<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19046"></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Hi Everyone,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">I just joined the forum today, so I will appologize up front for the somewhat basic nature of my question. I've not been able to find anything about it yet, it's possible I haven't spent enough time searching for my answer, but if someone can point me in the right direction it would be appreciated.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">So I have been running Nagios for well over a year in a very limited capacity in my environment. I basically installed it originally as 3.0.3 and set up about a dozen windows servers to monitor CPU, memory and disk utilization. For this it has been great.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">I knew there was so much more Nagios could help with so I've been looking for opportunities that it can add value to support of our infrastructure. A few weeks ago someone in our web group complained about constantly having to monitor our website to see if it is up or not, as there have been some stability issues with it, and it runs on six load balanced web servers. I suggested a nagios service check. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">So I am using check_website_response by Chris Freeman from the exchange, and every now and then I get critical messages, but then I never get a recovery on the critical message, or I would expect based on my current settings that I would get a reminder an hour later and I don't.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">I am just curious to know if anyone else has inconsistencies with email alerts on state changes? </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Thanks in advance.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">-Paul</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">-------------------------- IP addresses and names have been changed to protect the innocent.....</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><SPAN lang=EN><FONT face="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><SPAN lang=EN><FONT face="Courier New">RESPONSE: CRITICAL - <SPAN class=919234914-14062011>http://10.1.0.131</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN><FONT face="Courier New"> does not contain any data</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <P><SPAN lang=EN><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">My template looks like this:</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN lang=EN><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">#==============================================================================<BR># Service Templates<BR>#------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>define service{<BR> name NWKService<BR> register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL SERVICE, JUST A TEMPLATE!<BR> active_checks_enabled 1 ; Active service checks are enabled<BR> passive_checks_enabled 1 ; Passive service checks are enabled/accepted<BR> parallelize_check 1 ; Active service checks should be parallelized<BR> obsess_over_service 1 ; We should obsess over this service (if necessary)<BR> check_freshness 0 ; Default is to NOT check service 'freshness'<BR> notifications_enabled 1 ; Service notifications are enabled<BR> event_handler_enabled 1 ; Service event handler is enabled<BR> flap_detection_enabled 1 ; Flap detection is enabled<BR> failure_prediction_enabled 1 ; Failure prediction is enabled<BR> process_perf_data 1 ; Process performance data<BR> retain_status_information 1 ; Retain status information across program restarts<BR> retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; Retain non-status information across program restarts<BR> is_volatile 0 ; The service is not volatile<BR> check_period 24x7 ; The service can be checked at any time of the day<BR> max_check_attempts 3 ; Re-check the service up to 3 times in order to determine its final (hard) state<BR> normal_check_interval 1 ; Check the service every 10 minutes under normal conditions<BR> retry_check_interval 1 ; Re-check the service every two minutes until a hard state can be determined<BR> contact_groups websiteresponse; Notifications get sent out to everyone in the 'admins' group<BR> notification_options u,c,r ; Send notifications about warning, unknown, critical, and recovery events<BR> notification_interval 120 ; Re-notify about service problems every hour<BR> notification_period 24x7 ; Notifications can be sent out at any time<BR>}<BR></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN lang=EN><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">############################## Episode3</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN lang=EN><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"> define host{<BR> use NwkHost<BR> host_name Episode3<BR> alias Episode3<BR> address Episode3<BR> parents 3524,3524B<BR>}</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN lang=EN><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2><FONT face="Courier New">define service{<BR> use NWKService<BR> host_name Episode3<BR> service_description Response Time - Homepage<BR> servicegroups www-response-time<BR> check_command check_website_response!"http://10.1.0.131/"!5000!30000<BR>}<BR></FONT></P></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=919234914-14062011><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></BODY></HTML>