[ixpmanager] Nagios Birdseye Daemon Monitoring Template Problem

[Kyle Spencer]

Noted. Have started making edits to the docs when I can.

Thanks :)

On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 1:35 PM, Barry O'Donovan <barry.odonovan at inex.ie> wrote:
> Hi Kyle,
>
> Kyle Spencer wrote:
>> I've downloaded the appropriate template via the API, created the
>> host and service definitions as instructed by the template header,
>> and installed a configuration. When I try to switch on Nagios, I get
>> the following error:
>>
>> nagios[15732]: Error: Service check command
>> 'check_birdseye_daemon!$_HOSTAPIURL$' specified in service 'Bird BGP
>>  Service' for host 'bird-rs1-ddc-ipv4' not defined anywhere!
>>
>> It seems that the relevant Nagios check command needs to be
>> established, but there's no indication in the documentation (that I
>> see) about what the nature of that check command should be and
>> whether or not it requires any plugins.
>
> It's all there in the appropriate section:
>
> http://docs.ixpmanager.org/features/nagios/#birdseye-daemon-monitoring
>
> There is a sample host definition at the top of this section (with
> "host_name               bird-rc1q-cork-ipv4").
>
> That contains the dynamic param:
>
>         _apiurl                 http://rc1q-ipv4.cork.inex.ie/api
>
> This is missing and this is what Nagios seems to be complaining about.
> You do not generate these host definitions yourself - as per the docs:
>
>> You can use the IXP Manager API to get the Nagios configuration for
>> all or a given VLAN using the following endpoint format:
>>
>> https://ixp.example.com/api/v4/nagios/birdseye-daemons
>> ...
>
>
>> I also note that the plugins directory
>> (referenced in the docs) does not include anything related to
>> Birdseye: https://github.com/barryo/nagios-plugins
>
> That reference is from another section and the full context is:
>
>> Hint: over the years, we at INEX have written a number of switch
>> chassis check scripts and these can be found on Github at
>> barryo/nagios-plugins.
>
> i.e. not related to and no mention of Birdseye.
>
> However, in the appropriate section re Birdseye, we state:
>
>> The Nagios script we use is bundled with inex/birdseye and can
>> be found here.
>
> where 'here' links to:
>
> https://github.com/inex/birdseye/tree/master/bin
>
>
>
> I don't pretend the documentation is perfect. My own deep knowledge of
> IXP Manager often makes it difficult for me to strike the right level
> between 'teaching to suck eggs' and being too vague.
>
> While all the info necessary for the above is in the docs, if they can
> be made better PLEASE contribute:
>
> http://docs.ixpmanager.org/dev/docs/
>
>  - Barry
>
>
> --
>
> Kind regards,
> Barry O'Donovan
> INEX Operations
>
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>
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