Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of Doc/Monitoring/Nagios

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Jun 10, 2008, 1:16:58 AM (16 years ago)

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/DC=es/DC=irisgrid/O=uam/CN=luisf-munnoz

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Doc/Monitoring/Nagios

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 == Variable index ==
 
-To be done.
+=== `NAGIOS_BASE_HOST` ===
+A structure template defining a basic host, with all fields except, perhaps, an alias, set to sensible values.
+=== `HW_LISTINGS` ===
+
+Lists all machines, grouped by hardware characteristics. It is set autmatically by ''monitoring/nagios/cfg'' and cannot be modified.
+==== `per_hardware` ====
+nlist in which keys are the hardware templates (the values of `DB_MACHINE`). The value is another structure:
+===== `host_list` =====
+List of all hosts associated to that hardware template.
+===== `hardware_structure` =====
+The complete hardware information as described on the hardware template.
+==== `per_cpu` ====
+nlist with the machines grouped by number of processors. The key is in the form "_n", where n is the number of CPUs. The value is the list of hosts.
+=== `HOSTSLIST` ===
+Plain nlist with all hosts structures, extracted from `HW_LISTINGS`.
+===`NAGIOS_EXTRA_HOSTS`===
+List of FQDNs with additional hosts to be monitored. Put here any host outside your CDB you want to monitor, for instance routers or external DNS servers.
+===`NAGIOS_COMMANDS_TEMPLATE`===
+A structure template with home-made commands. A default set with all commnands used today (6/2008) at UAM is provided.
+===`NAGIOS_HOSTSALIASES_TEMPLATE===
+A template with additional per-host customizations. To be improved.
+===`NAGIOS_HOSTGROUPS_TEMPLATE`===
+A structure template with all hostgroups definitions.
+===`NAGIOS_MACROS_TEMPLATE`===
+A structure template with any user-defined macros, not enclosed by '$' symbols. For instance, for setting `$USER1$, do:
+{{{
+"USER1" = "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins";
+}}}
+===`NAGIOS_TIMEPERIODS_TEMPLATE`===
+A structure template with time periods definitions.
+===`NAGIOS_CONTACTS_TEMPLATE`===
+A structure template with all contacts.
+===`NAGIOS_CONTACTGROUPS_TEMPLATE`===
+A structure template with the different ways the CONTACTS are grouped.
+===`NAGIOS_SERVICE_TEMPLATES`===
+List with the names of the nagios structure templates that define each sensor.
+===`NAGIOS_EXPLICIT_SERVICES`===
+List with the complete definition of any services you don't want to specify as structure templates.
+===`NAGIOS_GENERAL_OPTIONS`===
+nlist with all generic options you may want, such as whether to accept external commands or not. Check the Nagios documentation to see what options are available.
+===`NAGIOS_EXTERNAL_FILES`===
+List of external files to be added to Nagios configuraton.