Monitoring Linux Logs

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yatigharat
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Monitoring Linux Logs

Post by yatigharat »

Dear all ,

I am configuring nagios for my test bed , i have configured windows event logs successfully but i am struggling to configure linux logs , there are no wizards as such for them . Can any one direct me how to accomplish this task. Task
abrist
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Re: Monitoring Linux Logs

Post by abrist »

There are a number of check_log like plugins on the Nagios Exchange. They mostly check for regexs/strings and alert on them:
http://exchange.nagios.org/index.php?op ... =check_log
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yatigharat
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Re: Monitoring Linux Logs

Post by yatigharat »

Hey thanks , will check it our ASAP ...
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