Building Hostgroups using Host Config Files
Adams, Russell L.
RLAdams at Kelsey-Seybold.com
Fri Dec 23 21:58:37 CET 2005
There's a helper script in NACE to generate hostgroups from
configuration files where you use a "hostgroup" field with a comment
before it, ie:
myts.cfg:
define host {
address x.x.x.x
alias myts
# host_group TerminalServers
host_name myts
use TerminalServerTemplate
}
Russell
On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 02:44:09PM -0600, Zac wrote:
> Thanks for the response, but I am trying to avoid the confusion of
> having some hosts set in a hostgroup definition and others by just using
> the hostgroup line in the host definition. If I setup some hosts on the
> members line in a hostgroup definition and then some with the hostgroup
> line in the host definition, it populates properly, but I think that
> will be messy and confusing in the long run. I will cc the devel list
> and see if anyone can tell me if I can avoid having hostgroup
> definitions.
>
> -Zac
>
>
> On 12/23/05, Hugo van der Kooij < hvdkooij at vanderkooij.org
> <mailto:hvdkooij at vanderkooij.org> > wrote:
>
> On Fri, 23 Dec 2005, Zac wrote:
>
> > Am I allow to do this? According to the documentation I can use just
> the
> > hostgroups line in the host definition as an alternative to a
> hostgroups
> > definition. As a fix I tried making a hostgroup definition, but
> without the
> > members line, since all my members will be defined in the host
> definition,
> > this just changed the error to
> >
> > Error: Hostgroup has no members (config file
> > '/opt/nagios/etc/corenap/corenap_hostgroups.cfg', starting on line 1)
>
> The members line is still defined as required according to:
> http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/xodtemplate.html
> <http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/xodtemplate.html>
>
> Have you tried to have a host only added to the hostgroup line and see
> if
> other hosts are detected as part of this hostgroups due to their
> hostgroup
> line in their host template?
>
> Besides that it is a user mailinglist and I guess the real developers
> are
> on other lists.
>
> Hugo.
>
> --
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