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opsgenie_heartbeat_checker

Last Release Date
2014-09-12
Compatible With
  • Nagios 1.x
  • Nagios 2.x
  • Nagios 3.x
  • Nagios 4.x
  • Nagios XI
License
Apache
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How do you monitor Nagios to ensure it's operational? Using this plugin, Nagios sends periodic heartbeat messages to OpsGenie service, and if OpsGenie does not receive heartbeat messages for a configurable time period, appropriate people can be notified via email, iOS & Android push notifications, SMS and phone calls.
The plugin is a golang executable with no dependencies and sends heartbeat messages to OpsGenie via HTTPS. The plugin requires OpsGenie subscription (http://www.opsgenie.com, free subscription plan available).
The plugin takes the required OpsGenie API key and heartbeat name (configured in OpsGenie) as program arguments.
Usage Instructions:

1- Please create an OpsGenie account if you haven't done already.
2- Add a heartbeat in OpsGenie Heartbeats page.
3- Create a OpsGenie Heartbeat integration from Integrations page and copy its Api key.
4- Download the binary file, heartbeat (provided in https://github.com/opsgenie/opsgenie-heartbeat/releases/tag/v1.0), into your Nagios libexec directory.
5- In Nagios, define a command like so:
define command{
command_name opsgenie_heartbeat
command_line /usr/local/nagios/libexec/heartbeat -apiKey $ARG1$ -name $ARG2$
}
6- Define a service that will run the command like so:
define service {
service_description OpsGenie Heartbeat
host_name localhost
check_interval 10
check_period 24x7
max_check_attempts 60
retry_interval 1
notification_interval 60
check_command opsgenie_heartbeat!API_KEY!HEARTBEAT_NAME
}
where API_KEY is the api key you acquired from OpsGenie integration, and HEARTBEAT_NAME is the name of the heartbeat you added.