From a4efa66f5b8531bad96291b1a8f8755006f2d4da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Konrad Bucheli Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:51:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] how to enable icinga2 agent and dmesg ignore list --- admin-guide/configuration/icinga2.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/admin-guide/configuration/icinga2.md b/admin-guide/configuration/icinga2.md index 3e98fb20..ea462c15 100644 --- a/admin-guide/configuration/icinga2.md +++ b/admin-guide/configuration/icinga2.md @@ -22,4 +22,24 @@ By default no alerts are generated. If you wish different, set icinga2::alerting::enable: true ``` +## Icinga2 Agent +The Icinga2 Agent can be enabled with +``` +icinga2::agent::enable: true +``` + +## Default Checks + +By default we already run a comprehensive set of checks. Some of them can be fine-tuned in Hiera. +Whenever you have a use case which is not covered yet, please talk to us. + +### Kernel Ring Buffer (dmesg) + +This check alerts on critical kernel messages. +But if the message as such is OK, it can be ignored by adding a substring of it to the array `icinga2::agent::check::dmesg::ignore_list` in Hiera: + +``` +icinga2::agent::check::dmesg::ignore_list: + - 'SMBus base address uninitialized - upgrade BIOS or use' +```