<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, sorry about the delay, I have been reading, just not replying for a few odd days or weeks, anyway.. the result from setting up dependancies is a little tedious.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After being confused by the fact that a host dependancy is not actually related to a service dependancy I think I am finally ready to implement something half useable.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the problem is that a service consisting of a ping is still not related to a host being host_checked by a ping.. confusing or what!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>so if a service ping stops responding then a dependant will still be checked and show as unreachable.. damn annoying as I have all my hosts set with a ping * service by default.. :(</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I do need the ping * service as I have lots of routers online and other than checking telnet ports all over the place this was the easiest way of adding a default service to a new host "on the fly"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>so, unless you specifically have a dependant service I would always suggest using a host dependancy..</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks again</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Scott</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Matthew.Quinney@hollandandholland.com href="mailto:Matthew.Quinney@hollandandholland.com">Matthew.Quinney@hollandandholland.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lists.scott@themagicbox.net href="mailto:lists.scott@themagicbox.net">Scott</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</A> ; <A title=nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net href="mailto:nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net</A> ; <A title=Volker.Aust@premiere.de href="mailto:Volker.Aust@premiere.de">Volker.Aust@premiere.de</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 08, 2002 9:09 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Nagios-users] sample service</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Scott,</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Let me know how you get on with service dependancies ! I cannot see how else you can do but define a list of service dependencies for each server !!!</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Thanks !</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Matthew <BR><BR>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Matthew Quinney<BR>Certified Lotus Specialist<BR><BR>Network Manager<BR>Holland & Holland Ltd<BR>31-33 Bruton ST<BR>London<BR><BR>Tel - 0207 4994411<BR>email - <A href="mailto:matthew.quinney@hollandandholland.com">matthew.quinney@hollandandholland.com</A></FONT> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD width="37%"><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><B>"Scott" <<A href="mailto:lists.scott@themagicbox.net">lists.scott@themagicbox.net</A>></B></FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Sent by: <A href="mailto:nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net</A></FONT> <P><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>08/08/2002 11:55</FONT> </P> <TD width="62%"> <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD width="9%"> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>To</FONT></DIV> <TD width="90%"><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><<A href="mailto:Volker.Aust@premiere.de">Volker.Aust@premiere.de</A>>, <<A href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</A>></FONT> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>cc</FONT></DIV> <TD> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>bcc</FONT></DIV> <TD> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Subject</FONT></DIV> <TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Re: [Nagios-users] sample service</FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><FONT size=2><TT>Thanks so much for that, its exactly the information I was looking for...<BR><BR>Now I have to figure this dependency thingy out... more fun and games...<BR><BR>I now have 75 hosts and 105 services and its getting a little tricky to<BR>maintain information.<BR><BR>Scott<BR><BR>Thanks again people<BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: <Volker.Aust@premiere.de><BR>To: <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net><BR>Cc: <lists.scott@themagicbox.net><BR>Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 1:59 AM<BR>Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] sample service<BR><BR><BR>> Hi Scott,<BR>><BR>> to disable active checks for a service you could set "check_period none"<BR>> (assuming you use the default timeperiods.cfg) or you can set<BR>> "active_checks_enabled 1" (then you have a red cross in all status-views<BR>and<BR>> you can change it with the web-interface).<BR>><BR>> This is my template for passive service checks:<BR>><BR>> # passive service definition template<BR>> define service{<BR>> use generic-service<BR>> name passive-service<BR>> check_command check-router-alive<BR>> max_check_attempts 1<BR>> active_checks_enabled 1<BR>> passive_checks_enabled 1<BR>> check_period none<BR>> notification_options c,r<BR>> register 0<BR>> }<BR>><BR>> and this is a service:<BR>><BR>> define service{<BR>> use passive-service<BR>> host_name cisco-as02<BR>> service_description Serial1/0<BR>> contact_groups router-admins,rz-leitstand,bk-wien<BR>> }<BR>><BR>> Hope this helps.<BR>><BR>> -vol<BR>><BR>><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: Scott [mailto:lists.scott@themagicbox.net]<BR>> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 5:08 PM<BR>> To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR>> Subject: [Nagios-users] sample service<BR>><BR>><BR>> Hi every1,<BR>><BR>> I have already asked this in the past and received no reply, this is what<BR>I<BR>> propose...<BR>><BR>> could somebody please post a service define for a passive test for me to<BR>> use.. you may need the template to describe this correctly.<BR>><BR>> I have set one up already but trying to completely disable active checks<BR>> seems to be impossible..<BR>><BR>> Thanks in advance Nagios fans/friends and family<BR>><BR>> Scott<BR>><BR>><BR>> -------------------------------------------------------<BR>> This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek<BR>> Welcome to geek heaven.<BR>> http://thinkgeek.com/sf<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Nagios-users mailing list<BR>> Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users<BR>><BR><BR><BR><BR>-------------------------------------------------------<BR>This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek<BR>Welcome to geek heaven.<BR>http://thinkgeek.com/sf<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Nagios-users mailing list<BR>Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users<BR><BR>_____________________________________________________________________<BR>This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the uuNet Internet Managed Scanning Service - powered by MessageLabs.<BR></TT></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>