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sasivarenan
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Nagios log history missing

Post by sasivarenan »

Hi Team,

We are running Nagios Core 4.0.1

The server is running in AWS to monitor other instance using snmp(not NRPE).

Previously we can find the archive log in the nagios logs and as well in event log from console.
Due to some issue we changed configuration but from that day archive logs were not storing properly. It store only with timing of 00:00:00 no data found after that. Please find configuration details of logs and i have attached the screenshot of event logs from console(Edited image).

i couldn't figured out where things gone wrong, Please assist.
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# LOG ROTATION METHOD
# This is the log rotation method that Nagios should use to rotate
# the main log file. Values are as follows..
#       n       = None - don't rotate the log
#       h       = Hourly rotation (top of the hour)
#       d       = Daily rotation (midnight every day)
#       w       = Weekly rotation (midnight on Saturday evening)
#       m       = Monthly rotation (midnight last day of month)

log_rotation_method=d

# LOG ARCHIVE PATH
# This is the directory where archived (rotated) log files should be
# placed (assuming you've chosen to do log rotation).

log_archive_path=/usr/local/nagios/var/archives

# LOGGING OPTIONS
# If you want messages logged to the syslog facility, as well as the
# Nagios log file set this option to 1.  If not, set it to 0.

use_syslog=1

# NOTIFICATION LOGGING OPTION
# If you don't want notifications to be logged, set this value to 0.
# If notifications should be logged, set the value to 1.

log_notifications=1

# SERVICE RETRY LOGGING OPTION
# If you don't want service check retries to be logged, set this value
# to 0.  If retries should be logged, set the value to 1.

log_service_retries=1

# HOST RETRY LOGGING OPTION
# If you don't want host check retries to be logged, set this value to
# 0.  If retries should be logged, set the value to 1.

log_host_retries=1

# EVENT HANDLER LOGGING OPTION
# If you don't want host and service event handlers to be logged, set
# this value to 0.  If event handlers should be logged, set the value
# to 1.

log_event_handlers=1

# INITIAL STATES LOGGING OPTION
# If you want Nagios to log all initial host and service states to
# the main log file (the first time the service or host is checked)
# you can enable this option by setting this value to 1.  If you
# are not using an external application that does long term state
# statistics reporting, you do not need to enable this option.  In
# this case, set the value to 0.

log_initial_states=0

# CURRENT STATES LOGGING OPTION
# If you don't want Nagios to log all current host and service states
# after log has been rotated to the main log file, you can disable this
# option by setting this value to 0. Default value is 1.

log_current_states=1

# EXTERNAL COMMANDS LOGGING OPTION
# If you don't want Nagios to log external commands, set this value
# to 0.  If external commands should be logged, set this value to 1.
# Note: This option does not include logging of passive service
# checks - see the option below for controlling whether or not
# passive checks are logged.

log_external_commands=1

# PASSIVE CHECKS LOGGING OPTION
# If you don't want Nagios to log passive host and service checks, set
# this value to 0.  If passive checks should be logged, set
# this value to 1.

log_passive_checks=1
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Re: Nagios log history missing

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sasivarenan wrote:Due to some issue we changed configuration but from that day archive logs were not storing properly. It store only with timing of 00:00:00 no data found after that
What was the change?
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Re: Nagios log history missing

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Box293 wrote:
sasivarenan wrote:Due to some issue we changed configuration but from that day archive logs were not storing properly. It store only with timing of 00:00:00 no data found after that
What was the change?

We using check_snmp_storage.pl plugin to monitor disk space and memory. But we are getting the error description/type table so we increased the time out in command.cfg but it didnt solve so we again changed to default.

In nagios.cfg we changed the log_rotation_method=d from hour to day.

we have also installed nagiosgraph.

The above are the changes.
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Re: Nagios log history missing

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Can you run the following to see in the configuration files are verified correctly and post the output?

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/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
Can you restart the nagios process to see if that resolves it?

