OpenWeatherMap

Prerequisites

Centreon Plugin

Install this plugin on each needed poller:

yum install centreon-plugin-Applications-Openweathermap-Restapi

API token

A token is mandatory to access the API. More information can be found on the official OpenWeatherMap website : OpenWeatherMap api.

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:

Field	Value
Host name	Name of the host
Alias	Host description
IP address / DNS	api.openweathermap.org
Monitored from	Monitoring Poller to use
Host Multiple Templates	App-OpenWeatherMap-Restapi-custom
APITOKEN	Token from OpenWeatherMap subscription

Click on the Save button.

Service Macro Configuration

The following macros must be configured on the service:

Macro

Description

CITYNAME

City name (e.g London or ISO 3166 code like London,uk)

WARNINGTEMPERATURE

Set warning threshold for temperature (in °C)

CRITICALTEMPERATURE

Set critical threshold for temperature (in °C)

WARNINGHUMIDITY

Set warning threshold for humidity (in %)

CRITICALHUMIDITY

Set critical threshold for humidity (in %)

WARNINGCLOUDS

Set warning threshold for clouds (in %)

CRITICALCLOUDS

Set critical threshold for clouds (in %)

WARNINGWIND

Set warning threshold for wind (in m/s)

CRITICALWIND

Set critical threshold for wind (in m/s)

Click on the Save button.