[clug] Nagios service error

[Andrew Smith]

Hi Steve,

I loooove Nagios, it rocks!

You're actually skipping a step.  Your service definition "check_command" actually references a defined command from
etc/checkcommands.cfg, also called "check_http", like the plugin.

It is this command that expects check_commands from service.cfg to be syntaxed as "check_http!sitecentraltest.industry.gov.au". That
check_command then calls the plugin named "check_http" with a "-H sitecentraltest.industry.gov.au" option.

Also, get in the habit, or write a bash script, to run "bin/nagios -v" to check your config sanity prior to restarting, this will
maximise run time when you've got 100's of services you're checking and you're playing with templating, or configs alot :)

HTH
Andrew

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> [mailto:linux-bounces+andrew=coolchilli.com at lists.samba.org]On Behalf Of
> Collins, Steve
> Sent: Thursday, 10 June 2004 12:50 PM
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> Subject: [clug] Nagios service error
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> We're in the process of establishing a monitoring box using Nagios.  I'm now at a point where I want to expand the
> check_http on several servers to actually check virtual hosts on those boxes.  A ./check_http -help
> suggests I can do the following as an initial step in my services.cfg file:
>
> # Service definition - http
> define service{
>         use                             generic-service         ; Name of service template to use
>         host_name                       itrwebtest2
>         service_description             HTTP_SITECENTRAL
>         is_volatile                     0
>         check_period                    24x7
>         max_check_attempts              3
>         normal_check_interval           5
>         retry_check_interval            1
>         contact_groups                  web-admins
>         notification_interval           120
>         notification_period             24x7
>         notification_options            w,u,c,r
>         check_command                   check_http --hostname=sitecentraltest.industry.gov.au
>         }
>
> Yet, when I put this in place and restart Nagios, I get the following:
>
> [root at blacksheep root]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/nagios restart
> Running configuration check...
> Nagios 1.2
> Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Ethan Galstad (nagios at nagios.org)
> Last Modified: 02-02-2004
> License: GPL
>
> Reading configuration data...
>
> Running pre-flight check on configuration data...
>
> Checking services...
> Error: Service check command 'check_http --hostname=sitecentraltest.industry.gov.au' specified in service
> 'HTTP_SITECENTRAL' for host 'itrwebtest2' not defined anywhere!
>
> <SNIP extra error data>
>
> Strangely, this all works just frin when I do the check_http from the command line.
>
> Can anyone give me a hand here?
>
> Steve
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