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I am planning to monitor the VMWare using the Nagios Core Plugin "check_vmware_api"

But I don't know the step to configure the plugin.

Can someone tell me the steps to be performed on the nagios Server and VMWare host which i need to monitor?

Any link where it is already mentioned will be great.

Hey @amitgupta19,

If you haven't downloaded the plugin yet the place would be in the link below, the GitHub also has installation instructions.
https://github.com/op5/check_vmware_api

You would also need to download the Perl SDK as listed in the GibHub.

Here is another topic that uses the check_vmware_api plugin.pl
https://support.nagios.com/forum/viewto ... 35&t=41915

Since you are using Core, you would need to define a new host cfg for VMWare that you want to monitor, and then define services that you want to check.
Along with defining the check_vmware_api.pl in the commands.cfg located in the path below.

Hi Kyang,

Thanks for the Help.
I will check it and revert if any other clarification is required.

Sounds good!
Let us know if you have any more questions.

Hi Kyang,

Thanks for your support, as of now i don't have any more questions.

No problem! I'll be closing this topic.

If you have any more questions, feel free to create another thread!

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