more - remote nagios server report to main

[Marc Powell]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peder Christian Bach [mailto:peder at ipnett.no]
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 4:21 AM
> To: Marc Powell
> Subject: SV: [Nagios-users] more - remote nagios server report to main
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> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] På vegne av Marc Powell
> Sendt: 25. august 2005 21:19
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> Emne: RE: [Nagios-users] more - remote nagios server report to main
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> > admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Peder Christian Bach
> > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 5:04 AM
> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [Nagios-users] more - remote nagios server report to main
> >
> > Hi.. I have installed nsca and done the config in distributed readme..
> >
> > But I get this error message..
> >
> > Aug 25 11:51:42 mikkelrev nagios: SERVICE ALERT: FNNCES;FNN IPSEC
> > ruter;WARNING;SOFT;1;(No output!)
> > Aug 25 11:52:01 mikkelrev crond(pam_unix)[30233]: session opened for
> > user jffnms by (uid=0)
> > Aug 25 11:52:02 mikkelrev crond(pam_unix)[30233]: session closed for
> > user jffnms
> > Aug 25 11:52:42 mikkelrev nagios: SERVICE ALERT: FNNCES;FNN IPSEC
> > ruter;WARNING;SOFT;2;(No output!)
> >
> >
> > My host config file looks like this.
> >
> > define service {
> > use                            generic-service
> > host_name                      FNNCES
> > service_description            FNN IPSEC ruter
> > is_volatile                    0
> > contact_groups                 FNN
> > check_command                  check_ping!100.0,20%!900.0,60%
> > check_command                  submit_check_result
> > }
> 
> <This is incorrect. There should only be one check_command, check_ping.
> <If you have enabled the OCSP behavior in nagios.cfg and have specified
> <in the template generic-service to obsess_over_service, since it's not
> <specifically in the definition above, then nagios will automagically run
> <your ocsp_command for each check of that service.
> 
> If I have understood it correct I don't need to do anything on the define
> service for the client ? I just have to enable OCSP in the nagios.cfg and
> define submit_check_result in the checkcommands.cfg.

You also have to specify 'obsess_over_service' in the service definition. You may also want to disable notifications on the distributed box but that's a decision for you to make. I'd suggest reviewing the documentation on Distributed Monitoring.

--
Marc


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