check_http problems

[Lori Adams]

Check your host config for mail.myvest.com.  Also when you do 
	check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$
it's expecting the IP Address of the host that you gave in the host
config.

-Lori

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Julie S. Lin
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 10:54 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] check_http problems
> 
> Hi
> 
> i wish to enable check_http monitoring for my webmail server under
> nagios 1.2 but
> i get the following failure ..
> [1140027855] SERVICE ALERT:
> mail.myvest.com;HTTP;CRITICAL;SOFT;2;Connection refused by host
> [1140027915] SERVICE ALERT:
> mail.myvest.com;HTTP;CRITICAL;HARD;3;Connection refused by host
> 
> 
> here is my services.cfg entry
> define service{
>        use                             generic-service
>        host_name                       ns1, mail.myvest.com
>        service_description             HTTP
>        is_volatile                     0
>        check_period                    24x7
>        max_check_attempts              3
>        normal_check_interval           3
>        retry_check_interval            1
>        contact_groups                  admin
>        notification_interval           120
>        notification_period             24x7
>        notification_options            w,u,c,r
>        check_command                   check_http
>        }
> 
> here is my checkcommands.cfg entry (pretty default)
> # 'check_http' command definition
> define command{
>        command_name    check_http
>        command_line    $USER1$/check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$
>        }
> 
> 
> HOWEVER, here's the kicker, and why I'm asking for a little nudge in
the
> right direction ..when I manually run the check it works! Any advice
> would be
> greatly appreciated.
> 
> [root at nagios plugins]# ./check_http -H mail.myvest.com
> HTTP ok: HTTP/1.1 200 OK -   0.003 second response time |time=  0.003
> 
> i can do it as any user and it works. and the ns1 http check is
working
> fine.
> 
> 
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