check_cluster and service hardstate

[Marc Powell]

On Jan 19, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Gael Cheron wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> In the doc dealing with the service cluster with the check_cluster plugin, the example uses $SERVICESTATEID:host:Service$
> 
> But I'd like to use the hardstate. As far as I know, there is no variable giving the service hardstate. I had a look at the list http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/macros.html
> 
> Do somebody know if there is a way to do this ?

Having such a macro wouldn't make much sense, IMHO. It seems you might not understand the difference between HARD and SOFT states or I don't understand the problem you're trying to solve? What would it's value be while the service was in a SOFT state, presumably when you'd be interested in using it? OK? WARNING? CRITICAL? $LASTSERVICESTATEID$ might be close to what you're thinking about but I believe that it updates after every check, regardless of HARD/SOFT status.

I think you're wanting check_cluster to do something only if the things it's watching are in a HARD state. My suggestion would be to pass $SERVICESTATETYPE:host:Service$ for each cluster element to check_cluster and teach check_cluster to read that and to do what you need based on your business logic.

Hope that helps...

--
Marc


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