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Hello,

I am still exploring Nagios XI features and I was wondering If the below can be done.

Send a CSV File to nagios, nagios receives it and transform it into a graph or multiple graphs ?

Is there anyway to accomplish that?

Thanks,
Peter

Just to clarify, are you looking to monitor a CSV file some how?

The reason I ask is because I'm a bit confused here. What you're describing sounds more like you need a graphing software.

Hello,

Thank you for replying.

What I have is a server that generates a table in a CSV format every 5 min for example. I am looking for a way on Nagios XI to receive those CSV files every 5 minutes and add them together to form a live graph.

What I thought of doing is creating a script that extract the data I need from the CSV file and send them to a check_command performance data. But before digging into this solution I was wondering if there is an add-on in Nagios XI that can do such a thing.

Thanks,
Peter

Off the top of my head, I don't know of a plugin that would do this. Check out our exchange - you might be able to find one there. https://exchange.nagios.org

What I thought of doing is creating a script that extract the data I need from the CSV file and send them to a check_command performance data. But before digging into this solution I was wondering if there is an add-on in Nagios XI that can do such a thing.

I don't see a reason why this wouldn't work though. By pulling data from the CSV, and assigning it to a value / variable - it should end up graphing fine once you present it in the performance data. It sounds very useful for those applications that will export as CSV.

Hello,

Apologies for the late reply. I have forgotten this post.

I have created a script that takes all values from the CSV file and send them as perfdata with passive checks. This was the most straightforward solution for me.

I am fine with closing this post.

Many Thanks,
Peter