Problem in configuring NSClient ++

[Christopher McAtackney]

2009/5/12 Sundar V S <sunnywavez at in.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I configured NSClient on Windows server, as menitoned in Nagios
> Documentation. Now, when i restarted the Nagios service on my Nagios Server,
> i gave me the following error,
> Stopping nagios: No lock file found in /usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.lock
>
> When i started the nagios service it gave,
> Starting nagios:CONFIG ERROR! Start aborted. Check your Nagios
> configuration.
>
> I tried to verify the nagios configuration it gave me the below error.
>
> Nagios 3.0.6
> Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Ethan Galstad (http://www.nagios.org)
> Last Modified: 12-01-2008
>
> License: GPL
> Reading configuration data...
>
> Error: Template 'windows-server' specified in host definition could not be
> not found (config file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windows.cfg', starting
> on line 25)
> ***> One or more problems was encountered while processing the config
> files...Check your configuration file(s) to ensure that they contain valid
> directives and data defintions. If you are upgrading from a previous version
> of Nagios, you should be aware that some variables/definitions may have been
> removed or modified in this version. Make sure to read the HTML
> documentation regarding the config files, as well as the 'Whats New' section
> to find out what has changed.
>
> Can anyone guide me whats going wrong in my configuration. I followed all
> the steps mentioned in NSCLient++ site. I want to montior my Windows Server
> (10.180.117.172) on my Nagios Server (10.180.117.171) having OS RHEL 4.
> Please help.

Hi Sundar,

Check your etc/objects/templates.cfg file and make sure that the
following default template is defined;

define host{
	name			windows-server	; The name of this host template
	use			generic-host	; Inherit default values from the generic-host template
	check_period		24x7		; By default, Windows servers are monitored round the clock
	check_interval		5		; Actively check the server every 5 minutes
	retry_interval		1		; Schedule host check retries at 1 minute intervals
	max_check_attempts	10		; Check each server 10 times (max)
	check_command		check-host-alive	; Default command to check if servers
are "alive"
	notification_period	24x7		; Send notification out at any time - day or night
	notification_interval	30		; Resend notifications every 30 minutes
	notification_options	d,r		; Only send notifications for specific host states
	contact_groups		admins		; Notifications get sent to the admins by default
	hostgroups		windows-servers ; Host groups that Windows servers should
be a member of
	register		0		; DONT REGISTER THIS - ITS JUST A TEMPLATE
	}

This should be there by default, but it sounds like your configuration
is missing this definition for some reason. It may be commented out by
default, I can't remember - but if so, just uncomment it.

Chris

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