New User to nagios, probably a simple question

[Randal, Phil]

I'd recommend the NagMin (http://nagmin.sf.net) WebMin module as a handy
configuration tool for Nagios newbies.

Cheers,

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Jesse [mailto:jjesse at ftpb.com]
> Sent: 16 June 2003 14:47
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] New User to nagios, probably a simple
> question
> 
> 
> am a total newbie to nagios and have just installed it.  I have read
> manual and can't figure out what I am doing.  I start nagios with the
> command  /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v
> /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios.cfg .  Where do I go about configuring
> this?  Did I miss something in the manual?
> 
>  
> 
> Slackware 9.0 Installation with Apache setup with SSL mode
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Nagios 1.1
> 
> Copyright (c) 1999-2003 Ethan Galstad (nagios at nagios.org)
> 
> Last Modified: 06-02-2003
> 
> License: GPL
> 
>  
> 
> Reading configuration data...
> 
>  
> 
> Running pre-flight check on configuration data...
> 
>  
> 
> Checking services...
> 
>         Checked 38 services.
> 
> Checking hosts...
> 
>         Checked 15 hosts.
> 
> Checking host groups...
> 
>         Checked 6 host groups.
> 
> Checking contacts...
> 
>         Checked 2 contacts.
> 
> Checking contact groups...
> 
>         Checked 6 contact groups.
> 
> Checking service escalations...
> 
>         Checked 2 service escalations.
> 
> Checking host group escalations...
> 
>         Checked 2 host group escalations.
> 
> Checking service dependencies...
> 
> Error: Dependent service specified in service dependency for service
> 'Website #2' on host 'nt1' is not defined anywhere!
> 
> Error: Service specified in service dependency for service 
> 'Website #2'
> on host 'nt1' is not defined anywhere!
> 
> Error: Service dependency definition for service 'Website #2' on host
> 'nt1' is circular (it depends on itself)!
> 
> Error: Dependent service specified in service dependency for service
> 'Website #2' on host 'nt1' is not defined anywhere!
> 
> Error: Service specified in service dependency for service 
> 'Website #2'
> on host 'nt1' is not defined anywhere!
> 
> Error: Service dependency definition for service 'Website #2' on host
> 'nt1' is circular (it depends on itself)!
> 
> Error: Dependent service specified in service dependency for service
> 'Website #1' on host 'nt1' is not defined anywhere!
> 
> Error: Service specified in service dependency for service 
> 'Website #1'
> on host 'nt1' is not defined anywhere!
> 
> Error: Service dependency definition for service 'Website #1' on host
> 'nt1' is circular (it depends on itself)!
> 
> Error: Dependent service specified in service dependency for service
> 'Website #1' on host 'nt1' is not defined anywhere!
> 
> Error: Service specified in service dependency for service 
> 'Website #1'
> on host 'nt1' is not defined anywhere!
> 
> Error: Service dependency definition for service 'Website #1' on host
> 'nt1' is circular (it depends on itself)!
> 
>         Checked 4 service dependencies.
> 
> Checking host escalations...
> 
>         Checked 0 host escalations.
> 
> Checking host dependencies...
> 
>         Checked 0 host dependencies.
> 
> Checking commands...
> 
>         Checked 22 commands.
> 
> Checking time periods...
> 
>         Checked 4 time periods.
> 
> Checking for circular paths between hosts...
> 
> Checking for circular service execution dependencies...
> 
> Checking global event handlers...
> 
> Checking obsessive compulsive service processor command...
> 
> Checking misc settings...
> 
>  
> 
> Total Warnings: 0
> 
> Total Errors:   12
> 
>  
> 
> ***> One or more problems was encountered while running the pre-flight
> check...
> 
>  
> 
>      Check your configuration file(s) to ensure that they 
> contain valid
> 
>      directives and data definitions.  If you are upgrading from a
> previous
> 
>      version of Nagios, you should be aware that some
> variables/definitions
> 
>      may have been removed or modified in this version.  Make sure to
> read
> 
>      the HTML documentation on the main and host config files, as well
> as the
> 
>      'Whats New' section to find out what has changed.
> 
> 
> 
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