How to create nagios plugins with php on ubuntu 12. Nagios xi supports custom reports detailing all sorts of events based on userdefined filters. 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 uptime agreements as per traditional nagios. New to nagios xi 2014, is the ability to generate reports based on service level agreement sla statistics. The scheduler is a component of server part of nagios. Php is a popular programming language that allows you to quickly create scripts and install additional libraries.
Hello everyone, i have nagios implemented inhouse which monitors most of the unix, windows servers as well as routers and switches. Nagios xi is a network monitoring, reporting, and alerting software for network systems administrators. Nagios core nagiosusers generate and export reports in. Nagios xi extends on proven, enterpriseclass open source components to deliver the best monitoring solution for todays demanding organizational requirements. This document is intended to give an overview of how to use the reporting functionality within nagios xi. You should always print something to stdout that tells if the service is working or why it is failing. It also defines nagios user and group under which nagios instance is running. Try to keep the output short probably less that 80 characters. If the provided sample reports do not fit your needs, you can create your own reports with ireport and export them to pdf and other formats as well as schedule sla reports being sent on an interval basis. This is the definitive quickstart beginners guide to nagios in 24 hours for dummies. We will set the nagios report script in crontab and send it via email to receiver personteam. The nagios user community is one of the healthiest and most actively contributing open source communities out there, with nearly 4,000 published plugins, addons, and extensionsmany of which are suffi ciently complex to warrant books of their own. The nagios user community is one of the healthiest and most actively contributing open source communities out there, with nearly 4,000 published plugins, addons, and exten sionsmany of which are suffi ciently complex to warrant books of their own. Understanding the availability reports in nagios core nagios is an incredibly powerful tool for monitoring all and any networkconnected equipment and i do mean all and any if it has a network interface and provides any sort of information on that interface, it can be scrubbed, monitored and reported on by nagios through a number of.
Nxe was designed to allow developers and system integrators to easily incorporate nagios data into other it systems via xml. Nagios availability reports to pdf nagios exchange. But with some tweaks this can be done in a couple of minutes. The debate between zabbix vs nagios is a topic that comes up quite often between it professionals, and the subject is valid. The availability reports created by nagios are a very good indication for the availability of services so why not use these stats. This time, we will expand on this idea and create nagios plugins using php.
Used to preserve status information across daemon restarts. It can be used from simply checking to see if a network host is still up, all the way up to monitoring specific services on remote hosts, and even to trigger corrective action if a problem is detected. Nagios xi is the most powerful it infrastructure monitoring solution on the market. Nagios json api is as slow as the default reports, plus id have to create an entire website or such to make some usable graphs out of that. Understanding and using network analyzer reports nagios library. Easily able to monitor availability, uptime and response time of every node on the network, nagios can deliver the results in a variety of visual representations and reports. Hundreds of thirdparty addons provide for monitoring of virtually all inhouse and external applications, services, and systems. Nagios network, server and log monitoring software. Nagios core nagiosusers generate and export reports. Target audience this document is intended for use by nagios xi administrators that want to understand how reports work in nagios xi. Accessing reports and the default report reports can be found by selecting the reports link at the top of the nagios xi interface, the default report shown is the availability report. Nagios xi provides monitoring of all missioncritical infrastructure components including applications, services, operating systems, network protocols, systems metrics, and network infrastructure. The only time that the server was down yesterday was during the scheduled reboot. It lets you audit your nagios instance at a high level and identify holes.
The daemon reports service and host states to the retention database when checks are executed. Understanding the availability reports in nagios core. Our nagios xi manuals are currently a work in progress. Shogo sato has written an book about nagios titled nagios 2. If you need assistance installing or using the plugins, please visit our general support forum. It sends a signal to execute the plugins at the remote host. Can i generate reports for cpu utilization, memory utilization, disk utilization, ping availability etc. Aug 26, 2015 the tutorial will give you idea, how you can send nagios report as pdf file via email. It is not safe to rely on the systems timezone settings. The nagios plugins development team is proud to announce that nagiosplugins 2. Nagios is pleased to announce the release of nagios xi 5. Requirements linux server nagios running of course.
Scheduled reports as well as the special graph reports can be archived. Implementation dependencies php5curl php5json sudo aptget install php5curl. We will achieve this requirement, with the help of script and using wkhtmltopdf command line tool. Reports to pdf are empty view topic nagios support forum. We can retrieve old report from old reports section. You can give access to the report archive to your endusers so they are able to view pregenerated reports for their devices only. Some of the filtering options include time ranges, hosts, groups, and more. Overview scheduled reports is a feature that is available in the enterprise edition of nagios xi. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features.
The data is displayed in both pie chart and table format, and these can be added to the dashboard or exported to a jpeg if necessary, with two clicks. This document describes how to understand, configure, and use reports in nagios network analyzer. This article will briefly cover the pricing, main features, system requirements, and official links for the software. Create nagios availability reports at the command line. Nareto goals is to give administrators reporting and availability of servers and groups. They also required integration work into another script. Nagios xi administrators are able to view the scheduled reports pages of all users by clicking the report management scheduled reports link in the left navigation pane. When generating a pdf report, here is what the apache log shows. Mar 24, 2020 nagios is a clientserver architecture. The tutorial will give you idea, how you can send nagios report as pdf file via email. Any generic database reporting tried ssrs and a mysql tool as well as excel is out, because nagios s db doesnt hold historic performance data or availability. Nagios availability reports to pdf nagios availability reports to. Is there any way that i can generateconvert reports into csv, pdf, doc or such formats.
