Can we label a port in nagios hosts ?

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soamz
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Can we label a port in nagios hosts ?

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Hello, im doing port monitoring of various switches in nagios and it works wonderful.

But I issue I face is, Im not able to know which port is doing what unless I remember.

For example, I get notification s

DEVICE CISCO A = port 21 down.

But I want to label my ports like , port 21 (current sensor)

So, notification should come like
DEVICE CISCO A = port 21 down (current sensor ) is down.
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Re: Can we label a port in nagios hosts ?

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If you want to add custom labels / information to your service checks to get betters details / descriptions, you could use the Notes object.
The description of the notes object.
notes: This directive is used to define an optional string of notes pertaining to the service.
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... ml#service
Just add the notes object to your service checks and then you would have to edit your notification command and add the $SERVICENOTES$ macro to it so when an email is sent, it will also send the information from the notes field from your service.
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... rvicenotes
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soamz
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Re: Can we label a port in nagios hosts ?

Post by soamz »

So lets say, my host group is - DC001 NOC SWITCHES.

And one host added is - CORE NOC CISCO 001 SWITCH

And Im monitoring the ports ge0/0/1 and ge0/0/11


Can I name ge0/0/11 as "NOC SWITCH CURRENT SENSOR" ?

So, when the port goes off,

will I get email like,


DC001 NOC SWITCHES
NOC SWITCH CURRENT SENSOR is critical ?
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Re: Can we label a port in nagios hosts ?

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If you add the "NOC SWITCH CURRENT SENSOR" to the notes object for that service and edit the notify-service-by-email command to add the notes field and the Hostgroup macro to it, you could format the email to how you would like it to look.

Try editing the notify-service-by-email command like the example below, and see if this is what you are looking for.

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/usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios Monitor XI Alert *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$\n$HOSTGROUPNAME$\n$SERVICENOTES$" | /bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Service Alert: $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
What I did was add the following to the command in the body of the message

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\n$HOSTGROUPNAME$\n$SERVICENOTES$
That will add the hostgroup name as well as the Notes field to the email notification.
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Re: Can we label a port in nagios hosts ?

Post by soamz »

For example i have one host and service definition and port monitoring in configuration file of nagios. Can you tell me where you should i fit the note attributes in below configuration so that i get alert with notes when the monitored port gets down

define host{
use generic-switch ; Inherit default values from a template
host_name LEWIS ; The name we're giving to this switch
alias LEWIS ; A longer name associated with the switch
address 10.10.X.X ; IP address of the switch
hostgroups test21 ; Host groups this switch is associated with
}

define service{
use generic-service ; Inherit values from a template
host_name LEWIS ; The name of the host the service is associated with
service_description PING ; The service description
check_command check_ping!200.0,20%!600.0,60% ; The command used to monitor the service
normal_check_interval 5 ; Check the service every 5 minutes under normal conditions
retry_check_interval 1 ; Re-check the service every minute until its final/hard state is determined
}

define service{
use generic-service ; Inherit values from a template
host_name LEWIS
service_description Port 4 Link Status
check_command check_snmp!-C test -o ifOperStatus.10604 -r 1 -m RFC1213-MIB
}
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Re: Can we label a port in nagios hosts ?

Post by tgriep »

You would put the notes field in the service check for the port check.

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define service{
use generic-service ; Inherit values from a template
host_name LEWIS
service_description Port 4 Link Status
check_command check_snmp!-C test -o ifOperStatus.10604 -r 1 -m RFC1213-MIB
notes	"Put your label/note here"
}
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