Usage ===== Module configuration -------------------- Copy the example configuration file to /etc/mod-gearman # cp /usr/share/doc/mod-gearman-module/examples/module.conf /etc/mod-gearman Edit to point to your gearman job server, and set a password common to the module and the workers. Icinga configuration -------------------- Copy /usr/share/doc/mod-gearman-module/examples/mod_gearman.cfg to /etc/icinga/modules/ Nagios configuration -------------------- Add the following stanza to /etc/nagios/nagios.cfg broker_module=/usr/lib/mod_gearman/mod_gearman.o config=/etc/mod-gearman/module.conf Restart Nagios / Icinga ----------------------- Restart nagios or icinga, and check the log for warnings. You should see the following message in your log: [...] Event broker module '/usr/lib/mod_gearman/mod_gearman.o' initialized successfully. -- Stig Sandbeck Mathisen , Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:22:12 +0100