<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang="EN-IE" link="blue" vlink="purple"> <div class="Section1"> Hi Marc,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Here is the config we are adding. These lines cause a perfectly working config (see before) to causing errors(see after).<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> define host{<o:p></o:p> use windows-server ; Inherit default values from a template<o:p></o:p> host_name DCFP01 ; The name we're giving to this host<o:p></o:p> alias DCFP01 ; A longer name associated with the host<o:p></o:p> address 172.x.x.x ; IP address of the host<o:p></o:p> hostgroups Dxxx<o:p></o:p> parents Axxx<o:p></o:p> notification_interval 0<o:p></o:p> notification_options d<o:p></o:p> }<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> As you can see there it is a simple host that we are adding but it starts throwing errors. As soon as we remove the host all errors clear and we have no issue. If I remove another host it works.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> BEFORE<o:p></o:p> [root@mon01 objects]# /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Nagios 3.0.6<o:p></o:p> Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Ethan Galstad (http://www.nagios.org)<o:p></o:p> Last Modified: 12-01-2008<o:p></o:p> License: GPL<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Reading configuration data...<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Running pre-flight check on configuration data...<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Checking services...<o:p></o:p> Checked 1337 services.<o:p></o:p> Checking hosts...<o:p></o:p> Checked 226 hosts.<o:p></o:p> Checking host groups...<o:p></o:p> Checked 31 host groups.<o:p></o:p> Checking service groups...<o:p></o:p> Checked 2 service groups.<o:p></o:p> Checking contacts...<o:p></o:p> Checked 6 contacts.<o:p></o:p> Checking contact groups...<o:p></o:p> Checked 1 contact groups.<o:p></o:p> Checking service escalations...<o:p></o:p> Checked 0 service escalations.<o:p></o:p> Checking service dependencies...<o:p></o:p> Checked 0 service dependencies.<o:p></o:p> Checking host escalations...<o:p></o:p> Checked 0 host escalations.<o:p></o:p> Checking host dependencies...<o:p></o:p> Checked 0 host dependencies.<o:p></o:p> Checking commands...<o:p></o:p> Checked 60 commands.<o:p></o:p> Checking time periods...<o:p></o:p> Checked 5 time periods.<o:p></o:p> Checking for circular paths between hosts...<o:p></o:p> Checking for circular host and service dependencies...<o:p></o:p> Checking global event handlers...<o:p></o:p> Checking obsessive compulsive processor commands...<o:p></o:p> Checking misc settings...<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Total Warnings: 0<o:p></o:p> Total Errors: 0<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Things look okay - No serious problems were detected during the pre-flight check<o:p></o:p> [root@mon01 objects]# <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> AFTER<o:p></o:p> [root@mon01 objects]# /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Nagios 3.0.6<o:p></o:p> Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Ethan Galstad (http://www.nagios.org)<o:p></o:p> Last Modified: 12-01-2008<o:p></o:p> License: GPL<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Reading configuration data...<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Error: Template 'linux-server' specified in host definition could not be not found (config file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/txxxxhosts.cfg', starting on line 78)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> ***> One or more problems was encountered while processing the config files...<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Check your configuration file(s) to ensure that they contain valid<o:p></o:p> directives and data defintions. If you are upgrading from a previous<o:p></o:p> version of Nagios, you should be aware that some variables/definitions<o:p></o:p> may have been removed or modified in this version. Make sure to read<o:p></o:p> the HTML documentation regarding the config files, as well as the<o:p></o:p> 'Whats New' section to find out what has changed.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> [root@mon01 objects]#<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Regards,<o:p></o:p> Conor<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> -----Original Message----- From: Marc Powell [mailto:marc@ena.com] Sent: 15 July 2009 16:04 To: Nagios Users Mail-list Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] nagios host limits<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> On Jul 15, 2009, at 9:36 AM, Conor Shovlin wrote:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> > Hi,<o:p></o:p> ><o:p> </o:p> > We have an installation of Nagios with 226 hosts. If we try and add <o:p></o:p> > another host then we are unable restart Nagios service and we get a <o:p></o:p> > CONFIG error<o:p></o:p> ><o:p> </o:p> > Does anyone know if there any limitations on Nagios with this?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> No. Several of us are monitoring (10's of) thousands of hosts and <o:p></o:p> services. You certainly have a real configuration error. If you need <o:p></o:p> help, post the error and corresponding host and service definitions <o:p></o:p> and anything else that might seem relevant based on the error.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> --<o:p></o:p> Marc<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p> Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge <o:p></o:p> This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, <o:p></o:p> vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have<o:p></o:p> the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. 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