Importing servers into CCM

[dlally]

Hello all,

I'm very new to Nagios and in the process of automating nagios monitoring of clients with puppet. What is the process I should be doing to automatically import servers into CCM? I can automate creating hosts/services by setting the target to the /services and /hosts directory using @@nagios_service and @@nagios_host, but that does not bring them into CCM. So I think that might be the wrong direction to be going?

[bbahn]

Hello dlally,

I am not familiar with puppet, but you can create new hosts/services/etc using the Nagios XI API. This makes automated creation/modification of hosts/services quite simple.

If you want to modify the core files directly, the tip in the /usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts files can point you in the right direction:

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# --- DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND --- 
# Nagios CCM will overwrite all manual settings during the next update if you 
# would like to edit files manually, place them in the 'static' directory or 
# import your configs into the CCM by placing them in the 'import' directory.

Otherwise, Nagios Core and Nagios XI track most things through the three databases nagios, nagiosql, and nagiosxi.

Hope this helps!

[kg2857]

You can import valid config files by putting them in the import dir and running the reconfigure script.

[dlally]

I appreciate the replies so far. I do understand the import directory and the API's. I guess I'm more leaning towards seeing how other people are using it in conjunction with puppet to automate these tasks.

[bbahn]

It looks like some people have found success here:
Nagios XI + Puppet?

Automated Monitoring with Nagios and Puppet

And here are some Nagios references that might come in handy:
Automated Host Management in Nagios XI 5.x
Automated Host Managemet in Nagios XI 2024