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

[Matej]

Nagios has a extensive documentation online. See if this helps.

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objectdefinitions.html#hostgroup

regards
Matej Vesel


On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Dayo Adewunmi <contactdayo at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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>> Matej
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