The following are examples of service and command configurations that are useful for monitoring Cisco IPS devices with Nagios.

## Service Definitions for cisco_ips.pl checks
# Sample health service definition
define service{
        use                             generic-service
        service_description             Health
        max_check_attempts              2
        normal_check_interval           20 
        retry_check_interval            5
        notification_options            w,c,r
        check_command                   check_cisco_ips_health
        event_handler                   reset_cisco_ips
        }

# Sample user service definition
define service{
        use                             generic-service
        service_description             Users
        max_check_attempts              5
        normal_check_interval           60
        retry_check_interval            30 
        notification_options            c,r
        check_command                   check_cisco_ips_users
        }


## Command Definitions
# 'cisco_ips.pl -c' Cisco IPS Health Check
define command{
        command_name    check_cisco_ips_health
	# PASSWORD AUTH EXAMPLE
        command_line    $USER1$/cisco_ips.pl -c -H $HOSTNAME$ -u <USER> -p <PASSWORD> 
	#	--OR--
	# KEY AUTH EXAMPLE
        command_line    $USER1$/cisco_ips.pl -c -H $HOSTNAME$ -u <USER> -i <nagios-user-dir>/.ssh/<priv-key> -U <USER-DATA-DIR>

	#(OPTIONAL: -D <DOMAIN> -d -U <USER-DATA-DIR> -l <LOG> -L <LICENSE-THRESHOLD> -t <TIMEOUT> -v <VERSION-FILE>)
        }

# 'cisco_ips.pl -e' Cisco IPS User Check
define command{
        command_name    check_cisco_ips_users
        command_line    $USER1$/cisco_ips.pl -e -H $HOSTNAME$ -U <USER-DATA-DIR> -C <CRITICAL-USERS (comma separated)>
        }

# 'cisco_ips.pl -r' Cisco IPS Reset Event Handler
define command{
        command_name    reset_cisco_ips
	# PASSWORD AUTH EXAMPLE
        command_line    $USER1$/cisco_ips_.pl -r "$SERVICESTATE$,$SERVICEOUTPUT$" -H $HOSTNAME$ -u <USER> -p <PASSWORD> -l <log-file>
	#	--OR--
	# KEY AUTH EXAMPLE
        command_line    $USER1$/cisco_ips_.pl -r "$SERVICESTATE$,$SERVICEOUTPUT$" -H $HOSTNAME$ -u <USER> -i <nagios-user-dir>/.ssh/<priv-key> -l <log-file>

	#(OPTIONAL: -D <DOMAIN> -t <TIMEOUT>)
        }



## Extra Cisco IPS command/service definitions independent of cisco_ips.pl
# Use SNMP to query the IPS for CPU utilization
define service{
        use                             generic-service
        service_description             CPU Utilization - Past 5 Mins
        normal_check_interval           5
        check_command                   check_cisco_ips_cpu
        }

# Sample definition to verify that HTTPS is running/accessible on the IPS
define service{
        use                             generic-service
        service_description             HTTPS
        max_check_attempts              3
        normal_check_interval           30
        retry_check_interval            1
        notification_options            c,r
        check_command                   check_https!10!20
        }


# 'check_cisco_ips_cpu' command definition
define command{
        command_name    check_cisco_ips_cpu
        command_line    $USER1$/check_snmp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -o "1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.109.1.1.1.1.8.1" -w 75
        }

# 'check_https' command definition
define command{
        command_name    check_https
        command_line    $USER1$/check_http --ssl -H $HOSTADDRESS$
        }