Define multiple serves per host(s)

[Andreas Ericsson]

Andrei-Florian Staicu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I saw in the Nagios docs, in the Time-Saving Tricks For Object 
> Definitions page, how to use regular expressions for defining identical 
> services for multiple hosts.
> Is there a "shortcut" for defining similar multiple services for 
> multiple hosts?
> The actual case here is to monitor the link status on all ports on 
> several identical switches.
> I hope to bypass creating a huge config file from the command prompt.
> 

Make a hostgroup of all your switches and define your service like this:

define service{
	service_description yada yada
	hostgroup_name      all-the-routers
	check_command       more yada yada
	yada                and more yada
}

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