question on template based objects

[Jason Truong]

I had a question regarding the use of templates.
Say for example I have various configuration files such as:

servers.cfg
network.cfg
ups.cfg

In my network.cfg file, I have this "host definition template"

define host{
        name                            network ; common template
        check_command                   check-host-alive
        max_check_attempts              3       ; Max attempts
        notifications_enabled           1       ; Host notifications are enabled
        notification_interval           5       ; Notification Interval
        notification_period             24x7    ; Notification Period
        notification_options            d,r,u     ; Notification Options
        event_handler_enabled           1       ; Host event handler is enabled
        flap_detection_enabled          1       ; Flap detection 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
        register                        0       ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL HOST, JUST A TEMPLATE!
        }

My question is would I be able to now use this host definition template in my servers.cfg and ups.cfg without having to enter the text list above in my servers.cfg and ups.cfg files. (Basically so that I don't have to enter this host template 3 times)

I'm migrating from Netsaint to Nagios and I'm trying to get use to this template based setup.

Many thanks.

Jason T.


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