NMIS Configuration

Owned by Mark Unwin
Last updated: May 19, 2021
4 min read

NMIS Configuration

This page contains several sections for both NMIS8 and NMIS9.

We have detailed a set of commonly configured attributes that most users will want to consider.

We also have a very detailed list of every option available that most users will not need to use, unless they have a specific use-case.

The NMIS8 configuration items are stored in a text file /usr/local/nmis8/conf/Config.nmis.

The NMIS9 configuration items are stored in a text file /usr/local/nmis9/conf/Config.nmis.

Common Settings to Consider Adjusting for NMIS8

Below are settings customers commonly change, typically authentication and email settings.

 Common NMIS8 Configuration

Authentication

authenticationauth_cookie_flavournmisnmis, omkUser Management in NMIS8To configure NMIS to share authentication cookies with Opmantek Applications, it is necessary that you change the configuration item auth_cookie_flavour from the default "nmis" to "omk" and set the configuration item auth_web_key to the same value as the OMK application's first omkd_secrets configuration.
authenticationauth_default_groups

As aboveWhen accessing NMIS, you have a choice on how to handle authenticated users who do not have authorisations defined, you can reject them, or you can allow them default access. This is so that you do not have to define every user in the system if the authentication system is providing a reduced list of users, to have the users become an operator or guest by default and be able to see all groups of devices, the following would apply. 'auth_default_privilege' => 'guest', 'auth_default_groups' => 'all'. To prevent default authorisation, simply define them as blank, which is the default in the NMIS8 Install configuration.
authenticationauth_default_privilege

As aboveAs above for auth_default_groups
authenticationauth_ldap_contextou=people,dc=opmantek,dc=com
As aboveThe base of context to attempt to bind to 
authenticationauth_ldap_server192.168.1.5<ip>As aboveThe LDAP server to use for autheitcation.
authenticationauth_method_1htpasswd
As aboveIn the NMIS configuration you can configure multiple methods which are used for auth failure, so if ms-ldap fails, it will fail back to htpasswd for example. This means if you set auth_method_1 to be ldap and auth_method_2 to be htpasswd, and login with the default NMIS credentials (and you have not changed the password), the authentication for LDAP will fail, and then authentication with the users.dat will succeed and the user will be logged in.
authenticationauth_method_2

As aboveAs above for auth_method_1
authenticationauth_ms_ldap_basedc=corp,dc=opmantek,dc=com
As aboveThe LDAP Base to search from
authenticationauth_ms_ldap_dn_accnmis
As aboveThe DomainName\account to bind with
authenticationauth_ms_ldap_dn_pswXXXXXXXXX
As aboveThe password for the above
authenticationauth_ms_ldap_server192.168.1.5<ip>As aboveThe Active Directory server to use for authentication
authenticationauth_sso_domain

As above
authenticationauth_user_name_regex[\w \-\.\@\`\']+<regex>As above


Email

emailmail_combinetruetrue, falseNMIS8 Email
emailmail_domainyourdomain.com<domain>As above
emailmail_fromnmis@yourdomain.com<email>As above
emailmail_from_reportsnmis-reports@yourdomain.com<email>As above
emailmail_password
<password>As above
emailmail_server127.0.0.1<ip>As above
emailmail_server_ipproto
ipv4, ipv6As above
emailmail_server_port25<integer>As above
emailmail_use_tlsfalsetrue, falseAs above
emailmail_useryour mail username<username>As above


Globals

globalsnode_name_rule



globalsthreshold_falling_reset_dampening



globalsthreshold_rising_reset_dampening



globalsuuid_add_with_node

Using Unique Identifiers (UUID) for NMIS Nodes


System

systemdemote_faulty_nodestruetrue, false
For nodes that have been non-collectable for a long time NMIS offers to attempt collect operations only once every 24 hours.
systemdisplay_status_summaryfalsetrue, falseNMIS Node Status
systemfastping_interval


