let us assume nagios is called "localhost" and let us assume that this is the host definition for nagios define host{ use linux-server host_name localhost alias localhost address <a href="http://192.168.1.1">192.168.1.1</a> parents local-router } The above host definition applies to the local nagios server and it shows that it depends on a router. On your nagios status map - nagios server will depend on the local-router. Alex <div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 15, 2008 3:40 PM, Eric F Crist <<a href="mailto:ecrist@secure-computing.net">ecrist@secure-computing.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> OK, great. How? Eric <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> On Jan 15, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Alex Dehaini wrote: > You can make nagios depend on another host or device, that should > solve your problem. > > On Jan 15, 2008 2:30 PM, Eric F Crist <<a href="mailto:ecrist@secure-computing.net">ecrist@secure-computing.net</a> > > wrote: > On Jan 14, 2008, at 2:40 PM, Patrick Morris wrote: > > > On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Eric F Crist wrote: > > > >> Is there any way or any benefit to telling nagios it resides on a > >> particular host? It would appear to me that bit of information > would > >> be necessary to properly handle notifications and parenting. > > > > Assuming you set up your parents correctly (from the perspective of > > Nagios), it'll drop itself into the right place. > > > > And, no, there's no way to tell Nagios whic host it lives on, but > > again, > > if you set up parents correctly, it won't matter. > > > > Say Nagios lives on Box A, and that box plugs into Switch B. You're > > alos monitoring Box C, also attached to Switch B. > > > > Switch B would have a parent of Box A, and Box C would have a parent > > of > > Switch B. When you look at the status map after setting that up, > > you'll > > see Nagios happily hanging itself off Box A, since it's the topmost > > parent of everything else. > > > I think I do have all of the parenting set up correctly, but the > Nagios process appears in the status map in the center, not attached > to anything. Should Nagios be at the top of my parenting chain? > Rather, the nagios host? > > ----- > Eric F Crist > Secure Computing Networks > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/" target="_blank">http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/</a> > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> > <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users" target="_blank">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 > > > > -- > Alex Dehaini > Developer > Site - <a href="http://www.alexdehaini.com" target="_blank">www.alexdehaini.com</a> > Email - <a href="mailto:alexdehaini@gmail.com">alexdehaini@gmail.com</a> ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks </div></div></blockquote></div> -- Alex Dehaini Developer Site - <a href="http://www.alexdehaini.com">www.alexdehaini.com</a> Email - <a href="mailto:alexdehaini@gmail.com">alexdehaini@gmail.com</a>