<tt> > Service definitions for nagios to check.</tt> <tt>Yup I realized that. I think there was a similar thread on the archives where someone mentioned that Nagios doesn't check host without services. So I defined 5 services on the localhost. But it was always in Pending state. Also there was another suggestion to go ahead and disable all service checks and then reenable them through the interface. That didn't work either. > Are the services on your other > host being checked? If no, please post the host, service and command > definitions in question as well as nagios version and plugins version. </tt> <tt>Nope, as I said earlier, services on itself were not being checked. Here are the details (all of them are modified version of sample configs that come with fresh install of Nagios v2.0b3 and Nagios-plugin v1.4 on Redhat 7.3):</tt> <tt>Host:</tt> <tt> define host{</tt> <tt> use generic-host ; Name of host template to use</tt> <tt> host_name localhost</tt> <tt> alias moya</tt> <tt> address 127.0.0.1</tt> <tt> check_command check-host-alive</tt> <tt> max_check_attempts 10</tt> <tt> notification_interval 120</tt> <tt> notification_period 24x7</tt> <tt> notification_options d,r</tt> <tt> contact_groups admins</tt> <tt> } </tt> <tt>SERVICES:</tt> define service{ use generic-service ; Name of service template to use host_name localhost service_description Root Partition is_volatile 0 check_period 24x7 max_check_attempts 4 normal_check_interval 5 retry_check_interval 1 contact_groups admins notification_interval 960 notification_period 24x7 check_command check_local_disk!20%!10%!/ } # Define a service to check the load on the local machine. define service{ use generic-service ; Name of service template to use host_name localhost service_description Current Load is_volatile 0 check_period 24x7 max_check_attempts 4 normal_check_interval 5 retry_check_interval 1 contact_groups admins notification_interval 960 notification_period 24x7 check_command check_local_load!5.0,4.0,3.0!10.0,6.0,4.0 } # Define a service to check the number of currently running procs # on the local machine. Warning if > 250 processes, critical if # > 400 users. define service{ use generic-service ; Name of service template to use host_name localhost service_description Total Processes is_volatile 0 check_period 24x7 max_check_attempts 4 normal_check_interval 5 retry_check_interval 1 contact_groups admins notification_interval 960 notification_period 24x7 check_command check_local_procs!250!400 } # Define a service to check the number of currently logged in # users on the local machine. Warning if > 20 users, critical # if > 50 users. define service{ use generic-service ; Name of service template to use host_name localhost service_description Current Users is_volatile 0 check_period 24x7 max_check_attempts 4 normal_check_interval 5 retry_check_interval 1 contact_groups admins notification_interval 960 notification_period 24x7 check_command check_local_users!20!50 } # Define a service to "ping" the local machine define service{ use generic-service ; Name of service template to use host_name localhost service_description PING is_volatile 0 check_period 24x7 max_check_attempts 4 normal_check_interval 5 retry_check_interval 1 contact_groups admins notification_interval 960 notification_period 24x7 check_command check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60% } # Generic service definition template - This is NOT a real service, just a template! define service{ name generic-service ; The 'name' of this service template active_checks_enabled 1 ; Active service checks are enabled passive_checks_enabled 1 ; Passive service checks are enabled/accepted parallelize_check 1 ; Active service checks should be parallelized (disabling this can lead to major performance problems) obsess_over_service 1 ; We should obsess over this service (if necessary) check_freshness 1 ; Default is to NOT check service 'freshness' notifications_enabled 1 ; Service notifications are enabled event_handler_enabled 1 ; Service event handler is enabled flap_detection_enabled 1 ; Flap detection is enabled failure_prediction_enabled 1 ; Failure prediction is enabled process_perf_data 1 ; Process performance data retain_status_information 1 ; Retain status information across program restarts retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; Retain non-status information across program restarts register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL SERVICE. } COMMANDS: # 'check_local_load' command definition define command{ command_name check_local_load command_line $USER1$/check_load -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ } # 'check_ping' command definition define command{ command_name check_ping command_line $USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -p 5 } # 'check_local_disk' command definition define command{ command_name check_local_disk command_line $USER1$/check_disk -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -p $ARG3$ } # 'check_local_users' command definition define command{ command_name check_local_users command_line $USER1$/check_users -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ } # 'check_local_procs' command definition define command{ command_name check_local_procs command_line $USER1$/check_procs -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -s $ARG3$ }