Proposal to extend "Implied Inheritance"

[nap]

Hi,

I think this is a very good idea. It can be usefull for check_period
too : if a specific server is not check the night, you just do not put
check_period in service and it will not be scheduled this period too.


Jean

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Jelle Smet <nagios at smetj.net> wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I think the -Implied Inheritance- functionality is something which is very useful. Especially to services.
>
> Currently only these service variables are inherited from the host configuration:
>        contact_groups
>        notification_interval
>        notification_period
>
> Wouldn't it be interesting to extend this functionality to inherit all other host parameters a service has in common with a host definition?
> (except name, action url there might be on or two more obvious ones)
>
> Especially: max_check_attempts, normal_check_interval, retry_check_interval
>
> In our case we would benefit from this because:
> Our servers are acccording to a company definition split into core, production, development, test
> If services could inherit the common parameters from the host definition, we would only need 1 service template which could serve all.
>
> This is of course a case which applies to my specific situation, but it could be beneficial in a multitude of other cases.
>
> Dev's what are your thoughts?
>
>
> --
> Jelle Smet
> http://www.smetj.net
>
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