[ixpmanager] Nagios Birdseye Daemon Monitoring Template Problem

[Kyle Spencer]

So, after some tinkering I've managed to make it all work. Thanks
again for the support.

Will dedicate some time to improving the docs based on my experiences
in the coming weeks.

On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 2:41 PM, Barry O'Donovan <barry.odonovan at inex.ie> wrote:
> 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
>>>>
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>>>> +353 1 531 3339
>>>>
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>
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