Dynamic check for Cisco SNMP

Project Notes

The check expects a directory called mibcisco, one directory level below the libexec directory. Within this directory it reads in control files. These files are your IP address or hostname, depending on how you setup your devices in Nagios. With in the file it expects to find two environment variables called AUTHP = Auth password PRIVP = Priv password COMMUNITY = Community/username These are the first three lines of the file. It's important that the line count is correct as it's a control in the service checks themselves. Starting on line 5 the configurations start and use pipes as a separator. DESCRIPTION|OID|EXPECTED-VALUE See below for a complete example of the file -------------------------- AUTHP='123abc' PRIVP='abc123' COMMUNITY='public' ############## #|GigabitEthernet3/5: Trunk to switch.example.com:fa0/24|IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.2|up(1) -------------------------- Once you've put in your control files add the check into Nagios. The script expects to have $ARG1$. This first argument is the line number of the check you want to perform. So in the example file above our service would be created and called something generic like “Cisco SNMP Check 1” and have $ARG1$ = 1 This would pull the 5th line of the file above and check that OID against it's expected value. The description will always be returned in the results. If you were checking 4 switches with 7 service checks like below. “Cisco SNMP Check 1” and have $ARG1$ = 1 “Cisco SNMP Check 2” and have $ARG1$ = 2 “Cisco SNMP Check 3” and have $ARG1$ = 3 “Cisco SNMP Check 4” and have $ARG1$ = 4 “Cisco SNMP Check 5” and have $ARG1$ = 5 “Cisco SNMP Check 6” and have $ARG1$ = 6 “Cisco SNMP Check 7” and have $ARG1$ = 7 Later if you added another switch with 10 checks you would simply extend these checks associating them as needed with devices. Keeping it generic like this creates a cleaner configuration within Nagios and in our deployment an easier way to manage systems. Working on V2 that would allow ranges for expected results. This would be for looking at BGP and so on to ensure propigation of routes. Change Log -| 1.0 1.1 - Left out argument to capture line number and had to make a change to the flat file system. - While reading it in some lines were giving an error and Nagios was dropping out. 1.2 - gggrrr.. Couldn't leave this alone. I made the count add 4 so Check 1 would have an $ARG1$ = 1