[ixpmanager] Nagios Birdseye Daemon Monitoring Template Problem

[Barry O'Donovan]

Have you defined the bits from:

http://docs.ixpmanager.org/features/nagios/#service-checking_1

 - Barry

Kyle Spencer wrote:
> Working through your feedback. Note that these configurations *are*
> being automatically generated by IXP Manager. Apologies; I mentioned
> manual generation in my post but that was wrong/misleading.
> 
> Here's the seemingly relevant bits from the automatically generated
> Nagios configuration file. Note that _apiurl is not missing. The error
> seems to be related to the check_command line.
> 
> define service {
>     name                    ixp-manager-service-birdseye-daemon
>     service_description     Bird BGP Service
>     check_command           check_birdseye_daemon!$_HOSTAPIURL$
>     check_period            24x7
>     max_check_attempts      10
>     check_interval          5
>     retry_check_interval    1
>     contact_groups          admins
>     notification_interval   120
>     notification_period     24x7
>     notification_options    w,u,c,r
>     register                0
> }
> 
> define host     {
>         use                     ixp-manager-host-birdseye-daemon
>         host_name               bird-rs1-ddc-ipv4
>         alias                   Route Server #1 - DDC - V4
>         address                 10.0.0.202
>         _apiurl                 http://rs1-ddc-ipv4.djix.dj/api
> }
> 
> define service     {
>     use                     ixp-manager-service-birdseye-daemon
>     host_name               bird-rs1-ddc-ipv4
> }
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Kyle Spencer <kyle at stormzero.com> wrote:
>> 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
>>>
>>> https://www.inex.ie/support/
>>> +353 1 531 3339
>>>
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Kind regards,
Barry O'Donovan
INEX Operations

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