Resurrecting How to M/A/C an interface for a Cisco router

[dfmco]

Please refer to the April 2015 thread "How to M/A/C an interface for a Cisco router" https://support.nagios.com/forum/viewto ... 16&t=32377

So I am at another crossroads and was hoping some developments have been made since my original question in 2015. We have to do another rediscover to pick up a new interface in the Cisco router and we also have to update an existing interface description in Nagios. Have any updates been made to the router/switch wizard that would allow us to rediscover the routers and update the data?

[ssax]

Unfortunately not, I submitted a feature request for this as well but there hasn't been any movement on it as of yet:

FR: XI - Network Switch / Router Wizard - Add re-scan or ability to re-query the device for updated ports/vlans/names/descriptions.

[dfmco]

How can we get some attention drawn to this? It seems like a super basic thing to do. Maybe the manual steps could be scripted? I posted this solution a while back and may have to see if it is still valid:

Write shell script that takes an argument (host)
rm /usr/local/nagiosxi/tmp/mrtgscan* -f
rm -f /etc/mrtg/conf.d/<hostname passed in argument+.cfg>

Then I could re-run the wizard using the same hostname and IP and I would get all of the updated information. Is that correct?

Would this keep my performance data or wipe it out?

[ssax]

There's not much we can do, support doesn't control the priorities of development. If you have concerns I can have a CSM reach out to you if you'd like?

The feature request has been submitted but it's just a request anyways, if you want a guarantee that it will be implemented we do offer paid custom development, if that is something you are interested in you can reach out to [email protected] to get more information/a quote.

That would keep your performance data in /usr/local/nagios/share/perfdata and also the MRTG perfdata in /var/lib/mrtg.

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#!/bin/bash
HOSTNAME="$1"

\rm -f /usr/local/nagiosxi/tmp/mrtgscan*
\rm -f /usr/local/nagiosxi/tmp/mrtg*
\rm -f "/etc/mrtg/conf.d/$HOSTNAME.cfg"

echo "Done"
exit 0

[dfmco]

For the code posted, where would I run that? I see the hostname variable so I am guessing it would run inside Nagios? Would a CSM be the best way forward or custom development?

Thanks!

[ssax]

You would run it on the XI server.

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chmod +x scriptname
./scriptname HOSTNAME

If that doesn't meet your needs then paid custom development would really be the only option as the functionality you're looking for doesn't currently exist as a part of the product. Having a CSM contact you wouldn't really help in this case, it was more for them to address any comments/concerns you have with the previously submitted feature requests.

If you'd like more information on paid custom development you can reach out to [email protected].