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Hi Rob

> Hi all.. Revisiting this software and just finished a new install  
> on Debian Etch. Can't seem to get the service checks to work, shows  
> a critical on any services installed, (Service check did not exit  
> properly)
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions?

There are a few reasons why this might happen. For starters I suggest  
running several of the plugins from the command line, eg:

/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H localhost
/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_tcp -H localhost -p 22

And maybe another that corresponds to service check where you're  
getting problem. Feel free to post any error messages.

Regards,
James

Hi!

We'd like to apologise for the lack of emails recently. There was a  
problem with the mailing lists for opsview-users and opsview-announce  
where emails were accepted but not forwarded to the list of emails.

Of course, we couldn't inform people about it.

We are looking at hosting our own mailing list in the near future and  
we will let you all know when this happens.

Keep an eye on http://opsview.org/mailinglists for updates on the  
mailing list service.

Ton

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Hi all.. Revisiting this software and just finished a new install on Debian
Etch. Can't seem to get the service checks to work, shows a critical on any
services installed, (Service check did not exit properly) 

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks

Rob

> A couple of simple READMEs would help a lot. There are 3 tar files to
> download ... how they relate to each other would be nice. How it
> differs with standard Nagios would be nice as well ... ie how well
> any Nagios plugins/... are likely to play with Opsview.
>

Ok, this is something we can address pretty easily. I'll try and post  
something this week.

> How much of a community is there ? I have been on this list for a  
> few weeks and
> seen nothing.

List hasn't been going that long. We get most general enquiries and  
feedback via support / info email addresses should try and encourage  
people to use mailing lists more.

Development community is currently Altinity employees plus a couple  
of third party organisations. We're preparing to open our code  
repository for external access, so it'll be easier for customers and  
individuals to make changes. User community is growing steadily plus  
we have about 40 paying customers.

Our aim is to develop opsview.org as a community site whilst Altinity  
continues to provides professional services and support. It would be  
fair to say that Altinity's success is having a detrimental effect on  
the community site right now. We're busily recruiting so this should  
ease over the summer...

Another factor is focus. We've spend the last 8 months (or so) making  
Opsview significantly easier to build and install, which includes  
packaging. This work is virtually complete (in spite of your  
experiences with Fedora) so we can hopefully turn our attention to  
other areas such as opsview.org and documentation wiki.

--James

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On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 01:49:08PM +0100, James Peel wrote:

> We don't currently support Fedora but we're planning to post SRPMs  
> and we could provide ad-hoc help you create working FC6 RPMs if  
> you're interested.

It is my development/test machine ... I will probably upgrade it to FC7 soonish,
but yes.

A couple of simple READMEs would help a lot. There are 3 tar files to
download ... how they relate to each other would be nice. How it
differs with standard Nagios would be nice as well ... ie how well
any Nagios plugins/... are likely to play with Opsview.

> > 14) I was told that opsview was a better nagios ... it could be,  
> but nagios has much better documentation.
> 
> Fair comment. We recognise our public documentation needs significant  
> work. Possible solutions are that we find:
> 
> 1) An existing customer willing to sponsor
> 2) Some volunteers willing to contribute
> 3) Ourselves with some time on our hands - seems unlikely right now :(

Release internal design documents ? I assume that you have these.

> The situation is gradually improving, we had nothing online at start  
> of year.

How much of a community is there ? I have been on this list for a few weeks and
seen nothing.

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Hi Alain

Comments inline...

 > Points as I come across them (take/leave them as you wish):

Thanks for your feedback, we appreciate time you've put into this post.

Think main issue is that RPMs were created specifically for RHEL4 and  
we've only tested on that distribution. We should make this clear on  
download site, apologies for that oversight.

We don't currently support Fedora but we're planning to post SRPMs  
and we could provide ad-hoc help you create working FC6 RPMs if  
you're interested.

 > 1) 1/2 way through downloading the RPMs & some bloke from actiny  
'phones me up.
 > I don't want to be hassled - I put 'no spam' as my 'phone number  
-- I guess marketing directors can't take hints.

