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Bash and Python NRDP Clients for Nagios

Now available 2 new clients to send passive check results to Nagios Remote Data Processor (NRDP) server.

We have just released:
send_nrdp.sh Bash NRDP Client
send_nrdp.py Python NRDP Client

You no longer need to install PHP or Perl on your client machines to run passive checks with NRDP.  Both of these implementations can accept result piped from STDIN and you can change the delimiters to whatever you like.

STDIN results should be in the following order, for HOST checks:

HOSTNAME    STATE    OUTPUT

for SERVICE checks

HOSTNAME    SERVICENAME    STATE    OUTPUT

Additionally, the bash version can take an XML file of check results formatted like so:

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<checkresults>
<checkresult type="host" checktype="1">
  <hostname>YOUR_HOSTNAME</hostname>
  <state>0</state>
  <output>OK|perfdata=1.00;5;10;0</output>
</checkresult>
<checkresult type="service" checktype="1">
  <hostname>YOUR_HOSTNAME</hostname>
  <servicename>YOUR_SERVICENAME</servicename>
  <state>0</state>
  <output>OK|perfdata=1.00;5;10;0</output>
</checkresult>
</checkresults>

 

Nagios XI Hypermap Component – version 1.1 released

Some customers requested a change in the way hypermap is shown on the screen in Nagios XI. It used to be shifted to the left, so we fixed this issue in the new version (1.1) of the Nagios XI Hypermap Component. Now the hypermap is placed in the center of the screen. It look great! Give it a try!

You can download the new version from the Nagios Library – Nagios XI Customer Downloads section.

 

Cloud Images of Nagios XI Now In Asia

The latest Amazon Ec2 cloud images have been pushed out to the following additional locations:

  • Asia Pacific (Singapore)
  • Asia Pacific (Tokyo)

The Nagios XI cloud images are an excellent opportunity to try Nagios XI without having the upfront expense of dedicated hardware and can be upgraded with virtually zero downtime.

Nagios XI Cloud Images Now In Europe

The Nagios XI ec2 cloud image is now available in the following regions in 32 and 64 bit versions:

  • US East (Virginia)
  • US West (N. California)
  • EU West (Ireland)

Additionally, the new version will automatically install the latest Nagios XI when if is first booted. This will eliminate the need to change AMI ID’s when new version come out.  While it is convenient to not have to lookup the AMI ID, please be aware when you first start your instance the current version of Nagios XI is installed and compiled at boot. This will take at least 15 minutes before the instance will become available. The amount of time will depend on the instance size you create.

Another change was made to meet Amazon security guidelines and now all instances have an ec2-user account to be used for ssh access.  This user has full sudo access and will login with a key pair as usual.

Additional documentation on using the Amazon cloud images for your Nagios XI deployment may be found on the Exchange.

Using Nagios XI In Amazon EC2 Cloud

Using FTP in Nagios to deploy NSClient++

Many customers showed interest in deploying NSClient++ to multiple machines across a windows domain, without the need to log in remotely or be physically present on these machines.

If you are using Nagios to monitor a windows environment, you can use FTP as a component to deploying NSClient++. We just posted a document on the Nagios Library, which explains how to configure FTP for Nagios. You can review it here.

Additional information on deploying NSClient++ via FTP in Nagios will be available soon.

Managing Remote Nagios XI Servers

Managing a Nagios XI server is an important requirement to ensure that the monitoring server can be configured to meet organizational needs and that application updates (patches and upgrades) can be applied. Nagios XI servers that are placed on remote networks often requires that an administrator configures firewalls and routers to allow access to management features.

We wrote a short document that describes the requirements for and methods of managing remote Nagios XI servers. To learn more, read the document on Nagios Exchange.

Enabling Out-Of-Band (OOB) SMS Notifications In Nagios With The Multi-Tech iSMS


We’ve had a number of requests from customers that need SMS notification capabilities in Nagios XI. SMS provides a method for sending out-of-band (OOB) notifications over the cellphone network, thereby increasing the reliability and dependability of receiving critical alerts and notifications. This can be especially helpful if you need to receive alerts from your Nagios server in your data center when your Internet connection fails.

To facilitate reliable SMS notifications, we integrated the Multi-Tech iSMS GSM modem with Nagios XI. You can find the integration documentation and component at the links below:

Documentation: MultiTech iSMS Integration With Nagios XI

Component: Multi-Tech iSMS Nagios XI Notification Component

Using Nagios XI In Amazon EC2 Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS)We are pleased to announce that you can now easily launch your Nagios XI monitoring server easily in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).  We have available clean centOS 6 with Nagios XI pre-installed available for public and customer use.  This makes it extremely easy for Nagios XI Administrators to start additional server without the need to procure or invest in hardware.  Additionally, those wishing to demo Nagios XI can easily do so using the cloud.

The full how-to documentation is available in the Nagios Library article Using Nagios XI In Amazon EC2 Cloud

This document describes how to launch a new pre-installed Nagios XI server in the Amazon EC2 cloud and is intended for  Nagios XI Administrators who would like to bring up new Nagios XI instances in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) as well as those who are moving existing installations to the cloud.  Start a trial copy of Nagios XI in the cloud!

If you are new to Nagios XI, or would like to see it in action, this would be a fast and efficient way to give it a test run.

Nagios XI Operations Screen For Your NOC Monitors

A new Nagios XI user asked us to integrate a dashboard into Nagios XI that could be used to display the status of everything that’s being monitored on a NOC screen. We modified an existing project to work with Nagios XI’s authorization functions and voila – a new awesome operations screen for Nagios!

You can download the opscreen component from Nagios Exchange.

Nagios SNMP Trap Interface (NSTI) Available

 

Nagios SNMP Trap Interface has been uploaded to the nagios project SVN repo. Its goal is to make it easier to see what traps have arrived and provides a sane way to keep track of SNMP traps.
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