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service nagios restart
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Re: Nagios log history missing

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Please find the output below


Nagios Core 4.0.1
Copyright (c) 2009-present Nagios Core Development Team and Community Contributo rs
Copyright (c) 1999-2009 Ethan Galstad
Last Modified: 10-15-2013
License: GPL

Website: http://www.nagios.org
Reading configuration data...
Read main config file okay...
Read object config files okay...

Running pre-flight check on configuration data...

Checking objects...
Checked 67 services.
Checked 5 hosts.
Checked 1 host groups.
Checked 0 service groups.
Checked 1 contacts.
Checked 1 contact groups.
Checked 28 commands.
Checked 5 time periods.
Checked 0 host escalations.
Checked 0 service escalations.
Checking for circular paths...
Checked 5 hosts
Checked 0 service dependencies
Checked 0 host dependencies
Checked 5 timeperiods
Checking global event handlers...
Checking obsessive compulsive processor commands...
Checking misc settings...

Total Warnings: 0
Total Errors: 0

Things look okay - No serious problems were detected during the pre-flight check





It remains the same after restarting nagios. We have restarted lot of times before but didn't got succcess.
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Re: Nagios log history missing

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Can you run the following commands and post the output?

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ll /usr/local/nagios/var/archives
ll /usr/local/nagios/var
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Re: Nagios log history missing

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-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Apr 21 23:59 nagios-04-22-2015-00.log
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-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Apr 27 23:59 nagios-04-28-2015-00.log
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-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Apr 29 23:59 nagios-04-30-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  6986 Apr 30 23:59 nagios-05-01-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  6986 May  1 23:59 nagios-05-02-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  6986 May  2 23:59 nagios-05-03-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 May  3 23:59 nagios-05-04-2015-00.log
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-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 May  6 23:59 nagios-05-07-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 May  7 23:59 nagios-05-08-2015-00.log
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-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 May  9 23:59 nagios-05-10-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 May 10 23:59 nagios-05-11-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 May 11 23:59 nagios-05-12-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 May 12 23:59 nagios-05-13-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 May 13 23:59 nagios-05-14-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 May 14 23:59 nagios-05-15-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios 10470 May 15 23:59 nagios-05-16-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios 10470 May 16 23:59 nagios-05-17-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 May 17 23:59 nagios-05-18-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 May 18 23:59 nagios-05-19-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 May 19 23:59 nagios-05-20-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 May 20 23:59 nagios-05-21-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 May 21 23:59 nagios-05-22-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios 14232 May 22 23:47 nagios-05-23-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 May 23 23:59 nagios-05-24-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 May 24 23:59 nagios-05-25-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 May 25 23:59 nagios-05-26-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios 13941 May 26 23:47 nagios-05-27-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 May 27 23:59 nagios-05-28-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 May 28 23:59 nagios-05-29-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 May 29 23:59 nagios-05-30-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 May 30 23:59 nagios-05-31-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 May 31 23:59 nagios-06-01-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 Jun  1 23:59 nagios-06-02-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 Jun  2 23:59 nagios-06-03-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8479 Jun  3 23:59 nagios-06-04-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8479 Jun  4 23:59 nagios-06-05-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8479 Jun  5 23:59 nagios-06-06-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8479 Jun  6 23:59 nagios-06-07-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8479 Jun  7 23:59 nagios-06-08-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8479 Jun  8 23:59 nagios-06-09-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8479 Jun  9 23:59 nagios-06-10-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8479 Jun 10 23:59 nagios-06-11-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8479 Jun 11 23:59 nagios-06-12-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8479 Jun 12 23:59 nagios-06-13-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8479 Jun 13 23:59 nagios-06-14-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8479 Jun 14 23:59 nagios-06-15-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8479 Jun 15 23:59 nagios-06-16-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 Jun 16 23:59 nagios-06-17-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Jun 17 23:59 nagios-06-18-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Jun 18 23:59 nagios-06-19-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Jun 19 23:59 nagios-06-20-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Jun 20 23:59 nagios-06-21-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Jun 21 23:59 nagios-06-22-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Jun 22 23:59 nagios-06-23-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Jun 23 23:59 nagios-06-24-2015-00.log
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-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Jun 28 23:59 nagios-06-29-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Jun 29 23:59 nagios-06-30-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Jun 30 23:59 nagios-07-01-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Jul  1 23:59 nagios-07-02-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Jul  2 23:59 nagios-07-03-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Jul  3 23:59 nagios-07-04-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Jul  4 23:59 nagios-07-05-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Jul  5 23:59 nagios-07-06-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8481 Jul  6 23:59 nagios-07-07-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 Jul  7 23:59 nagios-07-08-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 Jul  8 23:59 nagios-07-09-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 Jul  9 23:59 nagios-07-10-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8480 Jul 10 23:59 nagios-07-11-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8479 Jul 11 23:59 nagios-07-12-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8364 Jul 13 23:59 nagios-07-14-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8364 Jul 14 23:59 nagios-07-15-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8364 Jul 15 23:59 nagios-07-16-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8364 Jul 16 23:59 nagios-07-17-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8364 Jul 17 23:59 nagios-07-18-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8364 Jul 18 23:59 nagios-07-19-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8364 Jul 19 23:59 nagios-07-20-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8364 Jul 20 23:59 nagios-07-21-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8364 Jul 21 23:59 nagios-07-22-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8364 Jul 22 23:59 nagios-07-23-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8364 Jul 23 23:59 nagios-07-24-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8364 Jul 24 23:59 nagios-07-25-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8364 Jul 25 23:59 nagios-07-26-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8366 Jul 26 23:59 nagios-07-27-2015-00.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  8366 Jul 27 23:59 nagios-07-28-2015-00.log