Added in NMIS 9.0.3
systemfastping_target_interval


Added in NMIS 9.0.3
systemgraph_cache_maxage



systemnettype_listwan,lan,vpn,man,san,voice,default<list>

systemnetwork_viewNode_field_liststatus,outage,sysName,host_addr,host_addr_backup, group,customer,location,businessService,serviceStatus, nodeType,nodeModel,polling_policy,sysUpTime,sysLocation, sysContact,sysDescr,ifNumber,lastUpdate, nodeVendor,sysObjectName,roleType,netType<list>Adding or Rearranging fields in the Node Details ViewControls which fields are shown in the Node View and in what order.
systemnode_status_uses_status_summaryfalsetrue, falseNMIS Node Status
systemnon_stateful_eventsNode Configuration Change, Node Reset, NMIS runtime exceeded<list>

systemos_username



systempolling_interval_factor0.9<decimal>
Fraction of the polling interval after which node is considered for next poll
systemthreshold_period-interface-15 minutes

Added in NMIS 8.5
systemthreshold_period-pkts-15 minutes

Added in NMIS 8.5
systemthreshold_period-pkts_hc-15 minutes

Added in NMIS 8.5

Detailed NMIS8 Configuration

Below are detailed options for NMIS8 configuration.

 Detailed Configuration

Configuration settings in the Config.nmis file are broken into sections.


SectionNameOriginal Value
Possible ValuesDescription
authenticationauth_banner_titleNMIS8


authenticationauth_buttons_visibletrue
true, false
authenticationauth_cookie_flavournmis
nmis, omk
authenticationauth_cw_company_id



authenticationauth_cw_private_key



authenticationauth_cw_public_key



authenticationauth_cw_server



authenticationauth_debug



authenticationauth_debug_remote_addr



authenticationauth_default_groups



authenticationauth_default_privilege



authenticationauth_expire\+30min


authenticationauth_htpasswd_encryptcrypt


authenticationauth_htpasswd_file<nmis_conf>/users.dat


authenticationauth_ldap_attr



authenticationauth_ldap_contextou=people,dc=opmantek,dc=com


authenticationauth_ldap_server192.168.1.5


authenticationauth_ldaps_server



authenticationauth_lockout_after0


authenticationauth_login_motdAuthentication required: Please log in with your appropriate username and password in order to gain access to this system


authenticationauth_login_titleNMIS8 login


authenticationauth_method_1htpasswd


authenticationauth_method_2



authenticationauth_method_3



authenticationauth_ms_ldap_attrsAMAccountName


authenticationauth_ms_ldap_basedc=corp,dc=opmantek,dc=com


authenticationauth_ms_ldap_debugfalse
true, false
authenticationauth_ms_ldap_dn_accnmis


authenticationauth_ms_ldap_dn_pswXXXXXXXXX


authenticationauth_ms_ldap_server192.168.1.5


authenticationauth_ms_ldaps_server



authenticationauth_radius_secret



authenticationauth_radius_server



authenticationauth_sso_domain



authenticationauth_user_name_regex[\w \-\.\@\`\']+
<regex>Deprecated
authenticationauth_web_keyPlease Change Me!








cssjquery_jdmenu_css<menu_url_base>/css/jquery.jdMenu.css
<relative url>
cssjquery_ui_css<menu_url_base>/css/smoothness/jquery-ui-1.9.2.custom.css
<relative url>
cssstyles<menu_url_base>/css/dash8.css
<relative url>






daemonsdaemon_fping_activetrue
true, false
daemonsdaemon_fping_dns_cachetrue
true, false
daemonsdaemon_fping_filenamefpingd.pl


daemonsdaemon_fping_run_escalationtrue
true, false
daemonsdaemon_ipsla_activefalse
true, false
daemonsdaemon_ipsla_filenameipslad.pl


daemonslogwatchfalse
true, false






directories<nmis_base>/usr/local/nmis8
<filepath>
directories<menu_base><nmis_base>/menu
<relative filepath>
directories<nmis_admin><nmis_base>/admin
<relative filepath>
directories<nmis_backups><nmis_data>/backups
<relative filepath>
directories<nmis_bin><nmis_base>/bin
<relative filepath>
directories<nmis_cgi><nmis_base>/cgi-bin
<relative filepath>
directories<nmis_conf><nmis_base>/conf
<relative filepath>
directories<nmis_data><nmis_base>
<relative filepath>
directories<nmis_logs><nmis_base>/logs
<relative filepath>
directories<nmis_menu><nmis_base>/menu
<relative filepath>
directories<nmis_models><nmis_base>/models
<relative filepath>
directories<nmis_var><nmis_data>/var
<relative filepath>
directoriesconfig_logs<nmis_logs>/config
<relative filepath>
directoriesdatabase_root<nmis_data>/database
<relative filepath>
directoriesjson_logs<nmis_logs>/json
<relative filepath>
directorieslog_root<nmis_logs>
<relative filepath>
directoriesmib_root<nmis_base>/mibs
<relative filepath>
directoriesplugin_root<nmis_conf>/plugins
<relative filepath>
directoriesreport_root<nmis_base>/htdocs/reports
<relative filepath>
directoriesscript_root<nmis_conf>/scripts
<relative filepath>
directoriesweb_root<nmis_base>/htdocs
<relative filepath>






