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How to monitor a perticular nagios server with other nagios server?

I need to get alert if one nagios server goes down. Is there any cfg file that could help me to configure it?

Greetings you could use the Nagios XI Server wizard found under Configure > Configuration Wizards to make sure the remote Nagios server is up and has the proper services running.

Thanks for the reply. Am looking for a cfg file to monitor nagios.

Here is the host definition created by the wizard:

define host {
host_name 192.168.3.120
use xiwizard_nagiosxiserver_host
address 192.168.3.120
max_check_attempts 1
check_interval 1
retry_interval 1
check_period xi_timeperiod_24x7
contacts nagiosadmin
notification_interval 60
notification_period xi_timeperiod_24x7
icon_image nagiosxiserver.png
statusmap_image nagiosxiserver.png
_xiwizard nagiosxiserver
register 1
}

And here are the services:

define service {
host_name 192.168.3.120
service_description HTTP
use xiwizard_nagiosxiserver_http_service
max_check_attempts 1
check_interval 1
retry_interval 1
check_period xi_timeperiod_24x7
notification_interval 60
notification_period xi_timeperiod_24x7
contacts nagiosadmin
_xiwizard nagiosxiserver
register 1
}

define service {
host_name 192.168.3.120
service_description I/O Wait
use xiwizard_nagiosxiserver_service
check_command check_xi_nagiosxiserver!--address=192.168.3.120 --url=http://192.168.3.120/nagiosxi/ --username=nagiosadmin --ticket="Km35RGJE" --mode=iowait --warn="5" --crit="15"
max_check_attempts 1
check_interval 1
retry_interval 1
check_period xi_timeperiod_24x7
notification_interval 60
notification_period xi_timeperiod_24x7
contacts nagiosadmin
_xiwizard nagiosxiserver
register 1
}

define service {
host_name 192.168.3.120
service_description Load
use xiwizard_nagiosxiserver_service
check_command check_xi_nagiosxiserver!--address=192.168.3.120 --url=http://192.168.3.120/nagiosxi/ --username=nagiosadmin --ticket="Km35RGJE" --mode=load --warn="5,4,4" --crit="10,10,7"
max_check_attempts 1
check_interval 1
retry_interval 1
check_period xi_timeperiod_24x7
notification_interval 60
notification_period xi_timeperiod_24x7
contacts nagiosadmin
_xiwizard nagiosxiserver
register 1
}

define service {
host_name 192.168.3.120
service_description Nagios XI Daemons
use xiwizard_nagiosxiserver_service
check_command check_xi_nagiosxiserver!--address=192.168.3.120 --url=http://192.168.3.120/nagiosxi/ --username=nagiosadmin --ticket="Km35RGJE" --mode=daemons
max_check_attempts 1
check_interval 1
retry_interval 1
check_period xi_timeperiod_24x7
notification_interval 60
notification_period xi_timeperiod_24x7
contacts nagiosadmin
_xiwizard nagiosxiserver
register 1
}

define service {
host_name 192.168.3.120
service_description Nagios XI Jobs
use xiwizard_nagiosxiserver_service
check_command check_xi_nagiosxiserver!--address=192.168.3.120 --url=http://192.168.3.120/nagiosxi/ --username=nagiosadmin --ticket="Km35RGJE" --mode=jobs
max_check_attempts 1
check_interval 1
retry_interval 1
check_period xi_timeperiod_24x7
notification_interval 60
notification_period xi_timeperiod_24x7
contacts nagiosadmin
_xiwizard nagiosxiserver
register 1
}

define service {
host_name 192.168.3.120
service_description Ping
use xiwizard_nagiosxiserver_ping_service
max_check_attempts 1
check_interval 1
retry_interval 1
check_period xi_timeperiod_24x7
notification_interval 60
notification_period xi_timeperiod_24x7
contacts nagiosadmin
_xiwizard nagiosxiserver
register 1
}

Obviously change the IP address and ticket to your unique values. The ticket can be gathered from the backend api by going to http://ipofremotenagiosserver/nagiosxi/ ... agiosadmin password=40be4e59b9a2a2b5dffb918c0e86b3d7 where 40be4e59.... is the md5 hash of the nagiosadmin password.