SEC: UNCLASS: host with multiple addresses

[Subhendu Ghosh]

Currently the host entry only supports a single address.  Configure the 
host address to be the IP "closest" to the monitoring platform and the 
secondary IPs are monitored as services of the host (check_ping, etc)


-sg

On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Hand, Nathan wrote:

> I have a multi-homed host (multiple physical interfaces). The same services
> are running on each interface and I'd like to be notified if any interface
> fails. I can do this by creating multiple host entries (and I am doing it
> this way right now).
> 
> 	define host {
> 		host_name	myhost-eth0
> 		address		192.168.1.1
> 	}
> 
> 	define host {
> 		host_name	myhost-eth1
> 		address		192.168.2.1
> 	}
> 
> But what I'd really like to do is something like this
> 
> 	define host {
> 		host_name	myhost
> 		address		192.168.1.1, 192.168.2.1
> 	}
> 
> Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work. I've also tried
> 
> 	define host {
> 		host_name	myhost
> 		address		192.168.1.1
> 		address		192.168.2.1
> 	}
> 
> But as near as I can tell the second address overrides the first address.
> 
> I couldn't find an answer in the FAQ, mailing list archive, or online
> documentation. Is there a better way of doing what I want to do?
> 

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