I think we're losing something in translation of me trying to tell you what i'm doing. Here is what i've been doing. define service{ use basic-service name check-site4 notification_options w,u,c,r check_command check_http!site.com!20!"Home" register 0 } and then later on in the config file define service{ use check-site4 service_description HTTP contact_groups mis host_name <a href="http://site.com">site.com</a> } <div>On 11/2/07, Hari Sekhon <<a href="mailto:hpsekhon@googlemail.com">hpsekhon@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> If you had read the docs like I said, I can't see how you could miss the fact that you have a service definition without a host_name or hostgroup_name! Where is this service check going to run against if you haven't told it which host you want to test? I even gave you the anchored link to the exact place where it shows you the definitions that are needed for that block... -h Hari Sekhon Jerad Riggin wrote: > Ok, so for example > > define service{ > use basic-service > notification_options w,u,c,r > check_command check_http!site.com!20!"Home" > Service description CheckString > } > > Sorry if this seems like a newbie question. I'm just trying to > backtrack and optimize the config before I get too far down the road. > > > On 11/2/07, *Hari Sekhon* <<a href="mailto:hpsekhon@googlemail.com">hpsekhon@googlemail.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:hpsekhon@googlemail.com">hpsekhon@googlemail.com</a>>> wrote: > > also, you are making it more trouble than it needs to be, instead of > trying to do register 0 and making the last block a template > block, just > put the host name in there and the service description as I hinted and > that is all you need, you will then have the first 2 blocks plus > one for > each service on each host with different string checks... > > -h > > Hari Sekhon > > > > Jerad Riggin wrote: > > I've read the help docs, like I said I have a working installation > > checking about 15 servers. I have a PING service that pings a host > > group. I can't do that with this because I'm checking a different > > string on each site, so i'm guessing it has to be separated > out. Does > > this make sense? > > > > On 11/2/07, *Hari Sekhon* <<a href="mailto:hpsekhon@googlemail.com">hpsekhon@googlemail.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:hpsekhon@googlemail.com">hpsekhon@googlemail.com </a>> > > <mailto:<a href="mailto:hpsekhon@googlemail.com">hpsekhon@googlemail.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:hpsekhon@googlemail.com">hpsekhon@googlemail.com</a>>>> wrote: > > > > You need to reread the docs, this is the most basic of > questions. > > > > > <a href="http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/xodtemplate.html#service">http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/xodtemplate.html#service </a> > <<a href="http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/xodtemplate.html#service">http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/xodtemplate.html#service</a>> > > > > Hint: You are missing a service_description in the last > block for one. > > You should not have name in that last block either, you need > > host_name. > > > > Read docs pls. > > > > -h > > > > Hari Sekhon > > > > > > > > Jerad Riggin wrote: > > > I have a functioning nagios setup but I have a quick > question. I am > > > going through and adding website string checks so we can keep > > track of > > > availability on one of our webservers. > > > > > > So in services.cfg I have > > > > > > define service{ > > > name generic-service ; > Generic > > > service name > > > 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 (Don't disable) > > > obsess_over_service 1 ; > We should > > > obsess over this service (if necessary) > > > check_freshness 0 ; > > 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 > > > process_perf_data 1 ; > Process > > > performance data > > > retain_status_information 1 &nbsp ; ; > Retain > > > status information across program restarts > > > retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; > Retain > > > non-status information across program restarts > > > register 0 ; > DONT > > > REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - NOT A REAL SERVICE, JUST A > TEMPLATE! > > > } > > > > > > define service{ > > > use generic-service > > > name basic-service > > > is_volatile 0 > > > check_period 24x7 > > > max_check_attempts 5 > > > &nbsp ; normal_check_interval 3 > > > retry_check_interval 1 > > > notification_interval 15 > > > notification_period 24x7 > > > register &nbsp ; 0 > > > } > > > > > > I then have as just one example: > > > > > > define service{ > > > use basic-service > > > name check-site4 > > > notification_options w,u,c,r > > > check_command > > check_http!site.com!20!"Home" > > > register 0 > > > } > > > > > > > > > My question is, you notice that I have the name as > check-site4, and > > > then later on in the services.cfg I call up that > > checksite-4. Is this > > > the correct way? Do I need to define a service for each host > > and then > > > later on call it by name to execute the service check? Is > this > > a bad > > > way of going about it? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Jerad > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? 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