Nagios 4 : Set Thresholds2022/08/10

	This is the Threshold settings section. It is set on some items by default but if you change it, configure like follows.
[1]	The thresholds are set in configuration file by default. For example, the item for monitoring disk usage of root partition is set like follows.

[root@dlp ~]#

vi /etc/nagios/objects/localhost.cfg

.....
.....
# Define a service to check the disk space of the root partition
# on the local machine.  Warning if < 20% free, critical if
# < 10% free space on partition.

# the thresholds are set as Warning if > 20% free, critical if 10% > 10% free
# change these values if you'd like to change them

define service {

    use                     local-service           ; Name of service template to use
    host_name               localhost
    service_description     Root Partition
    check_command           check_local_disk!20%!10%!/
}
.....
.....

[root@dlp ~]#

systemctl restart nagios

[2]	For the case you add a new plugin and configure it, set like follows. (example below is for [check_ntp_time] plugin)

[root@dlp ~]#

dnf --enablerepo=epel -y install nagios-plugins-ntp

# display options for a plugin to confirm usage

[root@dlp ~]#

/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_ntp_time -h

.....
.....

 -w, --warning=THRESHOLD
    Offset to result in warning status (seconds)
 -c, --critical=THRESHOLD
    Offset to result in critical status (seconds)

.....
.....

# add definition of command for a plugin with thresholds' options

[root@dlp ~]#

vi /etc/nagios/objects/commands.cfg

# add to the end

define command {
    command_name    check_ntp_time
    command_line    $USER1$/check_ntp_time -H $ARG1$ -w $ARG2$ -c $ARG3$
}

# add definition of service with thresholds' values

[root@dlp ~]#

vi /etc/nagios/objects/localhost.cfg

# add to the end
# Warning with 1 sec time difference, Critical with 2 sec difference

define service {
    use                     local-service
    host_name               localhost
    service_description     NTP_TIME
    check_command           check_ntp_time!ntp.nict.jp!1!2
    notifications_enabled   1
}

[root@dlp ~]#

systemctl restart nagios

[3]	The notification is sent if a system value is over the threshold.

Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:18:18 +0900
To: root@localhost
Subject: ** PROBLEM Service Alert: localhost/NTP_TIME is CRITICAL **
Message-Id: <20220810041818.19C18207CDC4@dlp.srv.world<
From: nagios@dlp.srv.world

***** Nagios *****

Notification Type: PROBLEM

Service: NTP_TIME
Host: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1
State: CRITICAL

Date/Time: Wed Aug 10 13:18:18 JST 2022

Additional Info:

NTP CRITICAL: Offset 112.1195108 secs, stratum best:0 worst:1

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