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Nagios OutputΒΆ

Plugin Name: NagiosOutput

Specialized output plugin that listens for Nagios external command message types and delivers passive service check results to Nagios using either HTTP requests made to the Nagios cmd.cgi API or the use of the send_ncsa binary. The message payload must consist of a state followed by a colon and then the message e.g., “OK:Service is functioning properly”. The valid states are: OK|WARNING|CRITICAL|UNKNOWN. Nagios must be configured with a service name that matches the Heka plugin instance name and the hostname where the plugin is running.

Config:

  • url (string, optional):

    An HTTP URL to the Nagios cmd.cgi. Defaults to http://localhost/nagios/cgi-bin/cmd.cgi.

  • username (string, optional):

    Username used to authenticate with the Nagios web interface. Defaults to empty string.

  • password (string, optional):

    Password used to authenticate with the Nagios web interface. Defaults to empty string.

  • response_header_timeout (uint, optional):

    Specifies the amount of time, in seconds, to wait for a server’s response headers after fully writing the request. Defaults to 2.

  • nagios_service_description (string, optional):

    Must match Nagios service’s service_description attribute. Defaults to the name of the output.

  • nagios_host (string, optional):

    Must match the hostname of the server in nagios. Defaults to the Hostname attribute of the message.

  • send_nsca_bin (string, optional):

    New in version 0.5.

    Use send_nsca program, as provided, rather than sending HTTP requests. Not supplying this value means HTTP will be used, and any other send_nsca_* settings will be ignored.

  • send_nsca_args ([]string, optional):

    New in version 0.5.

    Arguments to use with send_nsca, usually at least the nagios hostname, e.g. [“-H”, “nagios.somehost.com”]. Defaults to an empty list.

  • send_nsca_timeout (int, optional):

    New in version 0.5.

    Timeout for the send_nsca command, in seconds. Defaults to 5.

  • use_tls (bool, optional):

    New in version 0.5.

    Specifies whether or not SSL/TLS encryption should be used for the TCP connections. Defaults to false.

  • tls (TlsConfig, optional):

    New in version 0.5.

    A sub-section that specifies the settings to be used for any SSL/TLS encryption. This will only have any impact if use_tls is set to true. See Configuring TLS.

Example configuration to output alerts from SandboxFilter plugins:

[NagiosOutput]
url = "http://localhost/nagios/cgi-bin/cmd.cgi"
username = "nagiosadmin"
password = "nagiospw"
message_matcher = "Type == 'heka.sandbox-output' && Fields[payload_type] == 'nagios-external-command' && Fields[payload_name] == 'PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT'"

Example Lua code to generate a Nagios alert:

inject_payload("nagios-external-command", "PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT", "OK:Alerts are working!")