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In Nagios XI, under Host Management, the Misc Settings tab has fields for 'Notes' and 'Notes URL'. The documentation for the Notes URL field is
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Host - notes url

This variable is used to define an optional URL that can be used to provide more information about the host. If you specify an URL, you will see a red folder icon in the CGIs (when you are viewing host information) that links to the URL you specify here. Any valid URL can be used.

If you plan on using relative paths, the base path will the the same as what is used to access the CGIs (i.e. /cgi-bin/nagios/). This can be very useful if you want to make detailed information on the host, emergency contact methods, etc. available to other support staff.

Parameter name: notes_url
Required: no
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I added info to both fields, but couldn't find the info on any of the XI pages. I finally found the Notes data by going into the Advanced tab and clicking on 'See this host in Nagios Core'. I accidently found the Notes URL data by clicking on a white (not red) folder icon labeled 'Extra Notes' on the right of the core page.
Should this data be available in the XI pages? Ideally, I'd like to be able to click on something on the status line when the host/service has a problem (maybe an icon similar to the 'View Performance graphs' icon) to quickly bring up the notes_url link so we can display host or service specific information that is not stored in the nagios xi database. (i.e. data is being updated in real time by external applications)
So my question is: Is the notes_url link easily accessible from the nagios xi GUI (maybe I just don't know where to look) or if not, how can I add the link near the host so when there's a problem the operators can quickly access the link?

(It would be nice to have a way to add an external link icon to the service also, similar to the 'This service has comments' icon that currently exists, but that lets us link to external data.)

I think what you are looking for is in the new Actions component in Admin -> Manage Components -> Actions -> Settings.

This component will allow you to add quick links to your hosts/services and these can include data from macros in the Nagios host/service.

I don't see an Actions component. Nor is one listed if I hit the Get Components button (Nagios Exchange). Has it been released?
I also see an update avilable for "Bandwidth Usage Report", but when I hit download, it says not found so maybe the website is not completely current.

What version of XI are you running?

You can get the actions component here
http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagi ... ctions.zip

Nagios XI 2012R1.3

Thanks!
I got the Actions file (and the updated bandwith component) and will take a look at it as soon as I figure out a problem with
manually submitting files to the checkresults spooler.

BTW, Is that link the normal non-public download section for customers? (or pre-release?)

The customer download section is here.

You will need an account and login for these files.

Thanks for the link. It's odd that the 'Get Components' link in nagios xi doesn't give you the option of downloading from the customer site vs the public exchange site.

Actually, there was just an error on the bandwidth report URL which I have updated.

Usually, only items that are not on the public exchange site get links to the customer only section.

I installed the new Actions component and was able to configure a link to our tool across all the hosts using the %host% variable. I thought I was going to have to modify the Action URL for each host. This is *MUCH* easier and works fine if can use a single generic url with the hostname and/or service name as variables.