build-nagios-object

Build nagios objects from txt files.

Objects type supported:

• host;
• hostgroup;
• service;
• servicegroup;
• contact;
• contactgroup;
• timeperiod;
• command;
• servicedependency;
• serviceescalation;
• hostextinfo;
• serviceextinfo;

You can find more about objects definitions [here.] (https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagioscore/docs/nagioscore/3/en/objectdefinitions.html)

TXT file format:

object:[object type] **this line is required**
key:value

TXT file example:

object:host
host_name:host_hell
alias:host_hell
address:192.168.0.168
hostgroup:server_group
contacts:admin
display_name:Host Hell
notes:some note here

You can write more than one object per file, no limit, to do that put a blank line between two objects

object:host
host_name:host_hell
alias:host_hell
address:192.168.0.168
hostgroup:server_group
contacts:admin
display_name:Host Hell
notes:some note here
                            <--- blank line here
object:service
host_name:host_hell
alias:host_hell
address:192.168.0.168
hostgroup:server_group
contacts:admin
display_name:Host Hell
notes:some note here

Prerequisites:

python 2.6.x, 2.7.x
jinja2

Usage:

python build-nagios-object.py [txt file]

License

Licensed under the MIT License.