Debian packages and source code are available with no registration.  
Otherwise expect a call from our Sales Director :)

 > 14) I was told that opsview was a better nagios ... it could be,  
but nagios has much better documentation.

Fair comment. We recognise our public documentation needs significant  
work. Possible solutions are that we find:

1) An existing customer willing to sponsor
2) Some volunteers willing to contribute
3) Ourselves with some time on our hands - seems unlikely right now :(

The situation is gradually improving, we had nothing online at start  
of year.

Regards,
James

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Hi,

I'm new to opsview, it was recommended to me by a friend after he heard that I was playing with nagios.

Points as I come across them (take/leave them as you wish):

1) 1/2 way through downloading the RPMs & some bloke from actiny 'phones me up.
   I don't want to be hassled - I put 'no spam' as my 'phone number -- I guess marketing directors can't take hints.

2) I did have nagios installed (Fedora core 6, x86_64), I had to uninstall it (+ a couple of others), renamed /etc/nagios first.

3) Installed : rpm -ivh *
   Got a message complaining about /usr/local/nagios/bin/nrpe not being found when it tried to run service opsview-agent,
   it was being a bit eager.

4) 'service opsview-agent' does not take a 'restart' argument - would be nice.

5) /usr/local/nagios/bin/nrpe - won't load -- it expects to find libssl.so.4 -- I have libssl.so.6, back to the source!
   I am using fedora core 6.

6) Hmmm, which one first: try base.

7) Need to install libmcrypt.

8) It didn't build nsca ... didn't notice the error in the zillions of lines of make; clean; rebuild under script. - OK installs.

9) Need to install buildtools before can do the core stuff. BTW: buildtools.tar.gz is not gzipped.

10) There is a distinct lack of README or INSTALL files ... even if it just pointed to where it was on some web pages.
    I follow the following since that is prob closest to a FC6 system:
	http://docs.opsview.org/doku.php?id=opsview2.7:rhel-installation
    There is much farting around on dependencies.

11) Web page recommends to disable iptables !!!!

12) The command:
	/usr/local/nagios/bin/rc.opsview gen_config
    complains that it cannot chown /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagconfgen.pl line 2425
    Which is not surprising since I am running as the user 'nagios'.
    A quick poke and I do this group ownerships by hand, .... several times ....
    BUT these directory names have spaces in them -- what have you been smoking guys ? -- Microsoft weed by the looks of things !!!

13) I am supposed to run the following, but the script does not exist:
	/etc/init.d/opsview-web start
    (BTW: if you want to do it the RedHat way you should use chkconfig & service).

14) I was told that opsview was a better nagios ... it could be, but nagios has much better documentation.

15) Run 'make test' in opsview-core & it can't find Opsview.pm .... your @INC is wrong.
    'make install' doesn't seem to fix this.
    There is one in /usr/local/nagios/lib ... but there is evidentally a missing 'lib' or '-I'.

16) I notice that there are 2 different versions of Opsview.pm, one from Dec 2005 the other April 2007.
    installer/lib & lib

17) Notice that Opsview.pm comes with opsview-core: run 'make install' again. No good, copy up by hand.
    Now it can't find ClassDBIExtras.pm
    Then I need Catalyst::Plugin::I18N Catalyst::Plugin::Snippets Catalyst::Plugin::Cache::FastMmap - then fails
    because Catalyst::View::JSON is not 'use'd. This would not get past the CPAN beta testers!

18) But anyway it can't find/read opsview.conf, so copy this into the the directory it needs it to be in ...

19) Then it fails not being able to locate Opsview/{Host.pm|Servicegroup.pm| ...} I doubt that this has ever
    been tested on a new machine.

20) Try a make install see if this works .... doesn't seem to do much.

21) I can't run it -- see (13), will someone please send me a copy.

