Active directory monitoring in NagiosXI

[sajid4u2c]

Hi All,

I have a requirement to monitor different parameters for AD.
I have gone through below links . But these are incomplete so as to what parameters to be passed or how to setup the configurations at Nagios/destination server side.

https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/P ... ck/details
https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/P ... ck/details

Could you please suggest which is the best plugin to monitor AD and what all parameters of AD can be monitored through Nagios.
Thanks.

[cdienger]

Nagios can monitor anything that has a plugin. Which is the 'best' is usually a matter of what one's requirements are.

Frequently a plugins(like the ones you've linked to) will require that it be run on the remote host and not on the XI server. This can be done using agents like NSClient++ or NRPE on the remote host. Nagios then runs these plugins using check_ncpa or check_nrpe to connect to the host, execute the plugins, and return values to the Nagios server.

If you're not using either NSClient++ or NCPA at the moment then I would suggest using NCPA. Both agents can run scripts on remote machines and return the results to Nagios. The steps for NSClient++ are covered in:

https://support.nagios.com/kb/article.php?id=528​

Instructions for installing NSClient++ to work with Nagios are found in:​

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... s-XI.pdf​​
Steps for installing NCPA are found in:

https://www.nagios.org/ncpa/getting-started.php​

To run a script with NCPA you would need to copy it to the plugins directory found in the installation path(usually c:\program files (x86)\Nagios\NCPA\plugins) and then run a command like:

/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ncpa.py -H your_windows_server_ip_address -t your_windows_server_ncpa_token -P 5693 -M 'plugins/resourcecheck.ps1​'​
​
https://support.nagios.com/kb/article/n ... -722.html​ has some more information on running scripts with NCPA.

[sajid4u2c]

Thanks @ cdienger.

So do you suggest me to go with the plugins which I have listed for monitoring of AD?

Please suggest if there is any other plugin which could monitor different parameters of AD.

Thanks,

[cdienger]

Yes, use these plugins if they're able to monitor the parameters you'd like.

There is also the check_ldap plugin found in /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ldap. This plugin is what the LDAP wizard uses:

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... h-LDAP.pdf

[sajid4u2c]

Thanks @cdienger

Able to execute few LDAP checks successfully.
Please close the thread.

[cdienger]

Glad to hear!