question about service dependencies and templa tes

[Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]]

This is something I recently decided I needed to test out myself.  I've got
pretty much the same setup as you.  (It wouldn't surprise me if you had
10-20 service checks dependent on nrpe_active, as I do.)

I can only suggest you check this out:

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/templatetricks.html#servicedependency

I recently bounced a question very similar to yours off the list, without
any helpful responses.  All I can suggest is that you set up a trivial case
on a non-critical machine and test it out.  This is what I intend to do,
when I have time.

Let's make a deal:  Whichever one of us tests this first, summarise to the
list...?  :)

jc

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> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 6:50 AM
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> I'm using nrpe to monitor the status of various filesystems on several
> machines on our network.
> 
> I have created the following service definition
> 
> define service {
>      hostgroup_name host_group_a
>      service_description root_filesystem
>      ...
>      ...
> }
> 
> and
> 
> define service {
>      hostgroup_name host_group_a
>      service_description nrpe_active
>      ...
>      ...
> }
> 
> Now I want to create a service dependency for root_filesystem on
> nrpe_active without creating a separate entry for each 
> filesystem on each
> machine.
> 
> From reading the documentation I can make root_filesystem dependent on
> nrpe_active for all of the machines in host_group_a, but I 
> only want it
> dependent on nrpe on the machine with the filesystem.
> 
> The ability to add the same test to several hosts, just by 
> changing the
> contents of the host group is great, but if I have to add a 
> separate entry
> for the service dependency then takes that usefulness away.
> 
> Has anyone any ideas.
> 
> 
> --
> Tim West, CAMS ICT Services
> Warwickshire County Council
> Email: timwest at warwickshire.gov.uk
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