<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7638.1"> <TITLE>RE: [Nagios-users] Multiple hostnames in host_name</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  There's another, arguably better way to do it under Nagios 2.x. Use hostgroups. Specify the service as applying to all hosts in a hostgroup, then add each new host to the appropriate group(s). -John -----Original Message----- From: nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net on behalf of Hari Sekhon Sent: Tue 8/8/2006 8:33 AM To: Fridtjof Busse Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Multiple hostnames in host_name Fridtjof Busse wrote: > Hi > Is there any way to define the hosts for "host_name" in the > service-definition as a list? > I want to be able to add a hostname to a list (e.g. a macro in > resource.cfg) and every service-definition automagically (after a > reload) gets the new hostname, without me having to add it to tons of > definitions. > Any way to do that? > > yes, the service definitions can definitely take a list like host_name host1,host2,host3... Not sure about the macros, check the docs that come with nagios since they do mention quite a bit about this. It is likely you can define your own $MACROS$ as you want and have all the services update just be restarting the daemon. -h ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo <A HREF="http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642">http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642</A> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net <A HREF="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</A> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null </BODY> </HTML>