Nagios: Event handlers not executing.

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Greetings:

I am using Nagios to monitor a host. If the host looses connectivity, I want Nagios to execute an event handler.

The host definition contains a defined event_handler directive. The host inherits from generic-host and; therefore, event_handler_enabled is 1. In my main configuration file event handling is enabled. The associated command configuration file has also been defined.

While troubleshooting I tried the following as root:

su nagios

./test-handler [and my args here of course]

The output is correct as user nagios. However, the nagios binary that runs under user nagios will not execute the script. Here is a bit of my nagios.log file:

[1273208210] HOST ALERT: vXP;DOWN;SOFT;2;CRITICAL - Host Unreachable (192.168.0.21) [1273208210] HOST EVENT HANDLER: vXP;(null);(null);(null);test-handler!$HOSTADDRESS$ [1273208212] EXTERNAL COMMAND: SCHEDULE_FORCED_HOST_CHECK;vXP;1273208211 [1273208220] HOST ALERT: vXP;UP;SOFT;3;PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 35.37 ms [1273208220] HOST EVENT HANDLER: vXP;(null);(null);(null);test-handler!$HOSTADDRESS$

According to the output, nagios appears to be running my command; however, based on the output it is actually doing nothing at all. I know that whatever I'm missing is probably very simple (and knowing me; it's right under my nose), but I'm at a loss.

Any takers?

Answer 1

0	Is your script executable? link answered 07 May '10, 06:02 mkosmo 1 accept rate: 0% Yes. And it is executable by user nagios. Refer to my original post "./test-handler". (07 May '10, 13:20) micheal

Answer 2

0	Best bet is give it /bin/bash test-handler instead of letting it find the interpreter. link answered 01 Jun '10, 14:05 Wayne 1 accept rate: 0%

Answer 3

0	Shouldn't that (null);(null);(null); in the log be something like "CRITICAL;HARD;1" -- without those inputs your script won't process anything. Not sure what is preventing those status variables from getting passed/populated. link answered 23 Jul '10, 14:21 Bob 1 1 accept rate: 0%

Answer 4

Was your issue ever solved? I have a similar issue with Nagios. Here is my command definition:

define command{

    command_name    dlg_notifications
    command_line    /usr/local/nagios/libexec/nagios-msg-broker.sh
    }

and service definition

define service{

   use                             mypc
   service_description             dlg_Alerts_notifications
   check_command                   dlg_notifications
   max_check_attempts              1
   retain_status_information       0
   retain_nonstatus_information    0
   }

/bin/bash /usr/local/nagios/libexec/nagios-msg-broker.sh runs fine manually.

Service defined above can’t run it though. Here are the ownership/permissions of the script:

perfserver-10:/usr/local/nagios/libexec$ ls -l nagios-msg-broker.sh -rwxrwxrwx 1 nagios nagcmd 149 Mar 30 10:04 nagios-msg-broker.sh

Thanks.

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Nagios: Event handlers not executing.

su nagios

./test-handler [and my args here of course]

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