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Hello Nagios XI support

Please help with questions around monitoring Web-portals:

1) Web-Inject
- could we edit XML files already created? (for not to keep re-creating services for any minor changes)?
- In Nagios advanced class we were told that web-inject plugin used in XI is outdated / console.de plugin has to be used instead. please comment and advice how to update properly?

2) Is there any any 3rd party plugins you could recommend for generic Web-portal monitoring/transactions monitoring (logins, checks, some simple operations) ?

Thank you

Webinject should work for both of these. Yes, you could edit the XML files created, but each test case would HAVE to work with what you choose to change.

Take a look at our exchange, to see if anything will work for you. https://exchange.nagios.org/index.php?o ... b%20inject

rkennedy wrote:Webinject should work for both of these. Yes, you could edit the XML files created, but each test case would HAVE to work with what you choose to change.

Take a look at our exchange, to see if anything will work for you. https://exchange.nagios.org/index.php?o ... b%20inject

How do we edit XML files?
- they are nowhere to be found after creation.. not by file name

They will probably be in /usr/local/nagiosxi/etc/components/ but check in /usr/local/nagios/libexec as well.

I can't guarantee compatibility between our wizard and the console.de plugin, you could put the check_webinject file in libexec and use it from there, you would have to create a new check_webinject command:
You could try replacing ours but it may get overwritten on upgrades:

back it up first:
If it doesn't work that way just revert the change:

ssax wrote:They will probably be in /usr/local/nagiosxi/etc/components/ but check in /usr/local/nagios/libexec as well.

I can't guarantee compatibility between our wizard and the console.de plugin, you could put the check_webinject file in libexec and use it from there, you would have to create a new check_webinject command:

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cd /usr/local/nagios/libexec
wget https://labs.consol.de/assets/downloads/check_webinject-1.84.tar.gz
tar zxf check_webinject-1.84.tar.gz
chmod +x check_webinject

You could try replacing ours but it may get overwritten on upgrades:

back it up first:

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cp /usr/local/nagiosxi/etc/components/webinject/webinject.pl /usr/local/nagiosxi/etc/components/webinject/webinject.pl.bak
cd /usr/local/nagiosxi/etc/components/webinject
wget https://labs.consol.de/assets/downloads/check_webinject-1.84.tar.gz
tar zxf check_webinject-1.84.tar.gz
mv check_webinject webinject.pl
chmod +x webinject.pl

If it doesn't work that way just revert the change:

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cp /usr/local/nagiosxi/etc/components/webinject/webinject.pl.bak /usr/local/nagiosxi/etc/components/webinject/webinject.pl

It probably makes sense to use it renamed as custom command.
- how to create a command properly if I am to copy 1.84 as 'check_webinject_custom.pl' ?
- would this be 1 command per XML case?

found XML files, thank you

Just upload the file to your libexec directory, and then use the CCM to create a command.

Yes, one command per XML case.

rkennedy wrote:Just upload the file to your libexec directory, and then use the CCM to create a command.

Yes, one command per XML case.

Thank you
Please close this thread

Sounds good - closing this up.