downtime_sched: recurring downtime scheduler

                                

        
        

            
            

                

    

    
Steve Shipway 2007-2010


Downtime scheduler Ver 3.0 for Nagios


Web-configurable recurring downtime scheduler for Nagios 1.x, 2.x and 3.x


WARNING:
This does not have any integrated security.  It does not check for external
commands being enabled.  It does not check that you are authorised to the
host you are scheduling for.  Your web server can check individual logins,
so I suggest you restrict the use of this to Nagios admins only.


HOW TO INSTALL:


    

  1. Create the file schedule.cfg, probably in your nagios/etc directory.  This must be writeable by the web user.
    2. 

  2. Edit downtime_job.pl.
Put the correct path for perl in the first line.
Correct NAGDIR to point to your Nagios install root.
Correct the CFGFILE path to point to the file created in step 1 if necessary.
Correct any other paths as required.
    3. 

  3. Edit downtime_sched.cgi
Put the correct path for perl in the first line.
Correct the CFGFILE path to point to the file created in step 1.
Correct the STATUSLOG path to point to your nagios/log/status.log file, if you want to have some validity checking done.
    4. 

  4. Copy downtime_sched.cgi into your nagios/lib/cgi directory, with read and exec permissions for all.
    5. 

  5. Copy downtime_job.pl into your nagios/bin directory, with read and exec permissions.
    6. 

  6. Add the entry in the crontab file to the crontabs for the nagios user.
Dont forget to change the paths if necessary.
    7. 

  7. Add the contents of the side.html file into the middle of your nagios/share/side.html menu file, probably after the Downtime part.  This is NOT A REPLACEMENT for the side.html file, it is an ADDITION!
If you are using Nagios 3.x, you will need to use the side.php snippet instead of the side.html snippet.
    8. 



This should be all you need.  You can now check that you get the new link
in the side menu, and that it allows you to define new recurring schedules.
The crontab entry will run every morning, and add the downtime for the next
24 hours, according to the schedule.


The schedule.cfg file is human-readable and preserves comments.  It is a bit
picky about formatting, though.


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