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DHCP Server

Prerequisites​

This chapter describes the prerequisites installation needed by plugins to run.

Centreon Plugin​

Install this plugin on each needed poller:

yum install nagios-plugins-dhcp

Local Network​

The local network must have a DHCP service running and available, the monitoring server must be able to communicate with this network.

Centreon Configuration​

Create a host using the appropriate template​

Go to Configuration > Hosts and click Add. Then, fill the form as shown by the following table:

FieldValue
Host nameName of the host
AliasHost description
IPHost IP Address
Monitored fromMonitoring Poller to use
Host Multiple TemplatesInfra-DHCP-custom

Click on the Save button.

Those services were automatically created for this host:

ServiceDescription
pingMonitor host response time
DHCPCheck DHCP Availability

Host Macro Configuration​

No macro is defined for this template.

Service Macro configuration​

No macro is defined for this template.