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Monitoring CiviCRM¶

CiviCRM 4.6 and below¶

Install CiviMonitor:

• Log into the website, browse to CiviCRM.
• Go to Administer menu > System Settings > Manage Extensions.
  • On Civi sites that have been updated from much older versions, this may be Administer menu > Customize Data and Screens > Manage Extensions.
• Click on the "Add New" tab.
• Click "Download" next to "CiviCRM Monitoring for Nagios".
• Continue with the "All versions" directions.

All versions¶

• NOTE: The next two items use drush on Drupal. If using Wordpress, substitute wp cv civicrm-sql-query for drush civicrm-sql-query.
• Determine if there's an existing administrative user with an API

drush civicrm-sql-query 'SELECT display_name, api_key FROM civicrm_contact WHERE api_key IS NOT NULL;'

• If so, grab that API key. If not, use pwgen or similar to generate a random string, then update CiviCRM with it:

drush civicrm-sql-query 'UPDATE civicrm_contact SET api_key = "<api key here>" WHERE id = 2;'

• Get the site key:

grep SITE_KEY sites/default/civicrm.settings.php #(Drupal)
grep SITE_KEY wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm.settings.php #(Wordpress)

Icinga Configuration¶

• Log into the Icinga server: ssh icinga
• If necessary, define the new host by making a copy of an existing host file in /etc/icinga2/conf.d/hosts.
• Add the lines:

vars.cms = "drupal" 
vars.crm_site_key = "<site key here>"
vars.crm_api_key = "<api key here>"

• Other valid values for CMS are "wordpress" and "joomla".
• TODO: Indicate if SSL is required and how to indicate it.
• Test your syntax with: service icinga2 checkconfig.
• Restart Icinga: service icinga2 restart