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@@ -12,11 +12,21 @@ In it's current form, this module can be used on CentOS and Debian. Overview ======== +Requirements +------------ + +To use the nrpe functionality, you will need the perl module installed. + To use the nagios resources, activate storeconfigs on the puppetmaster. You need to be running verison 0.25 or later of puppet. +! Upgrade Notice ! + + * the irc bot variables changed, they previously had $nagios_ prepended + but no longer have that. So you will need to change your local config + to use $nsa_server instead of $nagios_nsa_server, for example. Monitor ------- @@ -68,24 +78,11 @@ files directly. NRPE Services ------------- -Some Nagios services need to be checked via NRPE. The following will make the -nagios server define a service that will check the NRPE command 'check_cpu' on -the current node: - - nagios::service { 'CPU Usage': - use_nrpe => 'true', - check_command => "check_cpu", - nrpe_args => "-t 60" - } - -NRPE Commands -------------- - -To be able to call NRPE commands on a host, one needs to define that command -and what it is going to execute: +NRPE Services can be defines as i.e.: - nagios::nrpe::command { 'debsums': - check_command => '/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_debsums openssh-server' + nagios::service { 'CPU Usage': use_nrpe => 'true', + check_command => "check_cpu", + nrpe_args => "-t 60" } @@ -114,7 +111,7 @@ IRC bot Notifications can easily be sent to an IRC channel by using a bot. To do so, simply include 'nagios::irc_bot' on the nagios server and define the right -$nagios_nsa_* variables (see the 'Variables' section below). +$nsa_* variables (see the 'Variables' section below). You can then use the notification commands 'notify-by-irc' and 'host-notify-by-irc' with service and host definitions to make them report |