18.3 Apache 403 Warning Error Reported in Nagios on a New Installation or Upgrade to OES 11 SP3

You might see an Apache 403 Forbidden Warning error reported in Nagios after a new installation or upgrade to OES 11 SP3.

Figure 18-1 HTTP 403 Forbidden Warning Error

To resolve the issue, you can try the following:

  1. Log in to the server as the root user, open a terminal console, then navigate to the /etc/nagios/objects directory.

  2. In the localhost.cfg file, modify the check_command parameters in the section, “# Define a service to check HTTP on the local machine”:At the command prompt, enter

    define service {
                      use        local-service    ; Name of service template to use
                      host_name              localhost
                      service_description    HTTP
                       check_command         check_http! -e 'HTTP/1.0 200','HTTP/1.1 200','HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden'
    
                       notifications_enabled 0
                   }
    

    NOTE:If the status for any other service is yellow or red, you must modify the relevant parameters in the localhost.cfg file. For example, if you have 300 processes running on your cluster node, the status of Total Processes will display yellow, since the default values are set to 250 (yellow color) and 400 (red color). You can modify the values to 400 and 500 depending on your environment.

    define service {
                      use        local-service    ; Name of service template to use
                      host_name              localhost
                      service_description    Total Processes
                       check_command         check_local_procs!400!500!RSZDT
                   }
    
  3. Restart Nagios.

    rcnagios restart
    
  4. After a few minutes, verify that the HTTP status for Nagios has been updated to the OK (green) state.

    1. Log in as the root user to Novell Remote Manager.

    2. Select Diagnose > Server Health Services, then click Nagios Service Detail.

    3. In the Nagios Authentication Required dialog box, specify your Nagios user credentials, then click OK.

    4. View the HTTP status in the Nagios main dashboard.