emailmail_combinetrue
true, false
emailmail_domainyourdomain.com
<domain>
emailmail_fromnmis@yourdomain.com
<email>
emailmail_from_reportsnmis-reports@yourdomain.com
<email>
emailmail_password

<password>
emailmail_server127.0.0.1
<ip>
emailmail_server_ipproto

ipv4, ipv6If unset, defaults to ipv4.
emailmail_server_port25
<integer>
emailmail_use_tlsfalse
true, false
emailmail_useryour mail username
<username>






escalationescalate00
<integer>Seconds
escalationescalate1300
<integer>Seconds
escalationescalate1086400
<integer>Seconds
escalationescalate2900
<integer>Seconds
escalationescalate31800
<integer>Seconds
escalationescalate42400
<integer>Seconds
escalationescalate53600
<integer>Seconds
escalationescalate67200
<integer>Seconds
escalationescalate710800
<integer>Seconds
escalationescalate821600
<integer>Seconds
escalationescalate943200
<integer>Seconds
expirationpurge_backup_after30*86400

backup files
expirationpurge_event_after7*86400

historic, closed events
expirationpurge_graphcache_after3600

cached graph images
expirationpurge_jsonlog_after30*86400

json log files
expirationpurge_outages_after86400

past non-recurring outages
expirationpurge_reports_after365*86400

html reports
expirationpurge_rrd_after30*86400

unused rrd files older than 30 days
expirationpurge_state_after30*86400

unused nmis state files






filesauth_log<nmis_logs>/auth.log
<filepath>
filescompany_logo

<filepath>
filesevent_log<nmis_logs>/event.log
<filepath>
filesevents<cgi_url_base>/events.pl
<filepath>
filesfpingd_log<nmis_logs>/fpingd.log
<filepath>
filesipsla<cgi_url_base>/ipsla.pl
<filepath>
filesipsla_log<nmis_logs>/ipsla.log
<filepath>
fileslogs<cgi_url_base>/logs.pl
<filepath>
filesnetwork<cgi_url_base>/network.pl
<filepath>
filesnmis<cgi_url_base>/nmiscgi.pl
<filepath>
filesnmis_favicon<menu_url_base>/img/nmis_favicon.png
<filepath>
filesnmis_help<menu_url_base>/img/question.png
<filepath>
filesnmis_home<menu_url_base>/img/home.png
<filepath>
filesnmis_log<nmis_logs>/nmis.log
<filepath>
filesnmis_slave<menu_url_base>/img/slave.png
<filepath>
filesnode<cgi_url_base>/node.pl
<filepath>
filesoutage_file<nmis_conf>/outage.dat
<filepath>
filespolling_log<nmis_logs>/polling.log
<filepath>
filesrrddraw<cgi_url_base>/rrddraw.pl
<filepath>
filessyslog_log<nmis_logs>/cisco.log
<filepath>






globalsglobal_collect_Description(CNOC|Collection)


globalsglobal_collect_ifDescr



globalsglobal_events_bandwidthtrue
true, false
globalsglobal_nocollect_Description



globalsglobal_nocollect_ifDescr



globalsglobal_nocollect_ifOperStatus



globalsglobal_nocollect_ifType



globalsglobal_nocollect_interface_down_days30
<integer>
globalsglobal_nocollect_noDescription



