To get output to an LCD display 1-wire can be used. This article will describe how to that and include an example to get status from Nagios or op5 Monitor on the display. I use it to get a quick overview how my DataCenter is doing. When the LCD display is flashing something has either […]
I have hinted about automysqlbackup in an earlier blog. Of course an important script like this should be monitored by Nagios or op5 Monitor. In my opinion the correct way of doing this is using a passive check that sends in the result of the backup into Nagios or op5 Monitor. The backup script is […]
In some cases the "Normal" way of running checks does not work, passive checks might do the job. I have a script the runs every night that backup my MySQL database. If this script fails I would like op5 Monitor or Nagios to send a notification. An active check will not work in this case […]
Do you want to write your own plugin to Nagios or op5 Monitor. op5 have created a development howto for plugins a.k.a. check commands. Take a peak at op5 support pages.
Do you want Nagios or op5 Monitor notifications to be sent by MSN? Follow the steps below to implement it. This is a hint from my colleague Martin Kamijo, kudos to him 😛
This guide is a step by step guide howto integrate op5 Monitor with op5 Logserver. Background I would like to have an alert if root has logged into my firewall. I think this is very important to know fast and where ever I am so I want a SMS sent to my cellphone. I have […]
op5 has developed a Nagios or op5 Monitor plugin to monitor your Vmware ESX infrastructure. A new How-To at op5 Support page describe how to use it, it can be found here. The guide is op5 Monitor centric but op5 Monitor is based on Nagios so if you are used to Nagios it will probably […]
If you are thinking about upgrading your existing Nagios system to Nagios 3, take a look at op5 Monitor. op5 Monitor is a Network Monitor System for enterprise monitoring and its based on Nagios 3. op5 have bundled Nagios with other useful opensource projects such as nagiosgraph, smstools and hypermap and then further developed missing […]
After got the 1-wire stuff working it is time to use the temperature probes to get some use of measuring your environment. This article describe how you can create an op5 Monitor or Nagios plugin to monitor your temperatures. Read my previous articles to get the 1-wire bus up and running: 1-wire http://www.it-slav.net/blogs/?p=62 1-wire getting […]
A new howto has been released, it describes how to Monitor Microsoft SQL-server with op5 Monitor. Take a look here. For more information about op5 Monitor, look here.
