re-execute an event handler just in case the service stays DOWN

[Marc Haber]

Hi Ludse,

this issue was completely lost in space, sorry about that.

[quoting fixed to get things back in context]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 06:05:00PM +0100, Ludse Verhoeven wrote:
> Marc Haber wrote:
>> I would like one event handler to be re-executed just in case it
>> failed for the first time. The docs
>> (http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/eventhandlers.html) say "you
>> don't want that", but I am fairly confident that I want it in this case.

I forgot to mention that this is a host event handler.

>> I have a nagios host in a unattended site which generally gets its
>> internet access from the site network. In case of a site network
>> failure, the host needs to dial in to the Internet via modem to be
>> reachable for debugging purposes.
>> 
>> The nagios installation monitors a host on the Internet and has an
>> event handler connected with this host which will initiate the dial-up
>> when the "Internet host" goes into a HARD DOWN state.
>> 
>> I would like this event handler to be re-executed in case the dial-up
>> connection doesn't come up or goes down _before_ nagios has detected
>> that the "Internet host" is UP again.
>> 
>> Is there any way to accomplish this or am I better of with a cronjob
>> which will initiate the dial-up from outside nagios?

> Maybe the "is_volatile" option is something for you (see: 
> http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/volatileservices.html)

Unfortunately, is_volatile seems to be a service only option, and I am
checking the host. When I define a service to that host which has the
is_volatile option set, the service event handler is never called
since the service is not checked again once the host is in DOWN state.

Any additional hints?

Greetings
Marc

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