5.1.2.2. Nagios

Follow the steps outlined in this section to use the Nagios monitoring system to check the status of our services.

The Nagios plugin can be found on any Worker or Principal node at the following path:

/usr/share/opennac/healthcheck/integration/monitor_client.sh

This script is a versatile plugin that can be used with various monitoring software such as Icinga and PRTG Monitor.

  1. Copy the monitor_client.sh file to the checks folder of your Nagios server.

  2. The following parameters are available for the executing the script:

-H|--host OPENNAC_SERVER             openNAC server to connect by SNMP to retrieve service status
                                        Default: localhost
-s|--service SERVICE_NAME            service name to check (ex: BACKEND, DBREPLICATION or UDS)
                                        Required
-o|--output-style OUTPUT_STYLE       output format to send information.
                                     Options available: PRTG NAGIOS
                                        Default: NAGIOS
-c|--community COMMUNITY             community string to connect by SNMP
                                        Default: public
-p|--snmpget-path SNMPGET_PATH       snmpget path
                                        Default: /usr/bin/snmpget
-h|--help                            display this help and exit

  1. To check the status of services such as BACKEND and RADIUS, execute the following commands:

[root@nagios]# sh monitor_client.sh -H 10.21.35.20 -s BACKEND
[root@nagios]# sh monitor_client.sh -H 10.21.35.20 -s RADIUS

The script will return a response message indicating the status of the specified service. Possible status results include OK, WARNING, or CRITICAL.