Nagios Stale Checks

[Spencer Horn]

So you are saying if i define

check_service_freshness       0

in my master template then it will be toruned off for any service using that template?


Marc Powell wrote:

>Umm. You can. Put it in the specific service definition instead of the
>template. Anything in a service definition overrides the values in the
>template. The idea would be to enable it globally in nagios.cfg then
>either enable it in a template if most/all of your checks require it and
>disable it in specific service definitions or vice-versa.
>
>--
>Marc 
>
>________________________________
>
>From: Spencer Horn [mailto:shorn at lssi.net] 
>Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 8:33 AM
>To: verdon at cict.fr
>Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Stale Checks
>
>
>thanks, i was looking for this in services.cfg instead of nagios.cfg
>
>Would be nice if you could disable this per service instead of acrossed
>the board like this, but this will do.
>
>Thanks again.
>
>define service{
>        name                            master-template
>        active_checks_enabled           1
>        passive_checks_enabled          1
>        parallelize_check               1
>        check_freshness                 0
>        obsess_over_service             0
>        notifications_enabled           1
>        event_handler_enabled           1
>        process_perf_data               1
>        retain_status_information       1
>        retain_nonstatus_information    1
>        is_volatile                     0
>        normal_check_interval           5
>        retry_check_interval            1 
>        max_check_attempts              3
>        flap_detection_enabled          0
>        check_period                    24x7
>        notification_period             24x7
>        notification_interval           15
>        notification_options            w,c,r
>        register                        0
>        }
>
>
>carole verdon wrote: 
>
>	It's because the check_service_freshness
><http://lerins.cict.fr/nagios/docs/configmain.html#check_service_freshne
>ss>  option is set to 1. 
>	
>
>	You have more information on :
>http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/freshness.html
>	
>	
>
>	What Happens When A Service Check Result Becomes "Stale" 
>
>	If the check results of a service are found to be "stale" (as
>described above), Nagios will force an active check of the service by
>executing the command specified by the check_command option in the
>service definition. It is important to note that an active service check
>which is being forced because the service was detected as being "stale"
>gets executed even if active service checks are disabled on a
>program-wide or service-specific basis. 
>
>	Carole.
>	
>	Spencer Horn wrote:
>	
>
>		This is happening every night at midnight. What causes a
>check to go stale? this monitor is set to check and notify only between
>10am and 11:30am clearly midnight is outside of this time frame. the
>check seems to go stale at midnight forcing a check, forcing a false
>alarm, any ideas? 
>		
>		[1086321944] Warning: The results of service
>'NDAFeed_Build_Monitor' on host 'bldr' are stale by 59 seconds
>(threshold=360 seconds).  I'm forcing an immediate check of the service.
>
>		[1086321949] SERVICE ALERT:
>bldr;NDAFeed_Build_Monitor;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;NDAFeed Build Monitor Status
>(Fri Jun  4 00:05:46 2004 bldr
>/lssi/bin/nda/ndabuild_monitor.pl)<BR>NDAFeed Build logfile
>(/log/buildnda.pl.log) is old<BR> 
>		[1086322004] Warning: The results of service
>'NDAFeed_Release_Monitor' on host 'bldr' are stale by 58 seconds
>(threshold=360 seconds).  I'm forcing an immediate check of the service.
>
>		[1086322008] SERVICE ALERT:
>bldr;NDAFeed_Release_Monitor;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;NDAFeed Release Monitor
>Status (Fri Jun  4 00:06:45 2004 bldr
>/lssi/bin/nda/ndarelease_monitor.pl)<BR>The files for these customers
>have NOT been released:<BR>    Excell<BR>    BTS Logic<BR>
>Ameritech<BR>    Bell South<BR>    Metro One<BR>    Nortel<BR> 
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