service templates
Deborah Martin
Deborah.Martin at Kognitio.com
Tue May 6 16:42:33 CEST 2008
I think you're right, my email seems to be coming in whatever order it
likes...
doh!
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From: Aaron M. Segura [mailto:aaron.segura at cabelas.com]
Sent: 06 May 2008 15:43
To: Terry
Cc: Deborah Martin; Nagios Users mailinglist
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] service templates
I'm pretty sure Deborah is confused on this point, mistaking "Service
Templates" for "Service Profiles". If I were you I would start looking
at Monarch (or similar).
On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 09:39 -0500, Terry wrote:
> Please point me to these service profiles in the documentation, having
> trouble finding them.
>
> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Deborah Martin
> <Deborah.Martin at kognitio.com> wrote:
> > They are available as part of the standard config. I've used them since
> > 2005.
> >
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> > From: Aaron M. Segura [mailto:aaron.segura at cabelas.com]
> > Sent: 06 May 2008 15:34
> > To: Terry
> > Cc: Nagios Users mailinglist
> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] service templates
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > What you're talking about sounds like Service Profiles, which, I
> > believe, are not available via regular nagios configs, but rather via a
> > third party GUI configuration tool like Monarch (amongst others,
> > probably).
> >
> > On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 09:30 -0500, Terry wrote:
> > > Thanks for the reply. I do this already. This just cuts down on the
> > > number of lines in a service check. It doesn't allow me to glob a
set
> > > of services into a single service or host definition though, which is
> > > what I want (i think).
> > >
> > > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Deborah Martin
> > > <Deborah.Martin at kognitio.com> wrote:
> > > > Terry,
> > > > You can do exactly that :
> > > >
> > > > In the main services.cfg, define your template
> > > >
> > > > define service{
> > > > name my-service ; The 'name' of this
service
> > > > template, referenced in other service definitions
> > > > active_checks_enabled 1 ; Active service
checks
> > are
> > > > enabled
> > > > passive_checks_enabled 1 ; Passive service
checks
> > are
> > > > enabled/accepted
> > > > parallelize_check 1 ; Active service
checks
> > > > should be parallelized (disabling this can lead to major
performance
> > > > problems)
> > > > obsess_over_service 1 ; We should obsess
over
> > this
> > > > service (if necessary)
> > > > check_freshness 0 ; Default is to NOT
> > check
> > > > service 'freshness'
> > > > notifications_enabled 1 ; Service
notifications
> > are
> > > > enabled
> > > > event_handler_enabled 1 ; Service event
handler
> > is
> > > > enabled
> > > > flap_detection_enabled 1 ; Flap detection is
> > enabled
> > > > process_perf_data 1 ; Process
performance
> > data
> > > > retain_status_information 1 ; Retain status
> > information
> > > > across program restarts
> > > > retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; Retain non-status
> > > > information across program restarts
> > > >
> > > > register 0 ; DONT REGISTER
THIS
> > > > DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL SERVICE, JUST A TEMPLATE!
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > You need to change / add whatever else you want in there.
> > > >
> > > > Then for the service definition specific to a host :
> > > >
> > > > define service{
> > > > use my-service ; this will load the
> > service
> > > > template my-service
> > > > host_name yourhostname
> > > > service_description yourdescription
> > > > contact_groups yourcontactgroups
> > > > servicegroups yourservicegroups
> > > > max_check_attempts 1
> > > > normal_check_interval 5
> > > > retry_check_interval 1
> > > > notifications_enabled 1 ; Service notifications are
> > enabled
> > > > notification_interval 240
> > > > notification_period 24x7
> > > > notification_options c,r ; Notifications are sent
out
> > on
> > > > CRITICAL or RECOVERY
> > > > check_period 24x7
> > > > check_command check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60%
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > You can do lots of stuff with this. I use the above for checking
> > databases,
> > > > but each database is slightly different
> > > > so I use a template for the base, then define only the differences
in
> > the
> > > > individual service definitions. Also,
> > > > if you define the check_command in the template, but want to
change the
> > > > check_command slightly like the parameters passed to it, anything
you
> > put in
> > > > the service definition overrides the template definition. Very
useful
> > if you
> > > > want to test a plugin on a live system but don't want to change
for
> > > > everything until you're happy with it.
> > > >
> > > > Hope that helps.
> > > >
> > > > regards,
> > > > deborah
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Terry [mailto:td3201 at gmail.com]
> > > > Sent: 06 May 2008 15:11
> > > > To: Nagios Users mailinglist
> > > > Subject: [Nagios-users] service templates
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I am figuring this is pretty obvious but the coffee hasn't kicked
in
> > > > yet or something. I want to set up service templates of some
sorts.
> > > > I see there are service groups but this isn't it exactly because
you
> > > > have to define the host with each service. For example, a
template
> > > > would contain all of our base windows service that we monitor and
then
> > > > one of our level 1 or 2 guys can go in and 'use windows-base' to
> > > > simply include that set of services for a host. I hope this
makes
> > > > sense.
> > > >
> > > >
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