Nagios XI - Oracle Checks

[paddymccoy]

We are in the process of setting up new Oracle checks in order to monitor some Linux servers.

Specifically

- check oracle instant
- check oracle health
- check oracle db

So will likely have to install the Oracle Client for Nagios XI.

1. We currently have a Nagios system set up with 3 Mod_Gearman servers. Will this create any issues?
2. The connectivity requires to pass credentials. Are these credentials passed in plain text?

Regards,

Paddy McCoy

[benjaminsmith]

Hi Paddy,

Here's our official setup documentation for using the Oracle Wizards in Nagios XI.

How To Install & Configure The Oracle Client & Plugins

In regards, to your questions:

1. That will be fine - the Oracle plugin will not create any issues with Mod Gearman.

2. The passwords are passed to the plugin as plain text. In most use cases, customers are monitoring a database on a local or private network. There is more information about authentication for this plugin on the following page:
https://labs.consol.de/nagios/check_ora ... index.html

Hope that helps and let me know if you have more questions. Benjamin

[paddymccoy]

Thank you Benjamin.

[paddymccoy]

Could you clarify a couple of things.

- Oracle client & plugins seem to consist of three checks

check_xi_oraclequery,
check_xi_oracleserverspace
check_xi_oracletablespace

These call the command check_oracle_health.

You imply that they are in fact using this plugin - which comes from Consol labs

Can you confirm that this is the case?

- What server port would need to be opened to use this check?

[benjaminsmith]

HI,

Can you confirm that this is the case?

Yes, that is correct. The default port would be 1521.

Hope that helps and let me know if you have any other questions.