The above are the output for archive folder.

total 13724
drwxrwxr-x 2 nagios nagios    36864 Jul 27 23:59 archives
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios   249156 Jul 28 18:59 nagios.debug
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios  1000011 Jul 28 18:59 nagios.debug.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache      303 Apr  3 14:57 nagiosgraph-cgi.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios    71903 Apr  3 16:39 nagiosgraph.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios        6 Jul 28 13:15 nagios.lock
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios    55685 Jul 28 18:15 nagios.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios    68166 Jul 28 13:15 objects.cache
-rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios    68165 Jul 28 13:15 objects.precache
-rw------- 1 nagios nagios    96220 Jul 28 18:15 retention.dat
drwxr-xr-x 7 nagios apache     4096 Apr  3 16:34 rrd
drwxrwsr-x 2 nagios nagcmd     4096 Jul 28 13:15 rw
drwxr-xr-x 3 root   root       4096 Mar  6 10:18 spool
-rw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagios    96041 Jul 28 18:59 status.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   12260574 May  2 06:38 test.txt


the above are the output of var directory..
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Re: Nagios log history missing

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This setting "process_performance_data" is defined twice in the nagios.cfg file. Once on line 809 it is set to zero and on line 1337 it is set to one, you may want to fix that.
Is there performance data in the /tmp/perfdata.log file?
Can you also check the /var/log/messages file to see if Nagios is logging data there?
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Re: Nagios log history missing

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Hi thanks

Please find the answer below

This setting "process_performance_data" is defined twice in the nagios.cfg file. Once on line 809 it is set to zero and on line 1337 it is set to one, you may want to fix that.

Actually we have installed nagiosgraph so we enabled process_performance_data but we didnt touch the defaut nagios.cfg files so there is a presence twice. If we want to remove one which one should be line 809 or 1337.

Is there performance data in the /tmp/perfdata.log file?

yes, there is performance data in the /tmp/perfdata.log file.

Can you also check the /var/log/messages file to see if Nagios is logging data there?

yes, i can find the nagios is logging data in /var/log/messages.
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Re: Nagios log history missing

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You would want to remove line 809 from the nagios.cfg file and restart nagios.

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service nagios restart
Could you post your /usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.log file?
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