Invalid max_check_attempts value for host

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Melanie Pfefer
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:08 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Invalid max_check_attempts value for host
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am running nagios 2.9 and created a new file
> hosts.cfg to list all servers to be monitored.
> 
> The initial lines were taken from localhost.cfg where
> it defines 2 templates and the localhost. I added
> these lines:
> 
> # 'host1 ' host definition
> define host{
>         use                     generic-host
>         host_name               host1
>         address                 172.10.31.22
>         contact_groups          sysadmin
>         }
> 
> ./nagios -v ../etc/nagios.cfg gives this error:
> 
> Error: Invalid max_check_attempts value for host
> 'host1'
> Error: Could not register host (config file
> '/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts.cfg', starting on line
> 56)
> 
> any idea please on how to resolve this error?

Does your generic-host template specify a valid max_check_attempts
value? If not, you'll need to add it there or to the host definition
itself.

--
Marc

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