Service Definitions

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Wilcox [mailto:rwilcox at mobitrac.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:29 AM
> To: Marc Powell; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Service Definitions
> 
> running 2.0 stable... i notice in the documentation "host_name" is a
> required directive, yet the below config seems to be working in our
> environment.
> 
> my objective is to define a service for multiple groups
(hostgroup_name)
> rather than individual hosts. is this the right approach?
> 
> 
> define service {
> 	service_description 	PING
> 	is_volatile 		0
> 	check_command 		check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60%
> 	max_check_attempts 	3
> 	normal_check_interval 	5
> 	retry_check_interval 	1
> 	check_period 		24x7
> 	notification_interval 	24
> 	notification_period 	24x7
> 	hostgroup_name 		NetworkDevices
> 	notification_options 	w,c,r
> 	contact_groups 		Admins
> }

Yes, it's listed as a 'template trick' --

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/templatetricks.html#service

"All Hosts: If you want to create identical services that are assigned
to all hosts that are defined in your configuration files, you can use a
wildcard in the host_name directive as follows:

	define service{
		host_name		*
		service_description	SOMESERVICE
		other service directives ...
		}

The definition above would create a service called SOMESERVICE on all
hosts that are defined in your configuration files. All the instances of
the SOMESERVICE service would be identical (i.e. have the same check
command, max check attempts, notification period, etc.)."

--
Marc

p.s. While it may sometimes seem like it, I'm not dedicated to nagios
support. Sending to the list instead of directly to me is preferable.

--
Marc 


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