Monitoring Asterisk With Nagios

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A short article detailing the monitoring of your Asterisk PBX with Nagios .

Nagios Configuration

checkcommands.cfg

define command{
       command_name    check_pbx
       command_line    /etc/asterisk/monitor_pbx.pl
       }

services.cfg

define service{
use                             generic-service
host_name                       pbxhost
service_description             AsteriskPBX
is_volatile                     0
check_period                    24x7
contact_groups                  janitors,helpdesk
max_check_attempts              10
normal_check_interval           5
retry_check_interval            1
notification_interval           60
notification_period             24x7
notification_options            w,u,c,r
check_command                   check_pbx
}

Download

monitor_pbx.pl, a perl script for testing * status is available.

Asterisk Configuration

manager.conf

[nagios]
secret = XyXyXyXyXy
permit=127.0.0.1/255.255.255.0
read = system
write = log