Problems creating service to monitor ftp service

[Nathan Oyler]

Your check command for the host is FTP, which dictates the host's
status.

Change the check command of the host.

check_command           check-ftpx

to check with ICMP. That way the host will be up if it's pingable, and
you'll have a service with check-ftp dictating the response of that.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Mark Andrews
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 8:00 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Problems creating service to monitor ftp
service
> 
> I've installed Nagios 2.0b3 on a Suse Enterprise 9 (SLES9) server
system
> and am trying to configure it to monitor
> the ftp service on an ftp server located on the LAN.
> 
> I'm using the 'check_ftp' plugin to monitor the service:
> 
>     check_ftp -H ftp.example.com -j
> 
> but any problems with the ftp server on the SLES9 system
> are being reported as "HOST down" messages instead of "Service down"
> messages. I'm receiving email similar
> to the following:
> 
>     From: nagios at example.com
>     To: nagios-admin at example.com
>     Subject: Host DOWN alert for ftp.example.com!
> 
>    ***** Nagios  *****
> 
>    Notification Type: PROBLEM
>    Host: ftp.example.com
>    State: DOWN
>    Address: 10.0.0.216
>    Info: Connection refused
> 
>    Date/Time: Thu Jun 23 10:22:56 EDT 2005
> 
> 
> Nagios is configured to use two configuration files, nagios.cfg and
> minimal.cfg. The appropriate sections of minimal.cfg
> are included at the end of this mesage. How do I modify my nagios
> configuration to recognize a down service instead of
> a down host?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> My configuration is below:
> 
> define host{
>         use                     generic-host            ; Name of host
> template to use
>         host_name               ftp.example.com
>         alias                   ftp
>         address                 IP-address-of-ftp.example.com
>         check_command           check-ftpx
>         max_check_attempts      10
>         notification_interval   120
>         notification_period     24x7
>         notification_options    d,r
>         contact_groups  admins
>         }
> 
> define service{
>         use                             generic-service         ; Name
> of service template to use
>         host_name                       ftp.example.com
>         service_description             ftp login
>         is_volatile                     0
>         check_period                    24x7
>         max_check_attempts              4
>         normal_check_interval           5
>         retry_check_interval            1
>         contact_groups                  admins
>         notification_interval           960
>         notification_period             24x7
>         notification_options            w,u,c,r,f
>         notifications_enabled           1
>         active_checks_enabled           1
>         passive_checks_enabled          1
>         check_command                   check-ftpx
>         }
> 
> define command{
>         command_name    notify-by-email
>         command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios
> *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService:
> $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState:
> $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional
> Info:\n\n$OUTPUT$" | /usr/bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert -
> $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is$SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
>         }
> 
> define command{
>         command_name    host-notify-by-email
>         command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios
> *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost:
$HOSTNAME$\nState:
> $HOSTSTATE$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time:
> $LONGDATETIME$\n" | /usr/bin/mail -s "Host $HOSTSTATE$ alert for
> $HOSTNAME$!" $CONTACTEMAIL$
>         }
> 
> 
> define command{
>         command_name    check-ftpx
>         command_line    $USER1$/check_ftp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -j
>         }
> 
> define contactgroup{
>         contactgroup_name       admins
>         alias                   Nagios Administrators
>         members                 nagios-admin
>         }
> 
> define contact{
>         contact_name                    nagios-admin
>         alias                           Nagios Admin
>         service_notification_period     24x7
>         host_notification_period        24x7
>         service_notification_options    w,u,c,r
>         host_notification_options       d,r
>         service_notification_commands   notify-by-email
>         host_notification_commands      host-notify-by-email
>         email                           nagios-admin at example.com
>         }
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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