How to add windows host in nagios 4.3.40 on OpenSUSE leap 42.3
To add Windows host in Nagios(4.3.4) on OpenSUSE leap 42.3
Nagios is an open source monitoring tool, with Nagios, you can monitor your remote hosts and their services remotely on a single window. It shows warnings and indicates if something goes wrong or not in its usual way.
Procedure
Open your Nagios server
To add Windows host in Nagios server install NCPA plugin(Nagios Cross Platform Agent) you can download and install ncpa in any archive format as follows
linuxhelp:~ # wget https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/ncpa/check_ncpa.tar.gz
--2018-04-06 16:35:54-- https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/ncpa/check_ncpa.tar.gz
Resolving assets.nagios.com (assets.nagios.com)... 72.14.181.71, 2600:3c00::f03c:91ff:fedf:b821
Connecting to assets.nagios.com (assets.nagios.com)|72.14.181.71|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 4129 (4.0K) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘ check_ncpa.tar.gz’
100%[=============================================> ] 4,129 --.-K/s in 0.008s
2018-04-06 16:35:55 (523 KB/s) - ‘ check_ncpa.tar.gz’ saved [4129/4129]
After downloading extract the downloaded package
linuxhelp:~ # tar -zxf check_ncpa.tar.gz linuxhelp:~ # mv check_ncpa.py /usr/local/nagios/libexec/ linuxhelp:~ # chown nagios:nagios /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ncpa.py linuxhelp:~ # chmod 775 /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ncpa.py Next add your command (ncpa into commands.cfg) linuxhelp:~ # vim /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/commands.cfg Define your command as define command { command_name check_ncpa command_line $USER1$/check_ncpa.py -H $HOSTADDRESS$ $ARG1$ }
assign a appropriate permission to the added script
linuxhelp:/usr/local/nagios/ext # chown &ndash R nagios.nagios /usr/local/nagios/
linuxhelp:/usr/local/nagios/ext # chmod &ndash R 775 /usr/local/nagios/
And then Save and exit the configuration and restart both the Apache and Nagios
linuxhelp:~ # systemctl restart nagios
linuxhelp:~ # systemctl restart apache2
Now move to your windows machine and download the ncpa plugin for windows from Nagios official website
Next move to Nagios server and go to /usr/local/nagios/etc path location
linuxhelp:~ # cd /usr/local/nagios/etc
linuxhelp: /usr/local/nagios/etc # vim nagios.cfg
add
cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/servers
Save and exit the file. Then create and move inside the directory
linuxhelp:~ # cd /usr/local/nagios/etc linuxhelp: /usr/local/nagios/etc/ # mkdir servers linuxhelp: /usr/local/nagios/etc/servers # vim windows.cfg define host { host_name Windows Host address 192.168.7.102 check_command check_ncpa!-t ' Nagios' -P 5693 -M system/agent_version max_check_attempts 5 check_interval 5 retry_interval 1 check_period 24x7 contacts nagiosadmin notification_interval 60 notification_period 24x7 notifications_enabled 1 icon_image ncpa.png statusmap_image ncpa.png register 1 } define service { host_name Windows Host service_description CPU Usage check_command check_ncpa!-t ' Nagios' -P 5693 -M cpu/percent -w 20 -c 40 -q ' aggregate=avg' max_check_attempts 5 check_interval 5 retry_interval 1 check_period 24x7 notification_interval 60 notification_period 24x7 contacts nagiosadmin register 1 } define service { host_name Windows Host service_description Memory Usage check_command check_ncpa!-t ' Nagios' -P 5693 -M memory/virtual -w 50 -c 80 -u G max_check_attempts 5 check_interval 5 retry_interval 1 check_period 24x7 notification_interval 60 notification_period 24x7 contacts nagiosadmin register 1 } define service { host_name Windows Host service_description Process Count check_command check_ncpa!-t ' Nagios' -P 5693 -M processes -w 150 -c 200 max_check_attempts 5 check_interval 5 retry_interval 1 check_period 24x7 notification_interval 60 notification_period 24x7 contacts nagiosadmin register 1 }
After providing your configuration save and exit from the file
Now restart your Nagios and Apache service
linuxhelp: /usr/local/nagios/etc/servers # systemctl restart apache2
linuxhelp: /usr/local/nagios/etc/servers # systemctl restart nagios
Next, navigate to the browser and open Nagios interface
with this, the method to add Windows host in Nagios(4.3.4) on OpenSUSE leap 42.3 comes to an end.