Monitor a host without ping

[Chris de Vidal]

Software versions:
Nagios 1.2.0 from Backports.org
Debian Woody (3.0)
Kernel 2.6.9

Problem: Cannot monitor a host if I cannot ping it.

Problem explained:
I have a firewall that has pings disabled BUT I can access it via SSH on
port 602.

I tried this but it didn't work:
define host{
    use           our_generic-host
    host_name     firewall
    alias         firewall
    address       123.456.789.0
    check_command check_ssh!602
    }

The check_command is my own custom command:
define command{
    command_name    check_ssh
    command_line    /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ssh -p $ARG1$ $HOSTADDRESS$
    }

This command works well, but only as the service for other machines but
never works as the check_command for a host.

Again, the command works just fine, just not as the check_command for a host.


Ideas?

CD

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