per host custom macros

[David Mansfield]

jeff vier wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 12:55 -0500, David Mansfield wrote:
> 
>> Something like:
>>
>> define host {
>> 	use generic-host
>> 	host_name myhost.mydomain.com
>> 	alias myhost
>> 	address 1.2.3.4
>>
>> 	custom_macro FOOPROPERTY=AA:BB:CC:DD
>> 	custom_macro BARVALUE=BigImportantValue
>>
>> 	hostgroups all_foo,all_bar
>> }
>>
>> With:
>>
>> define hostgroup {
>> 	name all_foo
>> 	alias all_foo
>> }
>>
>> define service {
>> 	hostgroup_name all_foo
>> 	check_command check_foo
>> }
>>
>> And finally, the payoff:
>>
>> define command {
>> 	command_name check_foo
>> 	command_line $USER1$/check_foo -f $FOOPROPERTY$
>> }
> 
> You've pretty much exactly described $ARG1$, $ARG2$, ... $ARGn$

No. I'm sorry but you are missing the point. $ARG1$ blah blah are 
specified in the 'service' object.

That means you HAVE to define a service object for every host/service 
combination.  Yuk!  Right now you can apply a service to an entire 
_hostgroup_, and the assignment/memebership to the hostgroup is set up 
IN the host object.  This means that for those services, all the 
information necessary is captured in the host definition, as long as 
only the standard attributes (hostaddress etc) are referenced.

Why should I configure the XYZ property of my host anywhere other than 
the host definition?  It doesnt' make one lick of sense from a 
management perspective.

Not to mention it forces twice the management burden to have to copy 
service definitions all over the place.

David





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