Nagios BPI 2.8.0 version

[mon-team]

Hello everybody,
after upgrading my PHP version to 7.2 on my Nagios XI 5.6.1 server i've noticed that the "check_bpi.php" often reach the 60s timeout during the 'Apply Configuration' process (due to the database unavailability).

This issue was not present with PHP 5.4 and the previous Nagios BPI component version (2.8.0). I don't think (i hope) this is related to the PHP upgrade as this should have speed up in general the php scripts execution.

I'd like to downgrade to the previous version of BPI ma i cannot find anywhere the 2.8.0 zip file. Could you kindly share with me the zip file or the link to download it?

Regards
Francesco

[gsmith]

Hi Francesco,

Per the documentation:

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Did you get errors in the browser? If so please send me a screenshot of them.

Please send me /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/components/bpi.log if it exists.

And finally please send me the output of:

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/usr/local/nagios/libexec//check_esx3.pl -h

Thanks

[mon-team]

Hello gsmith,
the bpi.log is empty, it simply contains :
"BEGIN BPI LOG 1568214288"

about running the script "/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_esx3.pl -h" i'm not sure what would you like me to verify..if i run the check i get back the help.

Coming back to the BPI component, i'd like to stress the fact that it's fully working, the only issue i'm experiencing some times is that the check_cpi.php (which verify the status of a BPI group) is going in timeout during the Apply Configuration process.
I've read the documentation and i know that for Nagios XI there is a particular procedure avoiding to break the component: in my test environment i have version 2.8.0 installed and if i'm not wrong it was provided by the support some times ago... but i cannot find anymore the zip files and i'd like to install this version in my production env.
Regards
Francesco

[gsmith]

Hi

I am having trouble finding a 2.8.0 download, but will keep looking. In the meantime
could you answer these questions please:


1. The version of XI that you are running came with BPI 2.8.0,
so please check the BPI component in the Admin > Manage Components menu.
It'll be under Core Components.

2. When you say:

i've noticed that the "check_bpi.php" often reach the 60s timeout during the 'Apply Configuration' process (due to the database
unavailability)

What do you mean "due to database unavailability" ?

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3. Can you update your XI ? There were improvements made in later versions for BPI ?

Thanks

[mon-team]

Hello gsmith,
currently i'm not able to upgrade my Nagios XI, i have a very large installation with some customizations and it's a medium term project.
Yes i know that the default version is the 2.8.0 but as i wrote you i upgraded to 2.8.1 on Nagios support suggestion to fix some issues (i don't remember exactly now the details).

When the 'Apply Configuration' runs the database is rewritten with the updated configuration so it's unavailable for a a period of time. In the check_bpi.php script this is managed with a specific timeout for the NDO utils set to 60s, but on my installation this timeout is reached i i cannot increase it as the Nagios scripts timeout (nagios.cfg) is set to 60s...so it will be unusefull. With the old BPI version (2.8.0) i didn't have this issue.

regards
Francesco

[gsmith]

Hi

Attached please find bpi.tar.gz. I extracted it from the xi-5.6.1.tar.gz.

Since you have done this before I am hoping you know how to get this installed.
If not please let me know and I can talk to our Dev team.

Thanks

[mon-team]

Hello gsmith,
thanks a lot for the bpi component file!
With the tar.gz file i don't know how to re-install the component.....yes i need some more details...
Thanks
Francesco

[gsmith]

Hi

Put the bpi.tar.gz file in /tmp

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tar xzvf bpi.tar.gz

You should now have a nagiosbpi directory in /tmp

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mv /usr/local/nagiosxi/html/includes/components/nagiosbpi /usr/local/nagiosxi/html/includes/components/nagiosbpi.28jul2021

cp -rp /tmp/nagiosbpi /usr/local/nagiosxi/html/includes/components/nagiosbpi 

chown -R nagios:nagios /usr/local/nagiosxi/html/includes/components/nagiosbpi 

Please restart httpd and nagios, and test it out.

Thanks

[mon-team]

Thanks gsmith,
it was so simple!
I confirm it works!

Francesco

[gsmith]

Awesome!

Have a good weekend.