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I am just looking to find out when things go to a hard down state, how it
is logged in the record and then are in soft and then full recovery.

Poking around in the file without a definition of its syntax only gets one so far.

I'm looking at wanting to parse the logfile for some verifications. An example record: ip-address [encoded-numeric-date] CURRENT SERVICE STATE: FULLY-QUALIFIED-HOSTNAME;SERVICE;OK;HARD;1;(null) What does this mean? Is there an online document which describes the format of the Nagios/Icinga logfile. ...

Hi,

I have a need to schedule maintenance mode without using the gui.

Just from a program, script, etc.

Whether it is Perl, Ruby, Python, Bash, etc. makes no difference.

Does anyone have the most simple basic-use case and an example to do the above.

Thanks!

Stuart

I still don't understand how best to use

check_interval
retry_interval
max_check_attempts

to measure something over a period so that it doesn't
massively alarm unnecessarily.

Can someone explain it in plain English non-geek-speak?

I have a nagios service which detects total memory free and alarms if it gets too low. In the service definition it provides arguments to the check_command of $_MUMBLE_THIS and $_MUMBLE_THAT... Where are these variables coming from? They are the parameters for the check_command to decide whether the...

I have some exceptions as far as groups are concerned which need to have a specific monitor added. I don't want to create a new host group. I could define the service in the services.cfg one for each host, but I am looking to take up less space in the file. Currently: define service { service_descri...

Hi,

What is the general troubleshooting process for event handler debugging in Nagios?

Stuart

Wolfgang Barth. Query Wolfgang Barth Nagios at Amazon.

Looks like event handlers require NPRE and there's no other method
of remote execution?

Hi, I am writing up an event handler to deal with a recalcitrant crashing process on a bunch of boxes which the world community in that particular tool has not solved (it has a mass of plugins and debugging it is a nightmare, if even possible.) The service and command entries for the cfg files and t...