Mike Weber's presentation on Nagios Objects. The presentation was given during the Nagios World Conference North America held Sept 25-28th, 2012 in Saint Paul, MN. For more information on the conference (including photos and videos), visit: http://go.nagios.com/nwcna

1. Objects
Mike Weber
mweber@spidertools.com

2. Object Types
Hosts
Services
HostGroups
ServiceGroups
Contacts
ContactGroups
Timeperiods
Commands
Templates
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3. Object Inheritance Basics
name
use
register
define some_object_type{
name template_name
use name_of_template_to_use
register [0/1]
}
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4. Individual Management
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5. Check Settings: Local
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6. Alert Settings: Local
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7. Objects: Individual Management Problem
Hosts with Local Settings Must be
Managed Individually
Services with Local Settings Must be
Managed Individually
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8. Solution:
Leveraging
Object Inheritance

9. Hosts:
Leveraging
Object Inheritance

10. Individual Management
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11. Recognition of Relationships
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12. Goal: Hostgroup Management
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13. Hostgroup: Based on Similarities
Windows
* MSSQL
* Exchange
* IIS
Linux
* MySQL
* Web
* File Server
Network Devices
* Cisco Switches
* Juniper
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14. Goal: Hostgroup with Service Templates
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15. Goal: Hostgroup Management
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16. Create the Hostgroup
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17. Create the Contactgroup
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18. Contactgroup: Add Contacts
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19. Hostgroup: Add the ContactGroup
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20. Create a Host Template
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21. Host Template: Check Settings
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22. Host Template: Alert Settings
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23. Create the Hosts
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24. Host: Add Host Template
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25. Hostgroup: Add Hosts
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26. Add New Hosts
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27. Hostgroup: Visibility
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28. Hostgroup: Management
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29. Services:
Leveraging
Object Inheritance

30. Service: Management
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31. What Makes Services Different
Check Interval (templates based on time)
Active vs. Passive Checks
Operating System (Linux,Windows,OSX)
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32. Service Template: Based on Time and OS
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33. Service Template: Check Settings
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34. Service Template: Alert Settings
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35. Service Template: Contactgroup
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36. Create Service: HTTP Check
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37. Service: Add Time/OS Template
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38. Service: Add Base Host (allows add to servicegroup)
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39. Service: Add Hostgroup
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40. Service: Management
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41. Pushing Changes
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42. Additional Hosts
Additional Services

43. Add New Hosts
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44. Additional Hosts: #1 Create Host
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45. Additional Hosts: #2 Add Host to Host Tempate
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46. Additional Hosts: #3 Add Host to Hostgroup
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47. Service: Management
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48. Additional Services: #1 Create Service
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49. Additional Services: #2 Add to Hostgroup
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50. Additional Services: #3 Add to Service Template
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51. Questions?