Copied and modified localhost.cfg, but new host stays unmonitored

[Matej]

start nagios with
nagios -v nagios.cfg

You have a error  in you config file. The above command will provide you
with a detailed output, and you will see in what line the error is .. Go and
fix it and retry.



On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Dayo Adewunmi <contactdayo at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi
>
> I tried adding either of these lines to nagios.cfg:
>
> cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/ebola.cfg
> cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/desktops
>
> And when I restart nagios this is what happens:
>
> "Running configuration check... CONFIG ERROR!  Restart aborted.  Check your
> Nagios configuration."
>
>
> Matej wrote:
>
>> Check the Configuration tab in nagios web interface, there it shows the
>> "live" config aka. what it read and loaded.
>> You probably need to add the new config  to your nagios.cfg file, so
>> Nagios can read it. You also have a parameter in nagios.cfg, that you can
>> set to a folder, and it reads all *.cfg files in that folder, thaat way you
>> dont need to specify all config files seperatly.
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Dayo Adewunmi <contactdayo at gmail.com<mailto:
>> contactdayo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    Hi all
>>
>>    I copied localhost.cfg to create an object definition for a new host:
>>    http://pastebin.com/f21c9df1c
>>
>>    No matter how often I restart nagios, the new host isn't being
>>    monitored.
>>
>>    Best regards
>>
>>    Dayo Adewunmi
>>
>>
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>> Matej
>>
>
>


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lp
Matej
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