Hmmm, tryied this...but not working. Also, i get an error when i specify 'retry_interval'. maybe n agios3 only? define host{ host_name psedev2 alias dev check_command check-host-alive notification_options d,r max_check_attempts 3 check_interval 1 retry_interval 1 address 10.139.10.42 use generic-host parents switch-office } Error log: [1246481763] Error: Invalid host object directive 'retry_interval'. [1246481763] Error: Could not add object property in file '/etc/nagios2/conf.d/generic-host_nagios2.cfg' on line 143. [1246481763] Bailing out due to one or more errors encountered in the configuration files. Run Nagios from the command line with the -v option to verify your config before restarting. (PID=27490) Thanks, JJ <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Jon Angliss <<a href="mailto:jon@netdork.net">jon@netdork.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;"> <div class="im">Jeremiah Jester wrote: > Jon, > > Thanks for the reply. I've been struggling with this for some days. Can > you give me an example of what how to define this and in what file? I > would appreciate your help. </div>Files don't really matter. Nagios loads them all, and processes. Its up to you how you want to format. Sometimes it's easier to group by type (hosts, services, commands, etc), and others by location (server room, etc). How you format is up to you. If you want, you can even bundle it all in a single file. Lines ending in \ are wrapped and should appear on a single line in your config. define command { command_name check-host-alive command_line $USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ \ -w 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% \ -p 5 } define command { command_name check_http command_line $USER1$/check_http -H $HOSTNAME$ } define host { host_name myhost address 1.1.1.1 check_command check-host-alive notification_options d,r check_period All max_check_attempts 3 check_interval 1 retry_interval 1 contact_groups mycontacts } define service { host_name myhost check_command check_http {.. other stuff here .. } } This will execute check_http against the "myhost". check-host-alive will be executed every 1 minute. If check-host-alive fails 3 times, host is considered down, and alerts for check_http will be suppressed. You should read up on host checks [1], service checks [2], and notifications [3]. <div class="im"> > Also, I've not seen v3 in the repsository but maybe i need to change my > sources? </div>You didn't mention which version of ubuntu you were using, but jaunty has nagios3... <a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/nagios3" target="_blank">http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/nagios3</a> [1]: <a href="http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/hostchecks.html" target="_blank">http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/hostchecks.html</a> [2]: <a href="http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/servicechecks.html" target="_blank">http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/servicechecks.html</a> [3]: <a href="http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/notifications.html" target="_blank">http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/notifications.html</a> -- <div><div></div><div class="h5">Jon Angliss <<a href="mailto:jon@netdork.net">jon@netdork.net</a>> </div></div></blockquote></div>