status.dat not created

[Marc Powell]

Hey all,

I'm starting to play with 2.0a1 (CVS autobuild dated 11/25) and I'm
having a problem right off the bat. I'm starting with a pretty simple
compile (only specifying cgi/htmurl) and configuration (3 hosts, 4
services, 1 contact). The hosts and services are set up to be passive --

(template definitions)

define host{
        name                            generic-host   
        notifications_enabled           1       ; Host notifications are
enabled
        event_handler_enabled           1       ; Host event handler is
enabled
        flap_detection_enabled          1       ; Flap detection is
enabled
        process_perf_data               1       ; Process performance
data
        retain_status_information       1       ; Retain status
information across program restarts
        retain_nonstatus_information    1       ; Retain non-status
information across program restarts
        max_check_attempts              10
        notification_interval           10080
        notification_period             24x7
        notification_options            d,r

        register                        0       ; DONT REGISTER THIS
DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL HOST, JUST A TEMPLATE!
        }

# Generic service definition template
define service{
        name                            generic-service
        active_checks_enabled           1       ; Active service checks
are enabled
        passive_checks_enabled          1       ; Passive service checks
are enabled/accepted
        parallelize_check               1       ; Active service checks
should be parallelized
        obsess_over_service             1       ; We should obsess over
this service (if necessary)
        check_freshness                 0       ; Default is to NOT
check service 'freshness'
        notifications_enabled           1       ; Service notifications
are enabled
        event_handler_enabled           1       ; Service event handler
is enabled
        flap_detection_enabled          1       ; Flap detection is
enabled
        process_perf_data               1       ; Process performance
data
        retain_status_information       1       ; Retain status
information across program restarts
        retain_nonstatus_information    1       ; Retain non-status
information across program restarts
        is_volatile                     0
        check_period                    none
        max_check_attempts              5
        normal_check_interval           5
        retry_check_interval            3
        notification_interval           10080
        notification_period             24x7
        notification_options            c,r

        register                        0       ; DONT REGISTER THIS
DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL SERVICE, JUST A TEMPLATE!
        }

(example host and service definitions) --

# Host definition
define host {
        use                     generic-host
        host_name               tnops-cedarbluff-int.knox.tn.ena.net
        alias                   cedarbluff-int.knox.tn.ena.net
        address                 172.31.73.20
        contact_groups     tnops
        }

#Service definition
define service {
        use                     generic-service
        host_name               tnops-cedarbluff-int.knox.tn.ena.net
        service_description     PING
        contact_groups          tnops
        check_command           check_ping
        }

pre-flight check looks good --

-bash-2.05b$ bin/nagios -v etc/nagios.cfg
Nagios 2.0a1
Copyright (c) 1999-2003 Ethan Galstad (nagios at nagios.org)
Last Modified: 11-18-2003
License: GPL
Reading configuration data...
Running pre-flight check on configuration data...
Checking services...
        Checked 4 services.
Checking hosts...
        Checked 3 hosts.
Checking host groups...
        Checked 3 host groups.
Checking service groups...
        Checked 0 service groups.
Checking contacts...
        Checked 1 contacts.
Checking contact groups...
        Checked 1 contact groups.
Checking service escalations...
        Checked 0 service escalations.
Checking service dependencies...
        Checked 0 service dependencies.
Checking host escalations...
        Checked 0 host escalations.
Checking host dependencies...
        Checked 0 host dependencies.
Checking commands...
        Checked 100 commands.
Checking time periods...
        Checked 4 time periods.
Checking extended host info definitions...
        Checked 0 extended host info definitions.
Checking extended service info definitions...
        Checked 0 extended service info definitions.
Checking for circular paths between hosts...
Checking for circular host and service dependencies...
Checking global event handlers...
Checking obsessive compulsive processor commands...
Checking misc settings...
Total Warnings: 0
Total Errors:   0
Things look okay - No serious problems were detected during the
pre-flight check


Nagios starts fine --

-bash-2.05b$ cat nagios.log
[1069877273] Nagios 2.0a1 starting... (PID=9588)
[1069877273] LOG VERSION: 2.0
[1069877273] Finished daemonizing... (New PID=9589)

And all the .dat files get created except the most important one,
status.dat --

-bash-2.05b$ cd /usr/local/nagios/var
-bash-2.05b$ ls -al
total 56
drwxrwxr-x    4 nagios   nagios       4096 Nov 26 14:07 .
drwxrwxr-x    7 nagios   nagios       4096 Nov 26 14:13 ..
drwxrwxr-x    2 nagios   nagios       4096 Nov 25 14:47 archives
-rw-rw-r--    1 nagios   nagios        240 Nov 26 14:07 comments.dat
-rw-rw-r--    1 nagios   nagios        241 Nov 26 14:07 downtime.dat
-rw-r--r--    1 nagios   nagios          5 Nov 26 14:07 nagios.lock
-rw-r--r--    1 nagios   nagios        216 Nov 26 14:07 nagios.log
-rw-r--r--    1 nagios   nagios      21153 Nov 26 14:07 objects.cache
-rw-r--r--    1 nagios   nagios          0 Nov 26 14:07 retention.dat
drwxrwsr-x    2 nagios   nagios       4096 Nov 26 14:07 rw


The relevant config file entries are --

status_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/status.dat
temp_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.tmp
aggregate_status_updates=0
status_update_interval=5 (not needed)

I've done an strace on the process (strace -fF -s 512
/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -d /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg) and
see where all the other dat files are created but don't see where even a
stat of status.dat is done let alone an open. I've tried submitting
passive service checks in case that was the key but it's still not
created.

Is there something obvious that I've missed? I can be a dork like that
sometimes.

--
Marc


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