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Exploring the New JSON CGIs in Nagios Core 4.0.7! (Part 1)

By Andy Brist on June 19, 2014

The JSON CGIs, from the JSON branch of core, have been officially released with Nagios Core 4.0.7!

The original design goals were:

  1. To provide all information available in current CGIs in JSON format.
  2. Place the presentation responsibility on the client to minimize network traffic and server load.
  3. Perform operations on the server side that are significantly more easily done there.
  4. Spark community developers to create new Nagios Core UI’s from the easy to work with JSON from the CGIs.

The CGIs provide an API to query object, status, and historical information through GET requests.  They use the same authentication as other CGIs.  Once queried, they return valid JSON that can be parsed into JavaScript objects for client side models and processing.  The API is very robust, providing multiple ways to limit queries – name/descriptions, host/service groups,  update/changes times, among many others.

The three new CGIs are:

  1. objectjson.cgi  (object configuration)
  2. statusjson.cgi  (status information)
  3. archivejson.cgi  (historical logs)

Additionally, a new web app is included – jsonquery.html & jsonquery.js.  This is a small UI for crafting GET requests, it can be used to trial specific parameters for GET requests, or to just explore the api.  It is also the easiest way to get acquainted with the new CGIs.

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Using the New SLA Report within Nagios XI 2014

By Spenser Reinhardt on May 29, 2014

New to Nagios XI 2014, is the ability to generate reports based on service level agreement (SLA) statistics. In addition to the already included Availability Report, the SLA Report gives you the ability to prove, via already monitored hosts and services within your Nagios system, that you are meeting or exceeding those pesky up-time agreements.

Options for SLA Reporting in Nagios 2014

As per traditional Nagios XI reporting capabilities, there are a wide variety of included time periods that will fit most use cases, as well as the ability to generate reports based on custom time periods. Reports can also be filtered by Host, Hostgroup, and Servicegroup for maximum flexibility when only specific hosts and services need to have reports generated. The final important aspect when generating a report is the modifiable SLA Target value. This allows you up to 5 points of precision when generating reports and can fully calculate the five 9s(99.999%) used in so many cases.

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Category: Business Monitoring, Cool Stuff, Nagios XI, Reports, Tech Tips, UI and Updates. Closed Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

Check Out the New Scheduled Backups Component in Nagios XI 2014

By Spenser Reinhardt on May 22, 2014

One of the coolest new features in Nagios XI 2014, is the Scheduled Backups Component. Backups may not sound cool and exciting, but in the event that your Nagios system has a major issue, or you want to restore on a fresh system, having off-disk backups can be a lifesaver. The Scheduled Backups Component also makes backups extremely easy and straight forward! Are you excited yet? If not, you’ll get there once we are done going through the many available options.

To get started head over to your local Nagios XI machine, and log into the web interface. Once you’re in, open up the Admin page and select Scheduled Backups, down on the bottom left area of your interface. You should see all three backup options are initially disabled, and there is currently no last backup size, as none have been run.

Nagios XI 2014 Scheduled Backup Component

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Category: Components, Cool Stuff, Deployment and Nagios XI. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

Monitoring Your MongoDB Database and Server with the New Wizards in Nagios XI 2014

By Sam Lansing on May 14, 2014

Every once in a while, a new database pushes to the front of the news. These databases generally bring a renewed schema and some neat tricks and features others may not offer. Due to the increasing popularity of MongoDB NoSQL databases, we have designed two new wizards for use with Nagios XI 2014: the MongoDB Database Wizard, and MongoDB Server Wizard. Continue reading ‘Monitoring Your MongoDB Database and Server with the New Wizards in Nagios XI 2014’

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