On Tue, 4 Oct 2011, Bernd Adamowicz wrote: > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: puppet-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:puppet- > > us...@googlegroups.com] Im Auftrag von Marcus, Allan B > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 4. Oktober 2011 15:47 > > An: puppet-users@googlegroups.com > > Betreff: [Puppet Users] How best to monitor puppet? > > > > We want to use Nagios to monitor out puppet server so we can be > > notified > > if it goes down. We are using Fusion Passenger and Apache on Red Hat. > > > > Any suggestion for what and how to monitor? > > We use the basic checks for any Unix machine along with special checks for > running Puppet master and client process where appropriate. A service which > uses NRPE and a check_procs call on the Puppet boxes like these two examples > works fine for us: > > Command[check_puppetmaster]=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_procs -w 1:1 -c > 1:1 -C puppetmasterd > Command[check_puppetclient]=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_procs -w 1:1 -c > 1:1 -C puppet > > Bernd >
What about checking the logfile on the master to make sure that everything is checking in? Theoretically, the client daemons could be running and accepting port 8140, but the daemon could be locked up: http://cafuego.net/2011/09/24/keeping-eye-puppet-updated -- Tim Connors -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@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.