globalsglobal_noevent_Description



globalsglobal_noevent_ifDescr



globalsglobal_noevent_ifType



globalsglobal_thresholdtrue
true, falseadvanced thresholds enabled or not
globalsnode_name_ruleqr/^[a-zA-Z0-9_. -]+$/
<regex>note: rule MUST exclude '/'
globalsthreshold_falling_reset_dampening1.05
<decimal>
globalsthreshold_poll_cycletrue
true, falseperform threshold computations at the end of poll cycle
globalsthreshold_poll_nodetrue
true, falseor perform threshold computation with each node
globalsthreshold_rising_reset_dampening0.95
<decimal>
globalsuuid_namespace_namewww.domain.com
<domain>
globalsuuid_namespace_typeNameSpace_URL
<url>






graphgraph_amount48
<integer>
graphgraph_default_font_smallDEFAULT:8:Sans-Serif


graphgraph_default_font_standardDEFAULT:8:Sans-Serif


graphgraph_factor2
<integer>
graphgraph_height250
<integer>
graphgraph_splitTRUE


graphgraph_unithours


graphgraph_width700
<integer>
graphsmall_graph_height50
<integer>
graphsmall_graph_width400
<integer>
graphwin_height570
<integer>
graphwin_width835
<integer>






guiexport_summarisation_periods[ 300, 900, 1800, 3600, 4*3600 ]








iconsarrow_down<menu_url_base>/img/arrow_down.gif
<relative filepath>
iconsarrow_down_big<menu_url_base>/img/bigdown.gif
<relative filepath>
iconsarrow_down_black<menu_url_base>/img/arrow_down_black.gif
<relative filepath>
iconsarrow_down_green<menu_url_base>/img/arrow_down_green.gif
<relative filepath>
iconsarrow_up<menu_url_base>/img/arrow_up.gif
<relative filepath>
iconsarrow_up_big<menu_url_base>/img/bigup.gif
<relative filepath>
iconsarrow_up_red<menu_url_base>/img/arrow_up_red.gif
<relative filepath>
iconsback_icon<menu_url_base>/img/back.jpg
<relative filepath>
iconsbanner_image<menu_url_base>/img/NMIS_Logo.gif
<relative filepath>
iconscritical_net_icon<menu_url_base>/img/network-red.gif
<relative filepath>
iconsdoc_icon<menu_url_base>/img/doc.jpg
<relative filepath>
iconsfatal_net_icon<menu_url_base>/img/network-red.gif
<relative filepath>
iconshelp_icon<menu_url_base>/img/help.jpg
<relative filepath>
iconslft_icon<menu_url_base>/img/lft.jpg
<relative filepath>
iconslogs_icon<menu_url_base>/img/logs.jpg
<relative filepath>
iconsmajor_net_icon<menu_url_base>/img/network-amber.gif
<relative filepath>
iconsmap_icon<menu_url_base>/img/australia-line.gif
<relative filepath>
iconsminor_net_icon<menu_url_base>/img/network-yellow.gif
<relative filepath>
iconsmtr_icon<menu_url_base>/img/mtr.jpg
<relative filepath>
iconsnmis_icon<menu_url_base>/img/nmis.png
<relative filepath>
iconsnormal_net_icon<menu_url_base>/img/network-green.gif
<relative filepath>
iconsping_icon<menu_url_base>/img/ping.jpg
<relative filepath>
iconssummary_icon<menu_url_base>/img/summary.jpg
<relative filepath>
iconstelnet_icon<menu_url_base>/img/telnet.jpg
<relative filepath>
iconstrace_icon<menu_url_base>/img/trace.jpg
<relative filepath>
iconsunknown_net_icon<menu_url_base>/img/network-white.gif
<relative filepath>






javascriptcalendar<menu_url_base>/js/calendar.js
<relative url>
javascriptcalendar_setup<menu_url_base>/js/calendar-setup.js
<relative url>
javascriptjquery<menu_url_base>/js/jquery-1.8.3.min.js
<relative url>
javascriptjquery_ba_dotimeout<menu_url_base>/js/jquery.ba-dotimeout.min.js
<relative url>
javascriptjquery_bgiframe<menu_url_base>/js/jquery.bgiframe-2.1.2.js
<relative url>
javascriptjquery_jdmenu<menu_url_base>/js/jquery.jdMenu.js
<relative url>
javascriptjquery_positionby<menu_url_base>/js/jquery.positionBy.js
<relative url>
javascriptjquery_ui<menu_url_base>/js/jquery-ui-1.9.2.custom.js
<relative url>
javascriptnmis_common<menu_url_base>/js/commonv8.js
<relative url>






