Nagios Downtime Scheduling (PHP)

By Kernel 7 On January 6th, 2012

Nagios is particularly complicated itself in scheduling a downtime, and automating it is a pain.
Here is an easy to use PHP script that will make scheduling a breeze:

[1] Download the “Downtime Scheduling Utility” and extract it to your preferred location:
http://sweetdeliah.com/nagios/downtime/nagios_down-0.2.tar.gz

[2] To schedule a maintenance, here is a template:
./nagios_down.php -h ‘host-server-001′ -f -b ’03:00 23 January 2012′ -e ’03:30 23 January 2012’ -a ‘John Doe’ -c ‘Monthly Maintenance for Windows Patches’

This will put the host “host-server-001” in maintenance mode for 30 minutes on January 23rd, 2012, between 03:00 AM and 03:30 AM, with “John Doe” as the person responsible for logging the downtime, and “Monthly Maintenance for Windows Patches” as a comment.

[3] You can automate the process using Cron or your Custom GUI if any.

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