Summary impression so far: 3/10

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On 31 May 2007, at 11:05, Dhawal Doshy wrote:

> Ton Voon wrote:
>> On 30 May 2007, at 20:06, Dhawal Doshy wrote:
>>> The upgrade now works well, there was post-install scriptlet  
>>> error in
>>> the rpm though (i could sent you the rpm -Fvvh details if required)
>> Please (but if it is the startup of NRPE/opsview-agent, we're  
>> working  on that one!)
>
> it looks like opsview-agent startup.. in any case i've attached it.
>

This error is fine. For an upgrade, we assume you have a working  
configuration, so it attempts to startup Opsview. However, because of  
your earlier issue, you didn't have a working Opsview, so we couldn't  
start up. So there's nothing to worry about here. Subsequent upgrades  
should work seamlessly.

Ton

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Ton Voon wrote:
> On 30 May 2007, at 20:06, Dhawal Doshy wrote:
> 
>> The upgrade now works well, there was post-install scriptlet error in
>> the rpm though (i could sent you the rpm -Fvvh details if required)
> 
> Please (but if it is the startup of NRPE/opsview-agent, we're working  
> on that one!)

it looks like opsview-agent startup.. in any case i've attached it.

- dhawal

On 30 May 2007, at 20:06, Dhawal Doshy wrote:

> The upgrade now works well, there was post-install scriptlet error in
> the rpm though (i could sent you the rpm -Fvvh details if required)

Please (but if it is the startup of NRPE/opsview-agent, we're working  
on that one!)

Ton

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Ton Voon wrote:
> On 29 May 2007, at 10:56, Dhawal Doshy wrote:
> 
>> We are evaluating opsview for a new requirement (James we'll revert to
>> Rod sometime today evening on that). As per
>> http://docs.opsview.org/doku.php?id=opsview2.7:rhel-installation the
>> install was quite smooth, however faced a small problem post  
>> install in
>> step 10 "Generate all the necessary configuration files for Opsview  
>> and
>> Nagios to run". I am using the 2.7.4-1.i386 rpms from the downloads  
>> site..
> 
> [snipped]
> 
>> Error: Invalid max_attempts, check_interval, retry_interval, or
>> notification_interval value for service 'Opsview daemon' on host  
>> 'opsview'
>> Error: Could not register service (config file 'services.cfg',  
>> starting
>> on line 135)
>>
>> ***> One or more problems was encountered while processing the config
>> files...
>>
> 
> After checking Dhawal's config files, this was a known problem in the  
> 2.7.4 release, but we didn't fix in time for the RPM release. We've  
> recreated the RPM now - it is opsview-core-2.7.4-2 and is available  
> at http://downloads.opsview.org/.
> 
> You can do an rpm -F on the new file and the gen_config command  
> should work.

The upgrade now works well, there was post-install scriptlet error in 
the rpm though (i could sent you the rpm -Fvvh details if required)

Thanks for the quick fix.

- dhawal

On 29 May 2007, at 10:56, Dhawal Doshy wrote:

> We are evaluating opsview for a new requirement (James we'll revert to
> Rod sometime today evening on that). As per
> http://docs.opsview.org/doku.php?id=opsview2.7:rhel-installation the
> install was quite smooth, however faced a small problem post  
> install in
> step 10 "Generate all the necessary configuration files for Opsview  
> and
> Nagios to run". I am using the 2.7.4-1.i386 rpms from the downloads  
> site..

[snipped]

> Error: Invalid max_attempts, check_interval, retry_interval, or
> notification_interval value for service 'Opsview daemon' on host  
> 'opsview'
> Error: Could not register service (config file 'services.cfg',  
> starting
> on line 135)
>
> ***> One or more problems was encountered while processing the config
> files...
>

After checking Dhawal's config files, this was a known problem in the  
2.7.4 release, but we didn't fix in time for the RPM release. We've  
recreated the RPM now - it is opsview-core-2.7.4-2 and is available  
at http://downloads.opsview.org/.

You can do an rpm -F on the new file and the gen_config command  
should work.

