"max_check_attempts" being ignored?
Jason Byrns
jason-sourceforge at microlnk.net
Fri Jul 2 18:00:51 CEST 2004
We've been using Nagios for awhile, but it seems to ignore our
"max_check_attempts" setting. Why would it send out warnings after
every host or service check failure? Can anyone offer suggestions as to
how I'd fix this?
We're using Nagios 1.2 on a Fedora Core 1 system. I have Webmin and
NagMIN 2.1 to allow web-based administration of Nagios. I notice that
the cfg files say Flap Detection is enabled, even though NagMIN is
supposed to be set to disable this. Would Flap Detection cause trouble
with max_check_attempts? Or what?
Thanks very much for any assitance that can be offered!
Here are the relevant config files...
HostTemplate.cfg
----------------
## NagMIN Configuration File (/usr/local/nagmin/nagios/HostTemplate.cfg)
for HostTemplate
## Generated Fri Jul 2 10:31:34 2004
define host {
name generic-host
max_check_attempts 8
notification_interval 0
notification_options d,r
notification_period 24x7
notifications_enabled 1
check_command check-host-alive
checks_enabled 1
flap_detection_enabled 1
process_perf_data 1
retain_status_information 1
retain_nonstatus_information 1
event_handler_enabled 1
register 0
}
ServiceTemplate.cfg
-------------------
## NagMIN Configuration File
(/usr/local/nagmin/nagios/ServiceTemplate.cfg) for ServiceTemplate
## Generated Fri Jul 2 10:31:34 2004
define service {
name generic-service
check_command check-host-alive
check_period 24x7
notification_period 24x7
is_volatile 0
max_check_attempts 8
normal_check_interval 2
retry_check_interval 1
notification_interval 0
notification_options c,r
active_checks_enabled 1
passive_checks_enabled 1
parallelize_check 1
obsess_over_service 1
check_freshness 0
notifications_enabled 1
event_handler_enabled 1
flap_detection_enabled 1
process_perf_data 1
retain_status_information 1
retain_nonstatus_information 1
register 0
}
[SNIP: REMAINDER OF SERVICETEMPLATE.CFG]
Host.cfg
--------
## NagMIN Configuration File (/usr/local/nagmin/nagios/Host.cfg) for Host
## Generated Fri Jul 2 10:31:25 2004
define host {
use generic-host
host_name NAME-REMOVED
alias ALIAS REMOVED
address IP ADDRESS REMOVED
parents PARENT REMOVED
check_command check-host-alive
max_check_attempts 8
notification_interval 0
notification_period 24x7
notification_options d,r
# comment COMMENT REMOVED
}
[SNIP: REMAINDER OF HOST.CFG]
Service.cfg
-----------
## NagMIN Configuration File (/usr/local/nagmin/nagios/Service.cfg) for
Service
## Generated Fri Jul 2 10:31:34 2004
[SNIP: DNS SERVICE DEFINITION]
define service {
use generic-service
hostgroup_name
Customers,Fremont,Lincoln,Mosaic,Omaha,Paypal,Saunders,Tekamah,York
service_description PING
contact_groups admins
check_period 24x7
notification_interval 0
notification_options c,r
notification_period 24x7
check_command check-host-alive
max_check_attempts 8
normal_check_interval 2
retry_check_interval 1
}
[SNIP: REMAINDER OF SERVICE.CFG]
--
Jason Byrns
System Administrator, MicroLnk
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