As the api matures and is available in libraries, this information will be migrated to the development guidelines. Nagios 3 plugin api compliant parameters and output formatting. Live stats using realtime graphing api the live stats tab is an example of the ncpa realtime graphing api via websockets and a way to view realtime cpu, memory, disk, and interface details. Plugins allow you to monitor hosts, devices, services, protocols, and applications with nagios. You can use the bundled nagios cli, but you may find it easier to write your own system for interfacing with the api. To identify the status of a monitored service, nagios runs a check plugin on it. Manual pages this part provides documentation for each individual plugin that is included in the official nagios plugins distribution. Plugins follow the plugin api specification which is enriched with examples. There are nearly 4,000 additional nagios plugins that allow you to monitor most everything. Running the executable from the command line with arguments works no problems. Check that the api key correctly, as explained in opsgenie plugin configuration in nagios above. Nagira is packaged as ruby gems which provides easy installation and configuration. For any support related questions please visit the nagios support forums at.
This documentation provides information about developing plugins. It should be noted that a passed, does not mean that all coverity reported issues have been resolved, instead that the latest build submitted did not have any newly found issues, and may or may not have eliminated previously found issues. This entry talks about how to set up and test the nagios api in your environment. Plugins may also return optional performance data that can be processed by external applications. Nagios can tell what the status of the service is by reading the exit code of the check. Plugins as an abstraction layer plugins act as an abstraction layer between the monitoring logic present in the nagios core daemon and the actual services and hosts that are being monitored. Nagiosplugins considers these items to be extremely important for proper code coverage and longevity. If you write a plugin which communicates with another networked host, you should make sure to set an alarm in your code that prevents the plugin from hanging due to abnormal socket closures, etc.
At the moment, most of the scripts are for the windows operation systems. Nagios plugins installing nagios plugins from source. The main nagios plugins documentation is split into two parts. For future reference, submitting an issue on github for things like this are generally quicker to get a resolution. Increase server, services, and application availability, detect network outages and protocol failures before they affect your bottom line. It can provide information on servers assigned to the kernelcare key, or for all the servers in partner account. Download a free 60day trial of nagios xi or give the online demo a spin. Try a free, fully functional trial of nagios xi today. Nagios plugins the home of the official nagios plugins. You can use the bundled nagioscli, but you may find it easier to write your own system for interfacing with the api.
From where nagios run custom plugins stack overflow. Oct 27, 2011 this entry talks about how to set up and test the nagios api in your environment. Plugins are standalone extensions to nagios core that make it possible to monitor anything and everything with core. Apr 20, 2020 nagios plugins considers these items to be extremely important for proper code coverage and longevity. Nagios core serves as the basic event scheduler, event processor, and alert manager for elements that are monitored. Nagios core nagios network monitoring software is a powerful, enterpriseclass host, server, application, and ne. Details on this release downloads deprecated no support provided for the. These will provide you with the basic functionality that is required to view and manage the various elements monitored by nagios core.
Nagios takes steps to protect itself against unruly plugins that timeout, but any plugins you create should be well behaved on their own. This isnt very hard, but since the project is in such a state of growth, its easier. Nagios will process the results that it receives from the plugin and take any necessary actions running event handlers, sending out notifications, etc. Nagios mobile provides a flexible mobile interface for nagios that works on iphones, android phones, and all other portable devices. Create your free github account today to subscribe to this repository for new releases and build software alongside 50 million developers. Nagira is rubysinatra lightweight web services api for accessing and operating data of nagios hosts and services, accessing nagios configuration. Api endpoints and custom api extensions are a new addition as well, making it easier for users to make mass changes. The goal of this documentation is to provide the instructions to install every possible plugin that exists. Nagios plugin documentation kernelcare installation. For now, this project doesnt support packaging or have a setup. Nagios api purpose this site is used to process data related to version update checks and feedback for nagios and other products and services developed andor distributed by nagios enterprises. Nagios mobile allows you to schedule downtime and acknowledge problems directly from your smartphone, ipad, or.
Designed to be fast, flexible, and rocksolid stable. Nagios xi also includes graphs and reports, customizable dashboards and views, an integrated db, a backend api, multitenancy, and many other advanced features that will make it much quicker and easier to use, and provide a complete monitoring, alerting, graphing, and reporting solution. If youre looking at writing your own plugins for nagios, please make sure to visit. However, note that this is not a requirement of the api, so you cannot depend on this being an accurate reflection of the status of the service the. If youre looking at writing your own plugins for nagios core, please make sure. Im trying to get a plug in to work for our nagios3 install but having never installed a 3rd party plugin before i am unsure why i cannot get it to work with nagios. Nagios network monitoring software is a powerful, enterpriseclass host, server, application, and network monitoring tools.
Plugins as an abstraction layer plugins act as an abstraction layer between the monitoring logic present in the nagios daemon and the actual services and hosts that are being monitored. Nagira is rubysinatra lightweight web services api for accessing and operating data of nagios. Dec 04, 2019 the goal of this documentation is to provide the instructions to install every possible plugin that exists. Faq the faq section offers additional information on the nagios plugins package as a whole. They have become the standard nagios core interface, and are often used as an api by many nagios extensions. They can also be integrated with nagios xi or called via the api.
This program provides a simple restlike interface to nagios. Plugins process commandline arguments, perform a specific check, and then return the results to nagios core. To use this, you should first set up an api user and key for the environment that you wish to test. Nagios xi provides complete monitoring of netapp appliances including free space, filesystem usage, quotas, and overall health. We provide several customized plugin for monitoring ibm i systems. Run this on your nagios host and then sit back and enjoy a much easier. Nagios mobile works with both nagios xi and nagios core and allows you to quickly get realtime status information on your monitoring infrastructure. Nagios xi provides complete monitoring of java applications and servers.
Run this on your nagios host and then sit back and enjoy a much easier, more straightforward way to accomplish things with nagios. Beginning with nagios 3, plugins can optionally return multiple lines of output. The nagios plugins development team is proud to announce that nagiosplugins 2. I would recommend that you download the official nagios plugins and look through the code for various c, perl, and shell script plugins. I would recommend that you download the official nagios plugins and look through the code for various c, perl, and shell script. Nagios xi can increase server, services, and application availability, detect network outages and detect storage subsystem problems. The official nagios plugins package contains over 50 plugins to get you started monitoring all the basics. Nagios core will process the results that it receives from the plugin and take any necessary actions running event handlers, sending out notifications, etc. Place this information in a configuration file that can be read by the script. Nagira is rubysinatra lightweight web services api for accessing and. This version of the ucs manager nagios plug in is deprecated because it used a deprecated python sdk the following nagios plugins are available for download from cisco. Nagios exchange the official site for hundreds of communitycontributed nagios plugins, addons, extensions, enhancements, and more.