config check problem
Bill Corcoran
wcorcor at siue.edu
Mon Mar 15 15:46:19 CET 2004
you need to name the service that inherits generic-service. "service
description" isn't enough. try adding the following to your custom
service definition:
name ping
-bill
Stefan Kargl wrote:
> Hi List!
>
> When I run: nagios -v /etc/nagios/nagios.cfg I get the following error:
>
> Nagios 1.2
> Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Ethan Galstad (nagios at nagios.org)
> Last Modified: 02-02-2004
> License: GPL
>
> Reading configuration data...
>
> Running pre-flight check on configuration data...
>
> Checking services...
> Error: There are no services defined!
> Checked 0 services.
>
> my services.cfg:
>
> # Generic service definition template
> define service{
> ; The 'name' of this service template, referenced in other
> service definitions
> name generic-service
> active_checks_enabled 0 ; Active service checks
> are disabled
> passive_checks_enabled 0 ; Passive service checks
> are enabled/disabled
> parallelize_check 1 ; Active service checks
> should be parallelized
> ; (disabling this can
> lead to major performance problems)
> obsess_over_service 1 ; We should obsess over
> this service (if necessary)
> check_freshness 0 ; Default is to NOT
> check service 'freshness'
> notifications_enabled 0 ; Service notifications
> are disabled
> event_handler_enabled 0 ; Service event handler
> is disabled
> flap_detection_enabled 0 ; Flap detection is disabled
> process_perf_data 1 ; Process performance data
> retain_status_information 1 ; Retain status
> information across program restarts
> retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; Retain non-status
> information across program restarts
>
> register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS
> DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL SERVICE, JUST A TEMPLATE!
> }
>
> # Service definition
> define service{
> use generic-service ; Name
> of service template to use
>
> host_name gateway
> service_description PING
> is_volatile 0
> check_command check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60%
> check_period 24x7
> max_check_attempts 3
> normal_check_interval 5
> retry_check_interval 1
> contact_groups superuser
> notification_interval 240
> notification_period 24x7
> notification_options c,r
> }
>
> the path to the services.cfg is set correctly in nagios.cfg, group
> superuser exists with users, host gateway exists
>
> thanks
> Stefan
>
>
>
>
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