Nagios

Nagios is a powerful monitoring system that enables organizations to identify and resolve IT infrastructure problems before they affect critical business processes.

Check nagios configuration

/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v  /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
# status service on CentOS
service nagios status
# restart service on CentOS
service nagios restart

Sample service config

define service{
    use generic-service
    service_description Secure shell
    check_command check_ssh
}

define service{
    use generic-service
    service_description Web server
    check_command check_http
}

define service{
    use generic-service
    service_description RDP Windows
    check_command check_tcp!3389
}

Check command

/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H 192.168.1.1 -c check_metric

Sample /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg config file on CentOS 6.3 64 bit, host checked by Nagios

log_facility=daemon
pid_file=/var/run/nrpe/nrpe.pid
server_port=5666
nrpe_user=nrpe
nrpe_group=nrpe
#nagios server 192.168.1.2
allowed_hosts=196.168.1.2,127.0.0.1
dont_blame_nrpe=0
debug=1
command_timeout=60
connection_timeout=300
include_dir=/etc/nrpe.d/

command[check_users]=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_users -w 5 -c 10
command[check_load]=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_load -w 15,10,5 -c 30,25,20
command[check_hda1]=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_disk -w 20% -c 10% -p /dev/hda1
command[check_zombie_procs]=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_procs -w 5 -c 10 -s Z
command[check_total_procs]=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_procs -w 150 -c 200 

check_oracle_health shows warning when OK

http://forums.meulie.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=6282

Nagios shows Warning when is OK

Run the command locally on the target server with the user nrpe

• su nrpe
• mycommand.py
• echo $?

If there are problems of permissions or similar wqhen running with the user nrpe solve them Always test the commands under the user nrpe.

If the command creates or uses files, delete them if the command tested with root, so they are created properly with the right permissions.

NRPE: Unable to read output (CentOS 6.3)

Make sure the following is setted:

• setenforce 0
• nano /etc/sysconfig/selinux # change to SELINUX=disabled

Change number processes on check_total_procs command

If we are getting too many warning mesages regardig the total number of processes do the following:

• ps uax | wc -l # count the number of active processes on the machine, nrProcs
• Edit the file /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg
• Change command[check_total_procs] setting the warning -w to nrProcs + 20 and -c to nrProcs+20+30
• Save the file
• service nrpe restart