.1.200" in 1 group but the other group the same
host shows "ssh://". Not sure how to fix that yet.

 

If I can get that worked out and find a way for multiple action_urls or
another way to slide a link in there using a macro that will be great!
Stay tuned...

 

-Will

 

From: Will Bashlor [mailto:wbashlor at atcnetworks.net] 
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 6:14 PM
To: mguthrie at nagios.com; Nagios Users List
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] ping, telnet, ssh, from nagios-core website

 

Thanks Mike. If macro's can be used in action_urls I think I can get it
to work with CustomURL <http://customurl.codeplex.com/> . Would you
happen to have the link to the patch allowing multiple URLs? I can't
find it but will look more when I get home.

 

-Will

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Guthrie [mailto:mguthrie at nagios.com] 
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 4:40 PM
To: Nagios Users List
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] ping, telnet, ssh, from nagios-core website

 

Looks like someone did come up with a patch for the CGI's that would
allow multiple action URL's, but it may take some playing around to get
it to do what you want it to do. Although there may be other addon
projects that do this already that I'm unaware of.

 

To my knowledge you can't use a browser to access ssh, ping, telnet etc.


You'd need some sort of a custom API to be able to run those commands
for you from the command line.

 

Nagios XI (commercial version of Nagios) does have some of these quick
actions. Image is attached.

 

 

On 10/22/2012 3:28 PM, Will Bashlor wrote:

> Hi List,

> 

> I want to be able to click on an icon or link on the Nagios core
website

> and ping, telnet, ssh, etc. to each host. What's the easiest way to

> accomplish this? I've researched and haven't found much that's solid.

> 

> I've seen the action_url. Seems like that may work if I modify how

> windows responds to certain urls, (i.e. CustomURL) like ping://,

> telnet:// <telnet://> , ssh://, etc. I'm not sure how it would handle
$HOSTADDRESS$,

> or I guess that would be translated by Nagios? And I think I'm limited

> to 1 action_url?

> 

> Then I read something about using notes...? I'm not sure about that
one.

> 

> Someone also mentioned Nagios var? I'm not a programmer.

> 

> I would even be happy with a windows Nagios app is I had to, but would

> rather it be within the website.

> 

> This is a basic function of most commercial monitoring tools,
hopefully

> there's an easy way.

> 

> Thoughts anyone? Thanks in advance.

> 

> -Will

> 

> 

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