Defining a service dependency for large number of services

[Mathieu Gagné]

Hi,

On 12-11-27 2:30 PM, Tech Support wrote:
>
>      I need to define service dependencies for some services. Pretty
> straightforward stuff, do not check service B unless service A is
> running also. For example, I have 100 different service checks that all
> depend on service A. So my question is this. Is there an easy way to
> define a dependency for a large number of services? Any insight at all
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks;
>

You can use this trick:
http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objecttricks.html#same_host_dependency_with_servicegroups

I use it to massively add service dependencies for all NRPE based 
service checks on the NRPE service running on the same host as the NRPE 
based service checks.

-- 
Mathieu

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