downtime_sched

New version 4.0

Mirror: http://www.share-online.biz/dl/LOID9WRPOO80
Download: http://steveshipway.org/forum/download/file.php?id=89

I was looking for a web-based possibility to schedule recurring downtime in Nagios. This addon offered exactly the things we needed.

I've used the downtime-2.2 version with our Nagios Core 4.1.1, and I can confirm that it works fine. The only things that are different in the 3.0 version, are the downtime_job.pl file and the new line in the side.php file. The downtime_job.pl script schedules the downtime in Nagios, based on the recurring schedule you provided. I haven't seen any problems with the 2.2 version of the script. Make sure you use the new line in side.php however. Nothing has changed in downtime_sched.cgi

I've followed the instructions in the 2.2 README file, and modified the files as described, but with a few additional settings. See below.

In downtime_job.pl:

my($NAGDIR) = "/usr/local/nagios" ; # Nagios root directory
my($CFGFILE) = "$NAGDIR/etc/schedule.cfg"; # my configuration file
my($CMDFILE) = "$NAGDIR/var/rw/nagios.cmd"; # Nagios CMD file
my($OBJECTS) = "$NAGDIR/var/objects.cache"; # Nagios 2 objects file
my($DOWNDAT) = "$NAGDIR/var/downtime.dat"; # existing sched downtime

In downtime_sched.cgi:

my($NAGIOS) = "/usr/local/nagios";

my($CFGFILE) = "$NAGIOS/etc/schedule.cfg"; # My config file!
my($STATUSLOG) = "$NAGIOS/var/status.log";# if defined, check validity
my($OBJECTS) = "$NAGIOS/var/objects.cache";# if defined, use nagios2 cache

Furthermore, I've also added the following line to both sub headers parts in downtime_sched.cgi:



This will make the text style the same as the rest of the Nagios web interface.

used the downtime-2.2.tar.gz - works fine with Nagios core 4.0.5
Just needed to edit the files as in README file:
for downtime_job.pl:
use strict;
use Time::Local;

my($VERSION) = "2.2"; # this script version

#my($NAGDIR) = "/u02/nagios" ; # Nagios root directory
my($NAGDIR) = "/usr/local/nagios" ; # Nagios root directory
my($SVCALSO) = 0; # schedule outages for services on hosts as well as hosts?

my($CFGFILE) = "$NAGDIR/etc/schedule.cfg"; # my configuration file
#my($CMDFILE) = "$NAGDIR/log/rw/nagios.cmd"; # Nagios CMD file
my($CMDFILE) = "$NAGDIR/var/rw/nagios.cmd"; # Nagios CMD file
# Define this for Nagios 2
#my($OBJECTS) = "$NAGDIR/log/objects.cache"; # Nagios 2 objects file
my($OBJECTS) = "$NAGDIR/var/objects.cache"; # Nagios 2 objects file
#my($DOWNDAT) = "$NAGDIR/log/downtime.dat"; # existing sched downtime
my($DOWNDAT) = "$NAGDIR/var/downtime.dat"; # existing sched downtime
# Or these for Nagios 1
my($STATUSLOG) = "$NAGDIR/log/status.log"; # Nagios status log file
my($HGCFG) = "$NAGDIR/etc/hostgroups.cfg";# needed if ver=1
my($DOWNLOG) = "$NAGDIR/log/downtime.log"; # existing sched downtime

my($FREQUENCY) = 1440*7; # how many minutes to look ahead. Should be at least
# 1440 (one day) and

Works nicely!

3.0 Link: http://steveshipway.org/forum/download/file.php?id=89

README says that cron will only run in the morning, but the supplied crontab runs it every minute. This is good since you won't miss a job schedule to start in the same day!

This add-on neatly adds the ability to set up recurring down-time for hosts or services with a web front-end which integrates well with the standard Nagios gui.

Version 3 of this add-on is now available for users of Nagios 3. Check out Steve's support forum at http://www.steveshipway.org/forum/ (under "Nagios: Interoperability, Plugins and Utilities") for the latest on this.