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Quick note: I wanted to enable the check_ldap plugin in Nagios. You need to install the following package and recompile before you can use it: apt-get install libldap2-dev Quick example on how to use it: In the commands.cfg: define command{ command_name    check_ldap command_line    $USER1$/check_ldap -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -b dc=david,dc=org -3 -4 -D cn=nagios,cn=Users,dc=david,dc=org -P … Continue reading Adding LDAP support to Nagios

Nagios has quite a complex notification system. It can notify network admins of problems using a large variety of methods, such as emails, pagers, IM and so on. In this quick guide I note the procedure I followed to send email notifications to testlab network admins. 1. Installed the postfix package as described in the … Continue reading Quick 'n basic guide to setting up Nagios email notifications