master_slaveauth_src_ip127.0.0.1


master_slavemaster_dashfalse
true, false
master_slavemaster_reportfalse
true, false
master_slavemaster_server_priority10
<integer>
master_slavemaster_sleep15
<integer>
master_slavenmis_master_poll_cyclefalse
true, false
master_slaveserver_communitysecret


master_slaveserver_masterfalse
true, false
master_slaveserver_usernmismst


master_slaveslave_communitysecret






true, false
menumenu_groups_activetrue
true, false
menumenu_groups_defer_loadfalse
true, false
menumenu_groups_foldouttrue
true, false
menumenu_groups_fulltrue
true, false
menumenu_maxitems30
<integer>
menumenu_start_page_id



menumenu_suspend_linktrue
true, false
menumenu_titleNMIS8


menumenu_types_activetrue
true, false
menumenu_types_defer_loadfalse
true, false
menumenu_types_foldouttrue
true, false
menumenu_types_fulltrue
true, false
menumenu_vendors_activefalse
true, false
menumenu_vendors_defer_loadfalse
true, false
menumenu_vendors_foldoutfalse
true, false
menumenu_vendors_fullfalse
true, false






metricsaverage_decimals2
<integer>
metricsaverage_diff0.1
<decimal>
metricsmetric_availability0.2
<decimal>
metricsmetric_comparison_first_period-8 hours


metricsmetric_comparison_second_period-16 hours


metricsmetric_health0.4
<decimal>
metricsmetric_int_utilisation_above-1
<integer>
metricsmetric_reachability0.4
<decimal>
metricsweight_availability0.1
<decimal>
metricsweight_cpu0.2
<decimal>
metricsweight_int0.3
<decimal>
metricsweight_mem0.1
<decimal>
metricsweight_reachability0.1
<decimal>
metricsweight_response0.2
<decimal>






mibsfull_mibnmis_mibs.oid,a3com.oid,dell.oid,ups.oid,akcp.oid
<filename>






modulesdisplay_community_rss_widgettrue
true, false
modulesdisplay_module_listtrue
true, false
modulesdisplay_network_viewtrue
true, false
modulesdisplay_opmaps_widgetfalse
true, false
modulesdisplay_opflow_widgetfalse
true, false
modulesopmaps_widget_width750
<integer>
modulesopmaps_widget_height450
<integer>
modulesopflow_widget_width750
<integer>
modulesopflow_widget_height460
<integer>
modulesrss_widget_width210
<integer>
modulesrss_widget_height460
<integer>






onlinenmis_docs_onlinehttps://community.opmantek.com/
<url>
onlinecommunity_rss_urlhttps://community.opmantek.com/rss/NMIS.xml
<url>






soundsound_fatal/nmis8/events/critical.wav
<filepath>
soundsound_critical/nmis8/events/critical.wav
<filepath>
soundsound_major/nmis8/events/major.wav
<filepath>
soundsound_typeaudio/wav


soundsound_minorundef


soundsound_warningundef


soundsound_normalundef


soundsound_levels

fatal,critical,major,minor,warning,normal

To enable audio feedback, set the severity levels that you want sound for, and point the sound_X to a suitable url







sqldb_debug0
0,1
sqldb_events_sqlfasle
true, false
sqldb_hostlocalhost


sqldb_links_sqlfalse
true, false
sqldb_logging1
0,1
sqldb_namenmis


sqldb_passwordnmis


sqldb_port3306
<integer>
sqldb_prefix



sqldb_rootpasswordnmis


sqldb_rootusernmisadm


sqldb_serverlocalhost
<hostname>
sqldb_usernmis


sqlnmisdbnmisdb








syslogsyslog_eventsfalse
true, false
syslogsyslog_facilitylocal1


syslogsyslog_serverlocalhost:udp:514


syslogsyslog_use_escalationtrue
true, false






systemauto_expand_more_graphstrue
true, false
systembuttons_in_logsfalse
true, false
systemcache_summary_tablestrue
true, false
systemcache_var_tablestrue
true, false
systemcbqos_cm_collect_alltrue
true, false
systemdefault_authkey



systemdefault_authpassword



systemdefault_communityROpublic


systemdefault_graphtypeabits


systemdefault_privkey



systemdefault_privpassword



systemdefault_username



systemdemote_faulty_nodestrue
true, falsetry totally unpollable nodes just once a day?
systemdisable_interfaces_summaryfalse
true, false
systemdisable_nmis_process_eventsundef

to disable the generation of "nmis runtime exceeded" events, set this to 1 or true
systemdisplay_status_summaryfalse
true, false
systemdomain_name

