Service keeps disappearing from .cfg file and other questions (newbie alert!)

[Matty Sarro]

Just as a followup, it appears the server was actually being managed
by a Puppet install, and that was removing my configurations. Thanks!
:)

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Matty Sarro <msarro at gmail.com> wrote:
> Its strange, as I've literally got backup copies that I keep copying
> back into the directory. I validate, make certain that the changes are
> still there, reload nagios, and suddenly they're gone. I can see the
> service run two or three times, and then it's suddenly gone from the
> files.
>
> I'll modify the macros to the simpler format, thanks for the advice on
> that issue.
> -Matty
>
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Andreas Ericsson <ae at op5.se> wrote:
>> On 06/08/2011 03:18 PM, Matty Sarro wrote:
>>> Hey everyone,
>>> First, I'm new, so please be gentle :)
>>>
>>> I have made some recent modifications to our nagios3 files. In
>>> resource.cfg I added the following macros: $db_name$, $db_user_name$,
>>> and $db_user_pass$. These seem to be ok.
>>> I added a service like this:
>>> define service {
>>>       hostgroup_name          mysql-servers
>>>       service_description             Mysql FSRW
>>>       check_command           check_mysql_FSRW
>>>       use                             generic-service
>>>       notification_interval           0
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> And finally I added a command like this:
>>> define command {
>>>       command_name                    check_mysql_FSRW
>>>       command_line                    $USER1$/check_mysql_query -q "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM
>>> entry WHERE period<DATE_SUB(now(),INTERVAL 2 DAY) AND status_code<2
>>> AND retries=0 AND type=0" -w0:0 -c10 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -P 3306 -d
>>> $db_name$ -u $db_user_name$ -p $db_user_pass$
>>> }
>>>
>>> When I have nagios validate everything, it gives no errors. I then
>>> restart nagios for the config to take effect, and it comes up. In the
>>> event log I see some issues with the service (it appears to be trying
>>> to connect to the mysql servers as user nagios, not the specified
>>> user). When I then log back into the server and look at my
>>> services.cfg file, and my commands.cfg file, the entries I added to
>>> both of them have been removed - like they were never there.
>>>
>>
>> Then perhaps you forgot to save, or someone undid your changes from a
>> backup, or some other kind of pilot error happened. It's most certainly
>> not Nagios' fault though, so you're asking in the wrong forum.
>>
>>> So, I guess I have a few questions.
>>>
>>> First, are those entries in the resource.cfg file ok? Does nagios
>>> support the underscores and longer names? Its easier to understand at
>>> a glance than $USER3$ $USER4$ and $USER5$.
>>>
>>> Second, does the command_line look ok? I'm trying to figure out why it
>>> isn't using the username and password I'm passing to it.
>>>
>>
>> Not yet, no. It will some day though.
>>
>>> Finally, why do the command and service keep disappearing out of my
>>> config file? It's making it a pain to troubleshoot.
>>
>> Because someone is removing them, or you're forgetting to save them.
>> Things don't just remove themselves.
>>
>>> Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Ask around if anyone's altering the configuration besides you. Files
>> really don't just alter themselves. Trust me on this.
>>
>> --
>> Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
>> OP5 AB                             www.op5.se
>> Tel: +46 8-230225                  Fax: +46 8-230231
>>
>> Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and
>> terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war
>> on peace.
>>
>

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