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

[Dayo Adewunmi]

How do I specify the hostgroup in a separate file?

Matej wrote:
> linux-server, is the default host definition template. I think you 
> cant use the same name for a template and a hostgroup. When adding 
> host you specify a host template to use with a line like this
>
> use                     linux-server
>
> I specify the hostgroup in a seperate file, where I state the name of 
> the group and its members. I never do it with host definitions.
>
> later
> Matej
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Dayo Adewunmi <contactdayo at gmail.com 
> <mailto:contactdayo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     This is what I got: http://pastebin.com/m761159a1
>
>     So, in ebola.cfg I commented out
>
>     hostgroup_name  linux-servers ; The name of the hostgroup
>
>     And now it works. How come?
>
>
>
>     Matej wrote:
>
>         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 <mailto:contactdayo at gmail.com>
>         <mailto:contactdayo at gmail.com <mailto: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>
>         <mailto:contactdayo at gmail.com <mailto:contactdayo at gmail.com>>
>                <mailto:contactdayo at gmail.com
>         <mailto:contactdayo at gmail.com> <mailto: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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>                --        lp
>                Matej
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