<domain>
systemfastping_count3
<integer>
systemfastping_node_poll200
<integer>
systemfastping_packet56
<integer>
systemfastping_retries3
<integer>
systemfastping_sleep60
<integer>
systemfastping_timeout5000
<integer>
systemfile_size_warning100000000
<integer>
systemglobal_collecttrue
true, false
systemgraph_cache_maxage120
<integer>set to zero to disable graph caching
systemgroup_listNMIS8,DataCenter,Branches,Sales,Campus,HeadOffice,Open-AudIT


systemhttp_req_timeout60
<integer>
systeminterface_availability_value_when_downU


systeminterface_max_number5000
<integer>
systeminterface_util_labelUtil. 6hrs


systeminterface_util_period-6 hours


systemipsla_bucket_interval180
<integer>
systemipsla_collect_time60
<integer>
systemipsla_control_enable_othertrue
true, false
systemipsla_dnscachetime3600
<integer>
systemipsla_extra_buckets5
<integer>
systemipsla_maxthreads10
<integer>
systemipsla_mthreadtrue
true, false
systemipsla_mthreaddebugfalse
true, false
systemjson_node_fieldsuuid,supportGroup,cmdbType


systemkeep_event_historyfalse
true, falseset to false to disable keeping of closed events in history section
systemloc_from_DNSlocfalse
true, false
systemloc_from_sysLocfalse
true, false
systemloc_sysLoc_format^-*\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,4},-*\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,4},\\d{0,4},.
<regex>
systemlocation_field_namesysLocation

new configuration option to have a configurable field to use for location, e.g. sysLocation or location.

systemlog_max_table_lines25000
<integer>
systemlog_node_configuration_eventsfalse
true, false
systemlog_polling_timeundef

to enable the logging of polling time to the NMIS log, will log every node every 5 minutes, set this to 1 or true

systemmax_child_runtimeundef

maximum runtime of nmis collect or update (child) processes, unlimited if set to zero or undef
systemmodel_health_sectionscpu_cpm,entityMib,diskIOTable,ds3Errors,SONETErrors


systemnettype_listwan,lan,vpn,man,san,voice,default


systemnetwork_health_viewGroup


systemnetwork_summary_maxgroups30
<integer>
systemnetwork_viewNode_field_list

status,outage,sysName,host_addr,host_addr_backup,group,customer,location,

businessService,serviceStatus,nodeType,nodeModel,polling_policy,sysUpTime,

sysLocation,sysContact,sysDescr,ifNumber,lastUpdate,nodeVendor,sysObjectName,roleType,netType


<list>

if this option is present, then *only* properties listed here will be shown in the node view and in precisely this order. custom properties are supported.

systemnmis_executable(/(bin|admin|install/scripts|conf/scripts)/[a-zA-Z0-9_\\.-]+|\\.pl|\\.sh)$
<regex>
systemnmis_groupnmis


systemnmis_hostlocalhost


systemnmis_host_protocolhttp


systemnmis_maxthreads10
<integer>
systemnmis_mthreadfalse
true, false
systemnmis_summary_poll_cyclefalse
true, false
systemnmis_usernmis


systemnmis4_compatibilityfalse
true, false
systemnode_button_in_logstrue
true, false
systemnode_configuration_eventsNode Configuration Change, Node Reset


systemnode_status_uses_status_summaryfalse
true, false

if this option is present and enabled, a nodes health impacts its reported summary, providing VERY granular status.

