In that case, is there a way to specify more than one possible string, so that for example if it can't find "Home", but it can find "Checkout", it considers the host up? <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;"> yes you have to use a separate one for each site, how else would you be able to use a separate check? Unless you expect the word "Home" on each site and that is your string check. Another option is using Macros but I suspect this may not do what you want... -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>>> 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> > > 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 ; 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 > > ma x_check_attempts 5 > > normal_check_interval 3 > > retry_check_interval 1 > > notification_interval 15 > > notification_period 24x7 > > register 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? Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> <a href="http://get.splunk.com/">http://get.splunk.com/ </a> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Nagios-users mailing list > > <a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> > > > <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> > <<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 > > </blockquote></div>