Whoops!, was working fine, then it lost its configs

[AcademyNag]

Update-
It 'sort-of' happened again... I get the same first message, I am ssh'd into the server:
- as root, # ps -fe | grep nagios show that it is running, and it is making it's server/hosts checks.
- as nagios, > nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg shows NO errors, 1 warning:
Warning: Host 'padbogn02' has no services associated with it! (doesn't matter for that server atm...)
> tailf var/nagios.log shows normal

Its the web interface that can not see the service/host status'
Where do I go from here? what can I provide?

also-
# /etc/init.d/nagios status
nagios (pid 8684) is running...

[scottwilkerson]

Are you logging in as a user that is a contact for any of the hosts on the system?

If not as slansing had mentioned before, you need to add them to the appropriate items in the cgi.cfg, ie.

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authorized_for_all_hosts=nagiosadmin,yourusernamehere

[AcademyNag]

OK,,, after I reset the system back to befor this occurred, - all was well, however, with no config change, it stopped, what you are referring to I will definately do, but, that is a symptom, I need to fix the cause, thats where i am looking. I will "manually" put my username there, though it is supposed to check by group, and provide the results and any logs, confs, or outputs yu wish I just want to get to the issue here.
and again-- Thank you for your replies and any/all help

fyi all users log in via their username authenticated by ldap, and some groups have more access than others of course.

[slansing]

though it is supposed to check by group, and provide the results and any logs, confs, or outputs yu wish I just want to get to the issue here.

As scott and I had both mentioned the way this feature works is you HAVE to have your user added to the correct lines here. True, you can add a contact to hosts/services to give them viewing access but that does not have to do with this.. to my knowledge. You are probably seeing some users have access to certain hosts/services, that us because their contact is assigned to them.

[AcademyNag]

For now- I went back to the working snapshot- so I have a working system, in order to find what is causing this issue, i have created the following: (on my own box, not the server)

Gathering Info
Crontab-
55 * * * * root /root/rsync-bak.sh

rsync-bak.sh-
#### omitted variables...............
# Actions-
rsync -ave ssh plapnag01e:/var/log/apache2 /root/naglog/apache2nag01 2>> $TEMPLOG
rsync -ave ssh plapnag01e:/usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.log /root/naglog/ 2>> $TEMPLOG
rsync -ave ssh plapnag01e:/usr/local/nagios/var/archives/nagios-06*2013-00.log /root/naglog/ 2>> $TEMPLOG
rsync -ave ssh plapnag01e:/usr/local/nagios/etc/*.cfg /root/naglog/ 2>> $TEMPLOG
tar -czvf naglog-$TDATE.tar.gz naglog

#### omitted variables...............

Contents of naglog:

actions.txt
apache2nag01
cgi.cfg
nagios-06-19-2013-00.log
nagios-06-20-2013-00.log
nagios-06-21-2013-00.log
nagios-06-22-2013-00.log
nagios-06-23-2013-00.log
nagios.cfg
nagios.log
nag-working-smiller.png
resource.cfg

naglog/apache2nag01:
apache2

naglog/apache2nag01/apache2:
access_log
access_log-20130618.bz2
access_log-20130619.bz2
access_log-20130621.bz2
access_log-20130622.bz2
access_log-20130625.bz2
error_log
error_log-20130618.bz2
rcapache2.out

I can attach this tarball, or any part of it at any time. If I need to add anything to the rsync- I can. The "nag-working-smiller.png" is a SS of the working system cgi, note the 'logged in as smiller'. If/When it fails again, I will compare the logs/cfg's, and- I'll take a SS of the Failed state.
I can also produce the entire "rsync-bak.sh" if you have questions, or would just like a giggle at my 'mad-bash-skills' (or lack thereof)

[abrist]

Let us know if the issue recurs.

[AcademyNag]

It started again, attaching screenshot, let me know what other logs to attach- I already did a diff of the .cfg files in etc...
nagios is running, and is checking the systems it monitors, just not alerting or notifying and no cgi- see attachment-

[abrist]

Does your config verify?

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/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg

Is nagios running?

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service nagios status

[AcademyNag]

abrist ,
Thank you for your time and efforts, I found the issue--
It was a faulty configuration between the keyboard and the chair- (ID10T-error)
the '/usr' partition was full- so when changes were made and you tried to write the configs- it tried, then errored, and left the cgi not knowing what to do with it
(Who watches the watcher? )

Thanks again for all your help and efforts!
I'll go away quietly now.......