systemnode_summary_field_listhost,uuid,location,customer,businessService,serviceStatus,snmpdown,wmidown
<list>to have additional fields in the node summary data.
systemnodetype_listgeneric,switch,router,firewall,server
<list>
systemnon_stateful_eventsNode Configuration Change, Node Reset, NMIS runtime exceeded
<list>
systemos_cmd_file_decompressgzip -d -c
<command>
systemos_cmd_read_file_reversetac
<command>
systemos_execperm770
<integer>
systemos_fileperm660
<integer>
systemos_kernelname



systemos_posixfalse
true, false
systemoverall_node_status_coarsefalse
true, false

if this option is present use binary logic for node down and set the level to the overall_node_status_level

systemoverall_node_status_levelCritical


systempage_bg_color_fulltrue
true, false
systempage_refresh_time300
<integer>
systemping_count3
<integer>
systemping_packet56
<integer>
systemping_retries3
<integer>
systemping_timeout5000
<integer>
systemplugins_enabledtrue
true, false
systempolling_interval_factor0.9
<decimal>fraction of the polling interval after which node is considered for next poll
systemreport_files_max60
<integer>
systemresponse_time_threshold500
<integer>
systemroletype_listcore,distribution,access,default
<list>
systemselftest_cron_name(^|/)crond?$
<regex>regexp for finding your cron implementation
systemselftest_max_collect_age900
<integer>seconds, 15 min
systemselftest_max_nmis_procs50
<integer>
systemselftest_max_swap50
<integer>in percent
systemselftest_max_system_cpu60
<integer>utilization in percent
systemselftest_max_system_iowait20
<integer>in percent
systemselftest_max_update_age604800
<integer>seconds, one week
systemselftest_min_diskfree_mb25
<integer>
systemselftest_min_diskfree_percent10
<integer>
systemserver_adminroot@localhost
<email>
systemserver_namelocalhost


systemseverity_by_roletype{ core => [ 'Critical', 'Major' ], distribution => [ 'Major', 'Minor' ], access => [ 'Minor', 'Warning' ], default => [ 'Major', 'Minor' ] }

for coloring the group status panel. 'default' applies to unlisted role types
systemsnmp_max_msg_size1472
<integer>
systemsnmp_retries1
<integer>
systemsnmp_stop_polling_on_errortrue
true, false
systemsnmp_timeout5
<integer>
systemsnpp_server<server_name>


systemstateless_event_dampening900
<integer>
systemthreshold_period-default-15 minutes


systemthreshold_period-health-4 hours


systemthreshold_period-interface-15 minutes


systemthreshold_period-pkts-15 minutes


systemthreshold_period-pkts_hc-15 minutes


systemupnotify_stateful_eventsdown|proactive|alert


systemuse_jsontrue
true, false
systemuse_json_prettyfalse
true, false
systemverbose_nmis_process_eventstrue
true, falseproduce STDERR output (and thus cron emails) if killing nmis processes
systemwidget_refresh_time180
<integer>
systemwrap_node_namestrue
true, false






tables NMIS4Contacts_KeyContact


tables NMIS4Contacts_Table<nmis_conf>/contacts.csv
<relative filepath>
tables NMIS4Escalation_KeyGroup:Role:Type:Event:Event_Node:Event_Element


tables NMIS4Escalation_Table<nmis_conf>/escalation.csv
<relative filepath>
tables NMIS4Interface_Keynode:ifDescr


tables NMIS4Interface_Table<nmis_var>/interface.csv
<relative filepath>
tables NMIS4Locations_KeyLocation


tables NMIS4Locations_Table<nmis_conf>/locations.csv
<relative filepath>
tables NMIS4Nodes_Keynode


tables NMIS4Nodes_Table<nmis_conf>/nodes.csv
<relative filepath>
tables NMIS4Users_Keyuser


tables NMIS4Users_Table<nmis_conf>/users.csv
<relative filepath>






toolslft/usr/local/bin/lft
<filepath>
toolsmtr/usr/sbin/mtr
<filepath>
toolsssh_port

<integer>
toolsssh_urlssh://
<url>
toolsview_lftfalse
true, false
toolsview_mtrfalse
true, false
toolsview_pingtrue
true, false
toolsview_sshtrue
true, false
toolsview_telnettrue
true, false
toolsview_tracetrue
true, false






url<cgi_url_base>/cgi-nmis8
<relative url>
url<menu_url_base>/menu8
<relative url>
url<url_base>/nmis8
<relative url>
urlweb_report_root<url_base>/reports
<relative url>

Common Settings to Consider Adjusting for NMIS9

 Common NMIS9 Configuration

As per NMIS8 and also see Importing NMIS8 configuration into NMIS9

Detailed NMIS9 Configuration

 Detailed NMIS9 Configuration

As per NMIS8 and also see NMIS 9 Administration Notes