Problem with nagios host configuration

[Florian Schaal]

Giovanni Mancuso schrieb:

define host{
     use         generic-host
     host_name    portal1
     alias        portal1
     address        192.168.10.31
     }

should work. you can´t just modify a template.

> Hi to all,
> i insert in my nagios.cfg the sequent line:
> cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/server/portal1.cfg
> 
> and in this file the content is the sequent:
> 
> cat /usr/local/nagios/etc/server/portal1.cfg
> define host{
> name                portal1    ; The name of this host template
> use                generic-host    ; This template inherits other values 
> from the generic-host template
> check_period            24x7        ; By default, Linux hosts are 
> checked round the clock
> check_interval            5        ; Actively check the host every 5 minutes
> retry_interval            1        ; Schedule host check retries at 1 
> minute intervals
> max_check_attempts        10        ; Check each Linux host 10 times (max)
> check_command               check-host-alive ; Default command to check 
> Linux hosts
> notification_period        workhours    ; Linux admins hate to be woken 
> up, so we only notify during the day
> notification_interval        120        ; Resend notifications every 2 hours
> notification_options        d,u,r        ; Only send notifications for 
> specific host states
> contact_groups            admins        ; Notifications get sent to the 
> admins by default
> address                192.168.10.31
> }
> 
> 
> if i execute:
>  /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios  -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg |grep 
> -i 'hosts'
> Checking hosts...
>     Checked 1 hosts.
> 
> It finds only localhost configuration host, but if i execute the strace 
> of nagios -v i see that the script read the portal1 config file.
> 
> Have you any idea???
> 
> Sorry for my English
> 
> Thanks
> 
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