How to disable check-host-alive

[Daniel Bareiro]

On Saturday, 01 December 2007 17:07:45 -0600,
Marc Powell wrote:

> > check_command: [...] If you leave this argument blank, the host will
> > not be checked - Nagios will always assume the host is up. This is
> > useful if you are monitoring printers or other devices that are
> > frequently turned off.

> > Error: Host check command '(null)' specified for host 'sparky' is
> > not defined anywhere!

> > I'm missing something from the documentation?
 
> No, it's just awkward wording. You need to leave the line out
> entirely; don't even specify the keyword 'check_command' within the
> host definition.

Oh, well. In addition to it, I've deleted the line "use linux-server" to
avoid to use the check-host-alive command in the template definition.
This is my host definition:

define host{
        host_name               sparky
        alias                   nagios server
        address                 127.0.0.1
        max_check_attempts      10
        icon_image              base/sun40.gif
        statusmap_image         base/sun40.gd2
        contact_groups          nagios admins
        notification_period     sysadmin_time
}

I didn't get errors after Nagios restart, but it continue displaying the
host in down state, yet.

Thanks for your response, Marc.

Regards,
Daniel
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