service notification

[Clair Johnson]

Hi all,

I have simples questions.

Is it possible not to execute host checks but execute services checks ?
Is it possible to send services notifications when the host is not checked ?

Because I don't understand, I'm not notified of services changes.

here are parts of my conf files (They come from my old nagios 2.9 configuration, I'm actualy moving from 2.9 to 3.2) :

##### static definitions
## notifications commands
define command{
  command_name notify-by-mail
  command_line /opt/nagios/libexec/notify_manager mail $CONTACTNAME$ "$CONTACTALIAS$" $CONTACTEMAIL$ $HOSTADDRESS$ "$HOSTALIAS$" "$SERVICEDESC$" $SERVICESTATE$ "$SERVICEOUTPUT$" $DATE$ $TIME$ $LASTSERVICESTATECHANGE$
  }

define command{
  command_name notify-by-sms
  command_line /opt/nagios/libexec/notify_manager sms $CONTACTNAME$ "$CONTACTALIAS$" $CONTACTEMAIL$ $HOSTADDRESS$ "$HOSTALIAS$" "$SERVICEDESC$" $SERVICESTATE$ "$SERVICEOUTPUT$" $DATE$ $TIME$ $LASTSERVICESTATECHANGE$
  }

define command{
  command_name host-notify-by-mail
  command_line /opt/nagios/libexec/dummy
  }

define command{
  command_name host-notify-by-sms
  command_line /opt/nagios/libexec/dummy
  }

## contacts templates
define contact{
  name generic-contact-mail
  host_notification_period 24x7
  host_notification_options d,r
  host_notification_commands host-notify-by-mail
  service_notification_options w,u,c,r
  service_notification_commands notify-by-mail
  register 0
  }

define contact{
  name generic-contact-sms
  host_notification_period 24x7
  host_notification_options d,r
  host_notification_commands host-notify-by-sms
  service_notification_options c
  service_notification_commands notify-by-sms
  register 0
  }

## host template
define host{
  name generic-host ; The name of this host template
  notifications_enabled 1 ; Host notifications are enabled
  event_handler_enabled 1 ; Host event handler is enabled
  flap_detection_enabled 1 ; Flap detection is enabled
  failure_prediction_enabled 1 ; Failure prediction is enabled
  process_perf_data 1 ; Process performance data
  retain_status_information 1 ; Retain status information across program restarts
  retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; Retain non-status information across program restarts
  check_interval 1
  max_check_attempts 2
  notification_interval 120
  notification_period 24x7
  notification_options d,r
  register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL HOST, JUST A TEMPLATE!
  }

## service template
define service{
  name generic-service ; The 'name' of this service template
  active_checks_enabled 1 ; Active service checks are enabled
  passive_checks_enabled 1 ; Passive service checks are enabled/accepted
  parallelize_check 1 ; Active service checks should be parallelized (disabling this can lead to major performance problems)
  obsess_over_service 1 ; We should obsess over this service (if necessary)
  check_freshness 0 ; Default is to NOT check service 'freshness'
  notifications_enabled 1 ; Service notifications are enabled
  event_handler_enabled 1 ; Service event handler is enabled
  flap_detection_enabled 1 ; Flap detection is enabled
  failure_prediction_enabled 1 ; Failure prediction is enabled
  process_perf_data 1 ; Process performance data
  retain_status_information 1 ; Retain status information across program restarts
  retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; Retain non-status information across program restarts
  is_volatile 0
  check_period 24x7
  notification_interval 2880
  notification_options w,u,c,r,f
  notification_period 24x7
  register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL SERVICE, JUST A TEMPLATE!
  }

##### dynamic definitions
## contacts definition
define contact{
  use                            generic-contact-mail
  contact_name                   contact_4_2_mail
  alias                          Clair Johnson
  email                          clair at practeo.ch
  service_notification_period    timeperiod_4_2_mail
  }

define timeperiod{
  timeperiod_name                timeperiod_4_2_mail
  alias                          timeperiod_4_2_mail
  monday                         07:00-22:00
  tuesday                        07:00-22:00
  wednesday                      07:00-22:00
  thursday                       07:00-22:00
  friday                         07:00-22:00
  sunday                         07:00-22:00
  saturday                       07:00-22:00
  }

define contact{
  use                            generic-contact-sms
  contact_name                   contact_4_2_sms
  alias                          Clair Johnson
  email                          null
  service_notification_period    timeperiod_4_2_sms
  }

define timeperiod{
  timeperiod_name                timeperiod_4_2_sms
  alias                          timeperiod_4_2_sms
  }

## host definition
define host{
  use                            generic-host
  host_name                      localhost
  alias                          supervision
  address                        localhost
  contact_groups                 contactgroup_2
  }

## service definition
define service{
  use                            generic-service
  host_name                      localhost
  service_description            http
  contact_groups                 contactgroup_2
  check_command                  check_http!"80"
  normal_check_interval          20
  retry_check_interval           20
  max_check_attempts             3
  }

A run a complete custom interface but everything else seems working normally, except that the transition between state changes in only 1 check attempt and not what is specified in the service description.

Dose some one has any idea why I don't get notifications from services checks and why the max_check_attempts is not working normaly ?

Thx a lot for the help
Clair Johnson
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