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You want to have geographical information in Checkmk and based on that information you want to have NagVis geomaps, that automatically get populated with this information.
Solution
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This solutions solution works only on a per-site basis. Meaning if the hosts you want to show in NagVis are located at several sites, you need several maps with the appropriate backends. |
Follow these steps to enable automatic placement of hosts based on their geo locationgeolocation:
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Create two custom host attributes like described here: Custom attributes
one attributed attribute will be named "lat" and the other one "long" | Info |
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You need to select the Checkbox "Add to monitoring configuration" that both attributes are available for nagvisNagVis |
- Start adding the information to your hosts, you need at least one with coordinates configured
- Navigate to NagVis and create a new map of the type 'Geographical map (non-interactive)'
- Go to 'Edit Map' → 'Map Options'
- On the rider 'Geomap' change the source type to 'NagVis Backend' and save the settings
- Enjoy the view
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