Nagios system operational readiness checklist/scripts?

[awilson]

Hi. Has anyone shared a script or checklist that could be used to "verify" that the Nagios XI system is ready for operation? Our server ops team does periodic patching and I'd like to have a tool that could give us confidence that the system wasn't somehow placed in a less reliable state.

Thanks!

[npolovenko]

Hello, @awilson. The most reliable way to go about this is to spin up a test non-production clone of the Nagios XI and apply all patches and updates there first. Then monitor the non-production system's performance for a week. Your license allows you to do that for free: https://support.nagios.com/kb/article.php?id=145
Another, the less reliable option is to check the XI System Component Status dashboard and the Monitoring Engine Status dashboard under the Admin menu.

[rexconsulting]

I'm only half-joking: Break something and see if Nagios goes off.

Sometimes when we @ Rex write custom checks, we can't have them tested until something really breaks, and that is a bit frustrating.

If you can afford a really good test environment, that's the best way for sure tho!

[lmiltchev]

@awilson, let us know if you have any more questions.

[awilson]

This can be locked.
Alan