Nagios availability reports to pdf via wkhtmltopdf and crontab. Nagios monitors the network for problems caused by overloaded data links or network connections, as well as monitoring routers, switches and more. How to create automatic pdf from nagios availability reports. Cereusreporting professional pdf reports for cacti. Nagios xi has two distinct editions with three options each when it comes to pricing and licensing.
In our previous post we shared, how we can convert website page into pdf. Additional documentation and technical tips can be found in the nagios xi documentation and tutorials sections of the nagios library. Send nagios report as pdf file via email sharadchhetri. Comme mentionne precedemment, vous pouvez faire des recherches et trouver dautres cours attrayants pdf aussi. Jul 24, 2014 new to nagios xi 2014, is the ability to generate reports based on service level agreement sla statistics. Sc, principal lecturer the main goal of the thesis was to implement a simple network monitoring system, which. Nagios exchange the official site for hundreds of communitycontributed nagios plugins, addons, extensions, enhancements, and more. Jun 28, 2019 the debate between zabbix vs nagios is a topic that comes up quite often between it professionals, and the subject is valid. Nagios availability reports to pdf nagios exchange network. Target audience this document is intended for use by nagios xi administrators and users who want to receive automatic emailed reports and pages for themselves or send them to others such as managers or clients on a regular basis. Building enterprisegrade monitoring infrastructures. This release includes improvements to the backend memory usage, improved stability of nagios xi, and overall better performance improvements.
Nagios configuration how to configure nagios geekpeek. Icinga is relatively new in the world of systems monitoring, even though it has been around for nearly 10 years already it offers many great features and is its own standalone solution for systems and network monitoring. We have previously covered how to install nagios monitoring server on ubuntu 12. Slas are frequently used to formally define the level of service between two parties. Everybody knows nagios is the definitive open source network monitoring solution. We will set the nagios report script in crontab and send it. Both of these tools have made it into our top network monitoring software page and are all around great tools for those looking for an opensource network monitoring solution anyone that has to manage systems for a living should always. It alerts users when things go wrong and alerts them a second time when the problem has been resolved. Understanding and using network analyzer reports nagios. It is intended for use by network administrators who want to integrate reporting into their network analysis.
Its easy just create an account, login, and add a new listing. With nagios sla reports you get what you pay for with servicelevel agreement sla reports. Jan 15, 2020 icinga uses a very similar series of plugins and addons to nagios, and that is probably because icinga began life as a pro community fork project of nagios, although some would argue that icinga has become a mature and stable enough product in its own right. Any generic database reporting tried ssrs and a mysql tool as well as excel is out, because nagioss db doesnt hold historic performance data or availability. If you want to create nagios reports in xml, html, pdf, microsoft word or excel, nxe is the tool for you. System monitoring with nagios monitoring concepts and nagios configuration tutorial.
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 uptime agreements. More free downloads below try nagios xi free for 60days. Aaron kicks off the nagios xi reporting and graphing series with a basic overview of all the tools and features in reporting and graphing nagios xi offers so customers can see beyond the alerts in. Once implemented we have options to generate reports for host, host group on time range of hour, day, week, month, year. Zabbixdynamicpdfreport zabbixdynamicpdfreport module allow us to generate pdf reports. Dec 04, 2017 nagios is pleased to announce the release of nagios xi 5.
Both of these tools have made it into our top network monitoring software page and are all around great tools for those looking for an opensource network monitoring solution. Administrators can copy or delete the existing scheduled reports pages. Monitoring network availability using nagios 35 pages 5 may 2015 degree bachelor of engineering degree programme information technology specialisation option instructors bruk yirdaw, project manager matti puska, m. I am examining the availability reports and have found some strange statistics in nagios 2. This script will basically download the current report output into pdf and emails them out based on the configuration found on the script header. Nagios offers monitoring and alerting services for servers, switches, applications and services. Usually, on a network, a nagios server is running on a host, and plugins are running on all the remote hosts which should be monitored.
The pdf reports are compressed and can be retrieved using the cacti webinterface from the central archive. Help build nagios exchange for yourself and the entire the nagios community by your nagios project to the site. Apr, 2016 free download scheduling reports in nagios xi this video will demonstrate how to schedule reports in nagios xi. Jun 28, 2017 aaron kicks off the nagios xi reporting and graphing series with a basic overview of all the tools and features in reporting and graphing nagios xi offers so customers can see beyond the alerts in. Nagios on the other hand, is a wellestablished product with an enormous community that supports and creates addons for this fantastic. This is where the location of nagios log file, status. Free download scheduling reports in nagios xi this video will demonstrate how to schedule reports in nagios xi. Slas help set a level of accountability for a service delivered, and enable the quality of service to be benchmarked. There are several perl modules that can query nagios availability information but i didnt like any of them. The strftime and strtotime php warnings fill this log and are not specific to reports.
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