livestatus integration pack v0.2.0

Shinken/Nagios LiveStatus integration. Carlos nzlosh@yahoo.com

Configuration

The following options are required to be configured for the pack to work correctly.

Option	Type	Required	Secret	Description
host	string	True	False	Livestatus host address
port	integer	True	False	Livestatus listening port

Actions

The pack provides the following actions:

execute_command

Execute an external command using the LiveStatus API. Reference: https://mathias-kettner.de/checkmk_livestatus.html

Parameter	Type	Required	Secret	Description
host_name	string	True	default	The table to be queried.
sticky	boolean	False	default	Cause the command to apply until the state changes to OK.
notify	boolean	default	default	Send a notification message.
persistent	boolean	False	default	Apply operation to persist between monitoring daemon restarts.
author	string	True	default	the name of the person who ran the command.
comment	string	True	default	the comment to apply to the operation.

host_to_address

Get the host address from the configuration by using the host name.

Parameter	Type	Required	Secret	Description
host	string	True	default	Unavailable

get

Retrieve data using the LiveStatus API. Reference: https://mathias-kettner.de/checkmk_livestatus.html

Parameter	Type	Required	Secret	Description
table	string	True	default	The table to be queried.
columns	array	False	default	A list of columns to retrieve in the result set.
filters	array	False	default	A list of filters to use as criterion for the result set.
stats	array	False	default	A list of basic statistical operations to run.
limit	string	False	default	Limit the number of rows being displayed in the result set.
output_format	string	False	default	Result format, JSON, Python or CSV. (Only JSON is implemented)
query_max_retries	integer	False	default	The number of times a query should be retried before abandoning the request.
query_duration	integer	False	default	The amount of time in seconds for a query to run before cancelling it.
query_retry_delay	integer	False	default	The amount of time to wait for retrying the query.
allow_empty_list	boolean	False	default	True: empty lists allowed, False: empty lists are treated as an error.

state_overview

Return the count of service checks by state (OK, WARNING, CRITICAL or UNKNOWN).

Parameter	Type	Required	Secret	Description
skip_notify	n/a	default	default	Unavailable

host_services_overview

Get the a hosts services state.

Parameter	Type	Required	Secret	Description
host	string	True	default	Host name to query.

contact_email

Get the contact name's email address.

Parameter	Type	Required	Secret	Description
name	string	True	default	Unavailable

Sensors

There are no sensors available for this pack.

Limitations

• The query limit isn't supported under Shinken's LiveStatus implementation.
• The author only has access to test against Shinken's LiveStatus implementation. While this should work for Nagios users, there is not testing performed against it.

References

• https://github.com/shinken-monitoring/mod-livestatus
• https://mathias-kettner.de/checkmk_livestatus.html

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