Ton

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Hello Everyone and James,

We are evaluating opsview for a new requirement (James we'll revert to 
Rod sometime today evening on that). As per 
http://docs.opsview.org/doku.php?id=opsview2.7:rhel-installation the 
install was quite smooth, however faced a small problem post install in 
step 10 "Generate all the necessary configuration files for Opsview and 
Nagios to run". I am using the 2.7.4-1.i386 rpms from the downloads site..

[nagios@db2 ~]$ /usr/local/nagios/bin/rc.opsview gen_config
Tue May 29 15:19:30 2007 Starting
Tue May 29 15:19:31 2007 --> Writing config files for Master Monitoring 
Server
Tue May 29 15:19:31 2007 1 hosts written to hosts.cfg
Tue May 29 15:19:31 2007 1 hosts written to hostextinfo.cfg
Tue May 29 15:19:31 2007 4 service definitions written to services.cfg
Tue May 29 15:19:31 2007 4 commands written to checkcommands.cfg
Tue May 29 15:19:31 2007 1 hostgroups written to hostgroups.cfg
Tue May 29 15:19:31 2007 1 contacts written to contacts.cfg
Tue May 29 15:19:31 2007 1 contacts written to htpasswd.users
Tue May 29 15:19:31 2007 1 groups written to contactgroups.cfg
Written nagios.cfg
Written cgi.cfg
Written misccommands.cfg
Written timeperiods.cfg
Written snmptraps.cfg
Written nsca.cfg
Written send_nsca.cfg
Written ndo2db.cfg
Written ndomod.cfg
Written runtime.cfg
Tue May 29 15:19:31 2007 0 dependencies written to services.cfg

Nagios config re-generated in 0.300 seconds

Error in transferring config files

Nagios 2.8
Copyright (c) 1999-2007 Ethan Galstad (http://www.nagios.org)
Last Modified: 03-08-2007
License: GPL

Reading configuration data...

Error: Invalid max_attempts, check_interval, retry_interval, or 
notification_interval value for service 'Opsview daemon' on host 'opsview'
Error: Could not register service (config file 'services.cfg', starting 
on line 135)

***> One or more problems was encountered while processing the config 
files...

      Check your configuration file(s) to ensure that they contain valid
      directives and data defintions.  If you are upgrading from a previous
      version of Nagios, you should be aware that some variables/definitions
      may have been removed or modified in this version.  Make sure to read
      the HTML documentation regarding the config files, as well as the
      'Whats New' section to find out what has changed.

Hi all.. My previous message about using a combination of trap and active
polling comes from our existing Nagios system that I put together 8 years
ago. It uses a joystick button monitor daemon that issues
'submit_check_result' to the external commands file of nagios when the
button state changes. The submit_check_result changes the state of a service
that calls a check_joystick plugin that runs every 5 minutes. The effect of
this is that there is an instant alert when the button state changes plus
continuous polling to keep me informed as to when the problem returns to a
normal state. 

With SNMP traps, I am concerned that I could miss the trap and not be
informed when one of these important monitors goes into alert. 

Perhaps an option in the snmp trap rules could be to have the trap attached
to an existing service, like the submit_check_result.. Would others find
this useful?

Regards, 

Rob

Hi Rob
> I have a Barix Barionet device that monitors 8 discrete i/o. It  
> issues a trap for each input and can be polled for the current status.
Sounds reasonable enough.
> We are a radio station in southern Ontario and I would like to use  
> this device to monitor onair audio silence sensors as well as fire  
> alarm and generator running, etc. To do so, I would use a  
> combination of passive and active snmp monitoring with this device.  
> The initial incoming trap would trigger the Critical alarm and then  
> a recurring active poll would take place verifying the current  
> state of that input. The second trap that is sent when the input  
> returns to normal would reset the alarm state to Normal and then  
> the recurring active poll would continue to verify that the input  
> is indeed off.
>
>
It will be necessary to configure two service checks for each input.  
One to handle trap processing via 'Advanced SNMPtrap' type service  
check. Second to poll OID of input status via 'SNMP Polling' type  
service check.

