NSClient++ Help (#1) - Check Event Log (#567) - Message List
Excuse my newbie-ness... But I'm trying to setup something to watch to test watching the event log on a windows machine. I'm attempting to follow the instructions, and everytime I try to put something: in for a service item I cannot verify my nagios configuration:
If I take out the 'Service-Description' line. Nothing shows up in Nagios, although it verifies. It appears to ignore it.
######################## Check Events ############################ # define service{
use generic-service host_name ZOCOLO service_description Event Log Cluster Failure Check check_command check_event_log system 1 1 10 1069 }
As a side point: pardon my ignorance - but I have no idea what '--- 1, 1, 10, 1069 means.'
However regardless I get this error on verification: Checking services... Error: Service check command 'check_event_log system 1 1 10 1069' specified in service 'Event Log Cluster Failure Check' for host 'ZOCOLO' not defined anywhere!
I understand that I am coming at this from the wrong direction. Can you point me in the correct one? http://nsclient.org/nscp/wiki/CheckEventLog/CheckEventLog <-- This link just doesn't tell me what to put in which CFGs to monitor what... It expects me to be an expert.
Thankx,
Robert
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Message #1745
my commands.cfg has:
define command{
command_name check_event_log
command_line check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 5666 -c checkEventLog -a
filter=new file=$ARG1$ MaxWarn=$ARG2$ MaxCri?$
}
my windows.cfg has:
define service{
use generic-service
host_name ZOCOLO
service_description Event Log Cluster Failure Check
check_command check_event_log system 1 1 10 1069
}
robertkjr@…04/22/10 17:53:34 (22 months ago)-
Message #1746
oh if I follow the actual documentation with the:
<<CheckEventLog>> - I get illegal characters violation. Is that supposed to represent something else?
robertkjr@…04/22/10 18:26:12 (22 months ago)
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Message #1747
to reply yet again to myself... This helped: http://nsclient.org/nscp/discussion/topic/562
and I copied his:
define command{
command_name check_event_log
command_line check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 5666 -c CheckEventLog -a
filter=new file="$ARG1$" MaxWarn=$ARG2$ MaxC$
}
define service{
use generic-service
host_name ZOCOLO
service_description Check W3SVCWP Error 2269
check_command check_event_log!system!1!1!6161
}
I realize I have a bogus service name. I wonder if it matters. (prolly not it just what nagios shows). But regardless, '6161' is the Print System error on my computer. So I attempted to show this.
I opened the 5666 port through on my linux box. Do I need to make some config changes in the nsc.ini?
Thankx, Robert
robertkjr@…04/22/10 20:15:32 (22 months ago)-
Message #1748
ok answering my own question once again... with this posted nsc.ini http://nsclient.net/nscp/discussion/message/1027
i included 'allow_nasty_meta_chars' and 'allow_arguments' and restarted my nsclient++
But my Nagios still reports 'Warning' (null) with the details.
Thankx,
Robert
robertkjr@…04/22/10 20:53:18 (22 months ago)
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