Stephen, Ah the David Schmitt nagios module. This is what I based my work on. I used it as a model.
Are you aware of any documentation that clearly explains how this collect/export functionality works? Greg On 9/30/10 3:31 PM, "Steven Wagner" <leftath...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Greg, > > I'm on my phone at the moment so I don't have the exact link handy, but there > is a module on GitHub that works. I tinkered with it a lot in my old setup > but found most of my problems were due to not really understanding how the > collect/export functionality worked. > > This is my favorite feature of Puppet. When I got it working, I teared up a > bit. :) > > I believe it's http://github.com/DavidS/puppet-nagios > > > (mobile edition) > > On Sep 30, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Greg Haase <gha...@syntheticgenomics.com> wrote: > >> Greetings, >> >> I am working on getting Nagios implemented with Puppet so that when I add a >> node to Puppet a Nagios configuration file is generated. >> >> I can get nagios installed and configured on the server and the client with >> no problems. Yet getting the client configuration file on to the server is >> not happening. I did have it working at one point in time yet It seems that >> I cannot get back to that configuration. >> >> I am relying on notation using the @@ and <<||>> I found somewhere in the >> documentation yet I did not find a proper discussion of exactly how it >> works. I don't feel that I have a proper understanding of how it works. >> >> What I understand is that by using the >> >> @@name {} >> >> I can load data into a "global object" that is accessible from any puppet >> member. Who uses the >> >> name <<||>> >> >> Notation to call the data stored in that global object. >> >> I believe that in the past I was able to view this information on my puppet >> server with >> >> ralsh nagios_host >> >> It would give me a listing of what was stored in nagios_host. Now when I do >> this I see nothing. >> >> Here is a listing of what I understand as being a way to use this: >> >> Is this correct? >> >> >> ----------------- >> class nagios-server{ >> ........ A bunch of other stuff .......... >> file { "/etc/nagios/": >> ensure => 'directory', >> mode => 755, >> owner => nagios, >> group => nagios, >> recurse => true; >> } >> Nagios_host <<|target == "/etc/nagios/nagios_hosts.${fqdn}.cfg"|>> >> } >> ----------------- >> class nagios-client { >> @@nagios_host { $fqdn: >> target => "/etc/nagios/nagios_hosts.${fqdn}.cfg", >> ensure => present, >> alias => $hostname, >> address => $ipaddress, >> use => "my-servers", >> check_command => "check-host-alive", >> max_check_attempts => 3, >> hostgroups => "my-servers", >> contact_groups => "admins", >> } >> ........ A bunch of other stuff .......... >> } >> ----------------- >> >> Could someone please point me in the right direction to some documentation >> that could help clarify this the use of the @@ and <<||>>? >> >> >> I'd greatly appreciate it. >> >> Thanks >> >> Greg >> Greg Haase >> gha...@syntheticgenomics.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Puppet Users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
