Nagios Support Forum

I have a plugin that I need to deploy across all monitoring environments. I would like to automate the following:

Add the check_snmp_cisco_bgp.pl plugin to nagios. Since the API does not have a way to add plugins, would it be as simple as uploading the check_snmp_cisco_bgp.pl file to /usr/local/nagios/libexec/ or is some additional configuration required to register that plugin? If so, can the registration be handled automatically as well with running a command or modifying a file?

I believe the API will allow me to build a new command using that plugin so I think that part is OK.

Finally, I would need to create a new service check using that new command/plugin for existing devices. Today we have to copy one of the existing services and modify it with the new command. While I know that you can use the API for a service, how would I be able to match the existing hostname for that service to add an additional check in automation? Is there a way to do a lookup of the hostname configured via Ansible so that the new service gets added to the correct host? Here is an example.

Config Name BM-QUARRY-H1A-ASE has 9 services being checked. I want to add an addition BGP check to that Config Name. I can send API calls via Ansible to create the service and I can have Ansible pull information from the device as well. How can I get Ansible to pull the Config Name (and loop through all Config Names) to add this new BGP check to all devices?

Thanks!

For the plugin, you only need to put the file here:
Then set the perms:
Then add the command:
You would likely need to call the service endpoint and loop through the config_name that is returned (or build it from a process and query the config names):
[
{
"config_name": "localhost",
"host_name": [
"localhost"
],
"service_description": "Current Load",
"use": [
"local-service"
],
"check_command": "check_local_load!5.0,4.0,3.0!10.0,6.0,4.0!!!!!!",
"notes": "Testing 123",
"register": "1"
}
]

There is no inherent functionality for this at this time though.