[op5-users] Merlin and legacy NSCA checks

[Andreas Ericsson]

On 10/28/2009 02:42 PM, Joshua Barratt - (mt) Media Temple wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm evaluating migrating my existing (old, non-redundant, nagios2)
> setup over to Merlin. We have a lot of application-level monitoring
> that fires off passive checks via NSCA (send_nsca). This is easy with
> a single nagios server since you know where to send them.
>
> If I'm hoping to run
>
> 	noc<-peer->  noc
> and
> 	poller<-peer->  poller
>
> with the appropriate cross-wiring,
>
> (1) Can I still submit my legacy nsca checks?

Yes. Merlin utilizes the host-/service status update events, which are
created on passive checkresult submission too.  Note that there are
some few issues that remain to be ironed out wrt the transportation of
those events and the accepting of them into the nagios core on the
other end of the chain.

> (2) If so, should they be sent to nocs, pollers, or any of the above?
>

Any of the above, although it would "feel" most appropriate to send
them to the poller responsible for checking them.

> Thanks for any insights, google let me down.
>

You're welcome. I'm not surprised google had little info on this.
Merlin is after all still a fairly young project.

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