Fetching the list of Alerts

ankukreja · Post by **ankukreja** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 2:18 pm

Hi Support Team ,

We recently started to support one account where-in Nagios is being using as an alerting tool . To start with , we wanted to download the list of existing alerts so that we can identify what is currently being set , what are the gaps and create more alerts based on that .

Can you please let me know how to fetch the existing alert inventory ?

Regards ,
Anuj

slansing · Post by **slansing** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 2:23 pm

I just want to clear this up first, is this for XI or Core? Now when it comes to alerts/notifications you can get a full list from the Home > Notifications page, you can also pull this data from mysql which can be a bit dangerous if you are not careful. Are you looking for the alerts that are being sent? Or who is designated to receive them?

ankukreja · Post by **ankukreja** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:18 pm

slansing wrote:I just want to clear this up first, is this for XI or Core? Now when it comes to alerts/notifications you can get a full list from the Home > Notifications page, you can also pull this data from mysql which can be a bit dangerous if you are not careful. Are you looking for the alerts that are being sent? Or who is designated to receive them?

Hi ,

I am not looking for alerts that are currently firing or active . I am looking for all the alerts that are currently setup in Nagios Core and XI specifi to my environment or eco-system .

As I mentioned , here is what we are trying to
1. Seek dump of all alerts we have in eco-system ( Seeeking your help in this )
2. Undertake comprehensive gap analysis (start with critical alerts missing and get them enabled – code a correct script with right threshold and frequency)

Regards ,
Anuj

ankukreja · Post by **ankukreja** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:35 am

slansing wrote:I just want to clear this up first, is this for XI or Core? Now when it comes to alerts/notifications you can get a full list from the Home > Notifications page, you can also pull this data from mysql which can be a bit dangerous if you are not careful. Are you looking for the alerts that are being sent? Or who is designated to receive them?

Sorry , this is for Nagios Core . I posted in wrong forum.

ankukreja · Post by **ankukreja** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:38 am

Hi Support Team ,

We recently started to support one account where-in Nagios Core is being using as an alerting tool . To start with , we wanted to download the list of existing alerts so that we can identify what is currently being set , what are the gaps and create more alerts based on that .

I am not looking for alerts that are currently firing or active . I am looking for all the alerts that are currently setup in Nagios Core specific to my environment or eco-system .

Just to summarize , here is what we are trying to
1. Seek dump of all alerts we have in eco-system ( Seeking your help in this ) and how to edit them .
2. Undertake comprehensive gap analysis (start with critical alerts missing and get them enabled – code a correct script with right threshold and frequency)

Regards ,
Anuj

ankukreja · Post by **ankukreja** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:43 pm

Please suggest .

Post by **Box293** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 10:56 pm

This is somewhat complicated.

You'll need to look at all the services defined and look at the check_command. Then compare the check_command with how this is defined as a command and what arguments it takes against the arguments supplied with the service definition. You'll also have to do the same for the hosts defined.

Nagios does not have a central location to look at these things. This has to do with the flexibility of Nagios and how you can configure it to do what you want.

tmcdonald · Post by **tmcdonald** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:11 pm

ankukreja, please let us know if you need further assistance.

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