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Nagios 3 config ideas
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Matt Simmons May 3, 2010.

 

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Matt Simmons replied to Ray Holtz's discussion 'Nagios 3 config ideas'
I should have also answered your question about service groups, but left it out, sorry. Service Groups used to be strictly for display purposes, but you can do some other things with them in the 3_0 branch. You'll want to read over the next…
May 3, 2010
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Matt Simmons replied to Ray Holtz's discussion 'Nagios 3 config ideas'
Hi Graycat, Thanks for looking over the layout. As for dealing with services en mass, I create hostgroups to lump the hosts together, then I apply that hostgroup to the service, rather than a long list of server names. For instance, *ALL* of my…
May 3, 2010
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Richard Holloway replied to Ray Holtz's discussion 'Nagios 3 config ideas'
I saw this today, and it reminded me of your question. I have just checked to see who is doing the presentation and what do you know? Matt gets everywhere!
Apr 30, 2010
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Graycat replied to Ray Holtz's discussion 'Nagios 3 config ideas'
Very interesting way of doing things, Matt. As we've recently grown to over 110 hosts and a good 800-900 checks I've taken some time to restructure things today. One of the main changes is moving hosts into their over config files and out…
Apr 28, 2010
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Ray Holtz replied to Isaac's discussion 'What naming conventions do you use for your equipment?'
At home I used to use Honda Motorcycles for my systems: Aero, Spirit, Goldwing. My Church has servers named after books of the Bible. At my office we go the boring/functional route and name them after office site&service.
Dec 16, 2009
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Vern Burton replied to Ray Holtz's discussion 'Nagios 3 config ideas'
I decide to keep to the Nagios standard. I have all my hosts in a single config (hosts.cfg w/ comments), all services in a separate config (services.cfg w/ comments). All my config for my additional items have been placed in…
Jul 22, 2009
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Matt Simmons replied to Ray Holtz's discussion 'Nagios 3 config ideas'
Thanks, Jeff. And you're welcome :-) I'm always an advocate of being lazy the smart way ;-)
Jul 20, 2009
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Matt Simmons replied to Ray Holtz's discussion 'Nagios 3 config ideas'
I stole a good bit of my writing here, modified a few small things, and made a blog entry: http://www.standalone-sysadmin.com/blog/2009/07/nagios-config/
Jul 20, 2009
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Jeff Hengesbach replied to Ray Holtz's discussion 'Nagios 3 config ideas'
Great layout Matt - Thanks for sharing the details!
Jul 19, 2009
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Matt Simmons replied to Ray Holtz's discussion 'Nagios 3 config ideas'
Ah, Nagios configuration. A topic near to my heart. I was actually whining about it the other day. Anyway, I'm monitoring somewhere around 100 hosts between two nagios servers. I've got two physical sites (well, technically four, but two…
Jul 18, 2009
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Nagios 3 config ideas

We currently have Nagios 2.9 installed and has been running nicely for a few years. I want to migrate it off that old Linux server onto a new one. I've gotten Nagios 3.1.2 installed and running fine. Before I migrate all 240+ of our devices over to the new install, I'm curious as to how other SysAdmins are configuring it.I've heard of:- Each host in its own config file with it's corresponding services, and you can copy then edit the file to easily add a new device, and all like devices in…See More
Discussion posted by Ray Holtz Jul 17, 2009
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