anuriq / chef-nscp

Nscp Chef Cookbook

Description

NSClient++ is used as a monitoring agent on Windows. This cookbook installs it in NRPE (legacy) mode. Also it provides LWRP to create additional script checks.

Requirements

Platforms

Tested only on Windows Server 2012 R2.

Attributes

Root for all attributes is node['nscp'].

Attribute	Description	Type	Default
['config']	Configuration values for nsclient.ini are stored here.	Hash	Check attributes/default.rb
['template_cookbook']	Name of the cookbook where configuration templates are stored.	String	'nscp'
['template_name']	Name of template file for nsclient.ini config.	String	'nsclient.ini.erb'
['template_scripts_name']	Name of template file for nsclient_scripts.ini config.	String	'nsclient_scripts.ini.erb'
['service_name']	Name of the NSClient++ service.	String	'nscp'

Recipes

• default.rb - Install and configure NSClient++.

Resources

nscp_check

Used to create additional script checks. Every check is saved in node attributes.

Property	Description	Type	Default
command_name	Unique command name. This command then called from check_nrpe.	String
command	Script name to execute. Currently only scripts in <nsclient_folder>/scripts are supported. Put custom scripts there using template or cookbook_file resources. Arguments are supported.	String
arguments	Arguments array to be used with check. ATTENTION: These values are not for NSClient++ configuration, but for Nagios, Icinga, etc. to run with check_nrpe.	Array	[]

Kitchen

# check style
chef exec rake style
# converge and run tests
chef exec rake integration:vagrant

Examples

For examples see test/fixtures/cookbooks/test cookbook.

Authors

• Author:: Azat Khadiev ([e-mail])