In case of problems there is a script called verify_pnp_config.pl located on http://verify.pnp4nagios.org. It enables you to check the configuration settings as well as performance data of hosts or services. It can be used prior and during runtime of PNP.
* ATTENTION *: It ONLY supports verifying Nagios 3.x and Icinga 1.x as Monitoring core.
wget http://verify.pnp4nagios.org/verify_pnp_config
The verify script is located on http://verify.pnp4nagios.org and needs three start options
--mode One of the modes described on modes--config Location of nagios.cfg or icinga.cfg--pnpcfg Path to PNP´s etc directory
Calling perl verify_pnp_config will show the available options.
The following is a sample run
lenny:~# perl verify_pnp_config --mode npcdmod --config=/usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg --pnpcfg=/usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc [INFO] ========== Starting Environment Checks ============ [INFO] My version is: verify_pnp_config-0.6.14-R.31 [INFO] Reading /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg [OK ] Running product is 'nagios' [OK ] object_cache_file is defined [OK ] object_cache_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/objects.cache [INFO] Reading /usr/local/nagios/var/objects.cache [OK ] resource_file is defined [OK ] resource_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/resource.cfg [INFO] Reading /usr/local/nagios/etc/resource.cfg [INFO] Reading /usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/process_perfdata.cfg [INFO] Reading /usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/pnp4nagios_release [OK ] Found PNP4Nagios version "0.6.14" [OK ] Effective User is 'nagios' [OK ] User nagios exists with ID '1000' [OK ] Effective group is 'nagios' [OK ] Group nagios exists with ID '1000' [INFO] ========== Checking npcdmod Mode Config ============ [OK ] process_performance_data is 1 compared with '/1/' [OK ] event_broker_options is defined [OK ] event_broker_options=-1 [OK ] event_broker_option bits 2 and 3 enabled (12) [OK ] broker_module is defined [OK ] broker_module=/usr/local/pnp4nagios/lib/npcdmod.o config_file=/usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/npcd.cfg [OK ] npcdmod.o config file is /usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/npcd.cfg [OK ] /usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/npcd.cfg used by npcdmod.o is readable [OK ] npcd daemon is running [OK ] /usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/npcd.cfg is used by npcd and readable [OK ] npcd and npcdmod.o are using the same config file (/usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/npcd.cfg) [INFO] Nagios config looks good so far [INFO] ========== Checking config values ============ [INFO] Reading /usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/npcd.cfg [OK ] Script /usr/local/pnp4nagios/libexec/process_perfdata.pl is executable [INFO] ========== Starting global checks ============ [OK ] status_file is defined [OK ] status_file=/dev/shm/status.dat [INFO] Reading /dev/shm/status.dat [INFO] ==== Starting rrdtool checks ==== [OK ] RRDTOOL is defined [OK ] RRDTOOL=/usr/bin/rrdtool [OK ] /usr/bin/rrdtool is executable [OK ] RRDtool 1.3.1 Copyright 1997-2008 by Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch> [OK ] USE_RRDs is defined [OK ] USE_RRDs=1 [OK ] Perl RRDs modules are loadable [INFO] ==== Starting directory checks ==== [OK ] RRDPATH is defined [OK ] RRDPATH=/usr/local/pnp4nagios/var/perfdata [OK ] Perfdata directory '/usr/local/pnp4nagios/var/perfdata' exists [WARN] 62 hosts/services are not providing performance data [WARN] 'process_perf_data 1' is set for 43 hosts/services which are not providing performance data! [WARN] 'process_perf_data 0' is set for 27 of your hosts/services [OK ] 'process_perf_data 1' is set for 243 of your hosts/services [INFO] ==== System sizing ==== [OK ] 269 hosts/service objects defined [INFO] ==== Check statistics ==== [WARN] Warning: 3, Critical: 0 [WARN] Checks finished...
Starting with 0.6.19-R.37 (2013-02-17) the script will accept the option --object (or -o) followed by a string to specify a host name and/or service description to additionally show performance data (if any) of the object(s) found. The data is enclosed in brackets, followed by the value of the directive process_performance_data (ppd=n).
host = show performance information for host host
;service = show performance information for service service
host;service = show performance information for service service on host host
The strings are taken as regular expressions (perl syntax).