It is possible to set dependencies between these service checks so  
you don't get duplicate alerts.

I guess you want to use traps so you get instant notification if an  
input goes offline. What is the reason for also polling each input?

--James

Hi all..

I have a Barix Barionet device that monitors 8 discrete i/o. It issues a
trap for each input and can be polled for the current status. 

We are a radio station in southern Ontario and I would like to use this
device to monitor onair audio silence sensors as well as fire alarm and
generator running, etc. To do so, I would use a combination of passive and
active snmp monitoring with this device. The initial incoming trap would
trigger the Critical alarm and then a recurring active poll would take place
verifying the current state of that input. The second trap that is sent when
the input returns to normal would reset the alarm state to Normal and then
the recurring active poll would continue to verify that the input is indeed
off. 

Any suggestions on how to do this? Or is there a better way to implement
this?

Thanks

Rob

The default values are held within /usr/local/nagios/bin/ 
nagconfgen.pl - you probably need to look around line 1250 if you  
want to patch it yourself.

I am working on exposing this configuration (and others) in the UI  
properly, which should become available in 2.7.5 or thereabouts.

   Duncs

On 18 May 2007, at 20:30, Rob Enders wrote:

> Hi all.. I would prefer to use the Circular Marked Up network map  
> so I changed it in the /usr/local/nagios/etc/cgi.cfg file.. It  
> worked fine for a while but reverted when the next time I ran  
> 'Status and Reload'.
>
> Where are the default settings for these files kept?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rob
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Rob,

This will be fixed in the next release of Opsview.

Thanks for reporting the bug.

   Duncs

On 18 May 2007, at 20:22, Rob Enders wrote:

> Hi all.. Looking at the Atom interface.. Seems to work well.. One  
> minor issue, the feed image try's to connected to http://etch-x86.
>
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Hi all.. I would prefer to use the Circular Marked Up network map so I
changed it in the /usr/local/nagios/etc/cgi.cfg file.. It worked fine for a
while but reverted when the next time I ran 'Status and Reload'. 

Where are the default settings for these files kept?

Thanks

Rob

Hi all.. Looking at the Atom interface.. Seems to work well.. One minor
issue, the feed image try's to connected to http://etch-x86.

Rob

Rob,

This is due to the PATH's for opsview not recognising the command has  
been installed correctly.

If you stop and restart opsview, all should work OK.

as root:

/etc/init.d/opsview-web restart

I will update the wiki for this.

   Duncs

On 17 May 2007, at 15:10, Rob Enders wrote:

> Hi all.. Having trouble getting snmpwalk to work from within  
> opsview.(Error:Error running snmpwalk). Where can I find the config  
> for this program? BTW, I followed the SNMP install as per the manual.
>
> Thanks
>
> Rob
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On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 11:35 -0400, Rob Enders wrote:
> I get the following in the daemon.log file.. How do I fix it?
> =20
> May 17 11:34:28 engmon mysqld[8428]: 070517 11:34:28
> [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Table './runtime/nagios_systemcommands' is
> marked as crashed and should be repaired

Connect to the MySQL database:

mysql -u root  (if necessary, also specify -p to enter a password)

Repair the table:

REPAIR TABLE runtime.nagios_systemcommands;

You can also see the status of other tables (i.e. whether or not they
need repairing) using the CHECK TABLE syntax.  The following links may
provide some useful information in this respect:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/check-table.html

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/repair-table.html

Regards,

Neil

I get the following in the daemon.log file.. How do I fix it?

May 17 11:34:28 engmon mysqld[8428]: 070517 11:34:28 [ERROR]
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Table './runtime/nagios_systemcommands' is marked as
crashed and should be repaired

Thanks

Rob

Hi all.. Having trouble getting snmpwalk to work from within
opsview.(Error:Error running snmpwalk). Where can I find the config for this
program? BTW, I followed the SNMP install as per the manual. 

Thanks

Rob

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